Gibson-Scale Swamp Ash Burst

[EddieDavis]

Disclaimer!

This is not my assembly work!  I did not wish to attempt drilling on a $350 dollar body and a $450 dollar custom neck... so I took my body and neck to a very highly recommended tech for my first Warmoth.

I decided to leave this one to a pro, not about to mess with assembling a new guitar until I've practiced on a cheap guitar that I won't feel bad about mangling! 

Anyhow - the jack plate is installed with wires, tremolo and trem claw installed with a ground, and Schaller locking tuners are installed on the neck.  We are waiting on my pickups before he installs the pickguard and string trees. Pickups had an eight week wait time when I ordered them, and it's been about that long, so it should be any day now.

Then we can wire it up and it'll be ready to rock!

The guy I'm using by the way, if anyone needs a guitar tech in Portland, OR, is Matt Wright of Wright Sounds.  He does verrrry nice work! He has pics from tons of other projects, you can look him up on Instagram.

 

[Logrinn]

That is going to be beautiful. What color pickguard will you use?

 

[EddieDavis]

Thanks!  Pickguard is a 3 ply black-red-black from Warmoth. 

Soon as we get it on there I'll add more pics to this post.
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[Logrinn]

Looking forward to more pictures. Black-red-black pickguard will look great on that body I think.  :icon_thumright:

 

[EddieDavis]

After 10 long weeks of wait time, hand wound pickups have finally arrived

Assembly should be complete after this weekend! 

 

[Logrinn]

Exciting. What pickup brand have you got? Are they "normal" single coils or perhaps hum cancelling ones?

 

[T89Rex]

There's some lovely grain on that neck. What wood is it?

 

[EddieDavis]

There's some lovely grain on that neck. What wood is it?

Exciting. What pickup brand have you got? Are they "normal" single coils or perhaps hum cancelling ones?

Thanks!  Neck wood is Canary with a Figured Ziricote Fretboard.  The pickups are a set of Super Sports by Don Mare - single coil.  Not hum canceling!  I just went with his recommendation when I told him what I play, and these are said to be very versatile for multiple styles of music.