Scored a 67 Coronado 1 body

[AprioriMark]

It's been routed for a humbucker in the bridge and is ugly, but I'm thinking about having my luthier plug the extra holes and refinish it goldtop.  It's double cream bound and has a standard Fender neck pocket.  Opinions?  Ideas?  I'm thinking rosewood neck.

-Mark

 

[mayfly]

That is AWESOME!

My though is a 12 string. 

 

[m4rk0]

ahh... one of my biggest regrets is not buying a loaded green coronado body for 400$..  I didn't realize that any W neck would probably fit on it..

anyway, great project!! make lots of pics of your progress!

 

[erogenousjones17]

That's not ugly, that's really cool! Goldtop would be awesome, and for some reason I see it with a Firebird headstock. But that's just me.  :laughing7:

Incidentally, my grandfather used to have a Coronado, but it looked more like this (on the right):

 

[AprioriMark]

I love those cars.

I'm mulling this over, and as much as I like Coronado XIIs, I think I want this to be a 6 string.  I also don't like the tone of the original pickups, after having just played a stock one.  I think I'm going to go humbucker bridge (Fralin's Full Range replica?  regular sized?  dunno) and P90 in the neck. 

I'm also torn about bridges... I don't think I want a trem, but maybe.  What would fit on this?  If it's not a Bigsby type, I want a really cool trapeze.  I'm 90% sure I'm having my luthier make a rosewood neck with some custom trapezoid abalone inlay work, so something ostentatious might be appropriate.

Anyway, keep the ideas coming please... I'm really stoked about this.

-Mark

 

[Jusatele]

Mark, it is official

I HATE YOU

one of my dreams of winning the lotto is having enough money to send someone out on a quest to get me a Coronado Antiqua

That is so sweet, you need to have that done up right, I am so jealous I could cry.

 

[AprioriMark]

Update:

I'm trying some different pickups in the neck before I get all route-crazy.  I'm slapping a couple Warmoth necks on this bad boy to swap out with different pickups; a maple/maple and a purpleheart/ebony  I want to hear what sorta tones I can get out of this beast before I commit to repair/paint.  I'm being loaned a few different oddballs from a friend who owns a guitar shop that deals in mostly vintage gear, and I've ordered a few GFS oddballs:

http://www.guitarfetish.com/Nashville-Vintage-Filtertron-Style-Humbucker-Chrome_c_100.html  <Filteron style for the bridge

http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-NYII-Surface-Mount-Handmade-Alnico-Pickup_c_101.html  <big weird p-90 sorta winding for the neck

http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-NYIII-Alnico-3-Surface-Mount-Humbucker-Black_c_102.html  <humbucker in the same housing

-Mark

 

[OzziePete]

Neck suggestion:
Maple (flamed?), vintage tint gloss, rosewood fretboard, bound, block inlays, Fender Electric XII hockey stick styled headstock - but drill for 6 (front of headtsock to match body front colour).

Pickup Suggestion:

DeArmonds! (if you can find some)

 

[elfro89]

That is AWESOME!

My though is a 12 string. 

+1

12 string all the way!

 

[Kei]

T_T i want one

 

[m4rk0]

Coronado Antiqua

Yeah! send it to Tonar for a nice Antiqua burst!!! or some other unusual burst!

 

[CrackedPepper]

Strip it and see if you can do this:

Wildwood FTW

 

[Jusatele]

Strip it and see if you can do this:

Wildwood FTW

I think I need to print that one out and go have private time in the bathroom

 

[Jusatele]

Seriously, I would give my left nut for a premo Coronado
and some serious money for a beater

 

[CrackedPepper]

TMI dude T M I  :laughing11:

 

[richship]

Seriously, I would give my left nut for a premo Coronado
and some serious money for a beater

I see an interesting one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/200576016658