Twanking45
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I built this a year ago and it turned out pretty great. I meant it to be the creation of my perfect guitar. Alas, I've found, that I prefer frets to be smaller and I think that the beautiful maple top has seduced me into babying the guitar too much--in other words, its just too pretty for me. :doh:
Anyway, I've decided it is time to regroup and plan yet another build. I was hoping to sell this and would love to see if anyone has any interest.
Money-wise, I sunk about $1,600 into the parts for this guitar, not including the Reunion Blues Aero case I will be selling it with. Not sure what value it would attract but interested parties may message me.
I posted about the building of this guitar, and you can read that here: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=26623.0
Specs:
Velocity shape, flat faced and Chambered
Top: Unique choice flame maple. Black-Yellow burst, natural masked binding, forearm contour.
Core: Swamp ash, chambered, belly contour and neck access cut. 720 Mod
Bridge: gotoh telecaster, gold
Pickups: Lace Light-Blue sensor (neck), Dimarzio Chopper T (bridge).
electrics: volume, tone (push-pull to tap bridge humbucker). Three-way toggle.
Neck: Telecaster, modern
wood: Quartersawn roasted maple neck and fingerboard
profile:regular thin C
frets: Stainless regular jumbo
Nut: white tusq earvana
Inlays: Abalone dots
Tuners: sperzel locking, gold
knobs: Q-Parts
I have a stew-mac shim in the neck pocket to create a very slight tilt-back to the neck to get the right string break. It is a 720 mod neck pocket. The sustain on this instrument if fantastic.
The build did not go 100% smoothly: 1) the jack hole was a little too small and I was forced to use a rasp to scraped some wood material from the inside of the guitar to allow the bottom section of the jack to fit. Luckily the outer portion of the cavity -- the hole itself -- did not require enlarging, just the internal part of the cavity. 2) in installing the locking tuners, the sperzel measuring jig that came with the set did work all that well and I had to drill three of the holes for the stabilizing bits a little wide, so they look more oblong than perfect circular holes. This does not create any give or wiggle as I drilled the holes wider lengthwise and it does not affect the function at all.
Note: The original toggle switch did not last the year. The pin that seats the switch fell out the other day and I am in the process of replacing it with a Switchcraft. I will not be buying Gotoh toggles again.
Anyone interested in this guitar?
Anyway, I've decided it is time to regroup and plan yet another build. I was hoping to sell this and would love to see if anyone has any interest.
Money-wise, I sunk about $1,600 into the parts for this guitar, not including the Reunion Blues Aero case I will be selling it with. Not sure what value it would attract but interested parties may message me.
I posted about the building of this guitar, and you can read that here: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=26623.0
Specs:
Velocity shape, flat faced and Chambered
Top: Unique choice flame maple. Black-Yellow burst, natural masked binding, forearm contour.
Core: Swamp ash, chambered, belly contour and neck access cut. 720 Mod
Bridge: gotoh telecaster, gold
Pickups: Lace Light-Blue sensor (neck), Dimarzio Chopper T (bridge).
electrics: volume, tone (push-pull to tap bridge humbucker). Three-way toggle.
Neck: Telecaster, modern
wood: Quartersawn roasted maple neck and fingerboard
profile:regular thin C
frets: Stainless regular jumbo
Nut: white tusq earvana
Inlays: Abalone dots
Tuners: sperzel locking, gold
knobs: Q-Parts
I have a stew-mac shim in the neck pocket to create a very slight tilt-back to the neck to get the right string break. It is a 720 mod neck pocket. The sustain on this instrument if fantastic.
The build did not go 100% smoothly: 1) the jack hole was a little too small and I was forced to use a rasp to scraped some wood material from the inside of the guitar to allow the bottom section of the jack to fit. Luckily the outer portion of the cavity -- the hole itself -- did not require enlarging, just the internal part of the cavity. 2) in installing the locking tuners, the sperzel measuring jig that came with the set did work all that well and I had to drill three of the holes for the stabilizing bits a little wide, so they look more oblong than perfect circular holes. This does not create any give or wiggle as I drilled the holes wider lengthwise and it does not affect the function at all.
Note: The original toggle switch did not last the year. The pin that seats the switch fell out the other day and I am in the process of replacing it with a Switchcraft. I will not be buying Gotoh toggles again.
Anyone interested in this guitar?