L5s "The Lizzie" finally finished

[Timv]

Well, it's finally finished and was well worth the time. This thing plays and sounds better than anything I've ever had my hands on. Pete Biltoft did an amazing job on the pickups.

The mini-toggle is wired so that down selects the SC Rail coil, middle selects full humbuckers, and up selects the P90 coil.

It's named after my wife because it was an anniversary gift.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

That is tasty.

 

[Mor Paul]

Man, that one is perfect.

 

[NLD09]

man, i love that neck. awesome guitar!

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Very nice!!

 

[jimbo]

Looks awesome!

 

[Nando Vallart]

Lovely!!!!

 

[Mor Paul]

Have you considered a gold miniswitch?

 

[-CB-]

Can you measure how far it is from the bridge to the end of the body for me.... there's a project lurking in my head.

 

[-CB-]

and very nice looker indeed!~

There is nice variation across the top in terms of depth of the color - the light spot you spoke of... it just blends in with the crowd.  It looks awesome and totally pro.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Can you measure how far it is from the bridge to the end of the body for me.... there's a project lurking in my head.

Bigsby?

 

[blue313]

Another L5S in the world is a beautiful thing!  :icon_thumright:

 

[-CB-]

Not a Bixby... I know that would fit... a B5 at least.  No... I'm thinking trapeze.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Not a Bixby... I know that would fit... a B5 at least.  No... I'm thinking trapeze.

Would look awesome a Carved Top with Tune-o-matic and trapeze....

 

[-CB-]

Well.... I need the distance from bridge to end of the body to work out the details.....

 

[blue313]

Well.... I need the distance from bridge to end of the body to work out the details.....

Its about 6" even from the end of the body to the center of the bridge post on mine.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Not a Bixby... I know that would fit... a B5 at least.  No... I'm thinking trapeze.

Would look awesome a Carved Top with Tune-o-matic and trapeze....

Seems like I was completely cracked on this... I was sure this post of =CB= was about a Tele and thought that on a Tele...
Unfortunatelly Warmoth doesn't make Carved Top L5S :sad:

 

[-CB-]

no it was L5, and I can shorten a trapeze to maybe 4-1/2 inches, but... thats not really what I wanted.

 

[Unwound G]

Very nice build.  Tell me more about the Vintage Vibe pickups.

 

[Timv]

Blue, Thanks for taking the measurement for CB!

Unwound, The VV pickups are modeled after the Duncan P-Rails. I listened to the Duncan P-Rails and thought the P90 sound was good but didn't like the single coil (too thin) or humbucker sound. I contacted Pete and asked him if he could build me a similar set but use a bigger single coil. So the pickups are basically his P90 Strat pickup mated to his Strat blade single coil. I just took my chances on what the combination played as a humbucker would sound like. Actually it sounds really good and the P90 and single coil tones are wonderful.