The Shredowhawk

[Hodgo]

And the wait begins! But what’s another few months after such a long wait for the Meadowhawk release?

The Shredowhawk

Body:

• Alder
• Volume 1 + Upper Toggle
• Pickup routes: Humbucker (wood mount) in neck and bridge
• Recessed TOM bridge, arched string ferrules
• Satin clear finish

Neck:

• Tiltback Gibson® scale conversion
• Canary shaft + Canary fretboard
• 1.650" nut width (Vintage Medium)
• 22 frets, full scallops
• Straight 12" radius
• D profile
• SS6115 frets (Wide & Tall Stainless)
• Gotoh/Grover 13/32"–11/32" tuner holes
• Standard black dot inlays + side dots
• GraphTech Black TUSQ XL nut

 

[Hagwood]

And the wait begins! But what’s another few months after such a long wait for the Meadowhawk release?

The Shredowhawk

Body:

• Alder
• Volume 1 + Upper Toggle
• Pickup routes: Humbucker (wood mount) in neck and bridge
• Recessed TOM bridge, arched string ferrules
• Satin clear finish

Neck:

• Tiltback Gibson® scale conversion
• Canary shaft + Canary fretboard
• 1.650" nut width (Vintage Medium)
• 22 frets, full scallops
• Straight 12" radius
• D profile
• SS6115 frets (Wide & Tall Stainless)
• Gotoh/Grover 13/32"–11/32" tuner holes
• Standard black dot inlays + side dots
• GraphTech Black TUSQ XL nut

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Awesome !!

 

[aarontunes]

And the wait begins! But what’s another few months after such a long wait for the Meadowhawk release?

The Shredowhawk

Body:

• Alder
• Volume 1 + Upper Toggle
• Pickup routes: Humbucker (wood mount) in neck and bridge
• Recessed TOM bridge, arched string ferrules
• Satin clear finish

Neck:

• Tiltback Gibson® scale conversion
• Canary shaft + Canary fretboard
• 1.650" nut width (Vintage Medium)
• 22 frets, full scallops
• Straight 12" radius
• D profile
• SS6115 frets (Wide & Tall Stainless)
• Gotoh/Grover 13/32"–11/32" tuner holes
• Standard black dot inlays + side dots
• GraphTech Black TUSQ XL nut

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Get you some!!!

Get that freakin' tone knob outta my face!!!

 

[Hagwood]

Get you some!!!

Get that freakin' tone knob outta my face!!!

LOL, that’s funny, I just decided to do that same thing on my current HSS Soloist with only 2 knobs. 2 Volume and no Tones. We don’t need no stinking tone knob…. (Except for P90’s).

 

[aarontunes]

LOL, that’s funny, I just decided to do that same thing on my current HSS Soloist with only 2 knobs. 2 Volume and no Tones. We don’t need no stinking tone knob…. (Except for P90’s).

It must be all the rage. My new Dinkycaster build has no tone knob either.

 

[Hodgo]

It must be all the rage. My new Dinkycaster build has no tone knob either.

Everyone knows tone comes from playing harmonic minor scales at light speed through a Marshall stack.

Spent the morning ordering hardware - Cosmo Black Gotoh from head to toe. Heavy inspiration from this thread, but I wanted a bit of shiny:

https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/clear-matte-alder-canary-solo-ist-simple-but-cool.20630/

The only part I can’t seem to source in cosmo black / black nickel / black chrome / ruthenium are the top ferrules. I was even able to find a matching toggle switch (Hosco) and jack (PureTone). If anyone has a lead on some matching top ferrules, let me know! (just kidding, @ragamuffin helped me score some!)

Of course the most important question: what pickups???

 

[Spud]

I like tone knobs........................

 

[Spud]

And the wait begins! But what’s another few months after such a long wait for the Meadowhawk release?

The Shredowhawk

Body:

• Alder
• Volume 1 + Upper Toggle
• Pickup routes: Humbucker (wood mount) in neck and bridge
• Recessed TOM bridge, arched string ferrules
• Satin clear finish

Neck:

• Tiltback Gibson® scale conversion
• Canary shaft + Canary fretboard
• 1.650" nut width (Vintage Medium)
• 22 frets, full scallops
• Straight 12" radius
• D profile
• SS6115 frets (Wide & Tall Stainless)
• Gotoh/Grover 13/32"–11/32" tuner holes
• Standard black dot inlays + side dots
• GraphTech Black TUSQ XL nut

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oh look at you Hodgo!

 

[Spud]

oh look at you Hodgo!

I feel like we are in the upside down................................

 

[Hodgo]

I feel like we are in the upside down................................

Why’s that Spud?

 

[Spud]

Why’s that Spud?

Well technically we won't be all the way there till you sand and finish a body

 

[Hodgo]

Well technically we won't be all the way there till you sand and finish a body

There’s a reason I paid the W for a clearcoat on this build… I actually want to play it some day

I thought you were admonishing me for my specs given the half dozen times I’ve alluded to shredding as self-indulgent weedlyweedly nonsense.

To either point I say: it’s my midlife crisis and I’ll do as I please!

 

[Spud]

There’s a reason I paid the W for a clearcoat on this build… I actually want to play it some day

I thought you were admonishing me for my specs given the half dozen times I’ve alluded to shredding as self-indulgent weedlyweedly nonsense.

To either point I say: it’s my midlife crisis and I’ll do as I please!

Zero admonishment or intent just ribbing you bro!

 

[aarontunes]

Admonishment is my love-language.

 

[Hodgo]

Hmmm… Lollar Low Wind Imperials, Fralin Big Singles? Maybe some EBMM Valentine style pickups?

Im thinking of this as a Tele that studied abroad in Sweden and came back speaking fluent neoclassical and with a penchant for Scandinavian cabinetry. Minimalist in design, maximum function. I don’t much care for ultra hot humbuckers, even for high gain, but I don’t want any 60 cycle hum from a Tele-in-HB-format style pickups. More of that PAF “Tele on Steroids” thing.

Also - treble bleed? Or just K.I.S.S. vol>jack.

 

[Hagwood]

Hmmm… Lollar Low Wind Imperials, Fralin Big Singles? Maybe some EBMM Valentine style pickups?

Im thinking of this as a Tele that studied abroad in Sweden and came back speaking fluent neoclassical and with a penchant for Scandinavian cabinetry. Minimalist in design, maximum function. I don’t much care for ultra hot humbuckers, even for high gain, but I don’t want any 60 cycle hum from a Tele-in-HB-format style pickups. More of that PAF “Tele on Steroids” thing.

Also - treble bleed? Or just K.I.S.S. vol>jack.

Love the Gotoh Cosmo black. That’s the tuners I have on Purple Haze.

I vote Treble Bleed.

 

[Hodgo]

Love the Gotoh Cosmo black. That’s the tuners I have on Purple Haze.

That’s where I learned about em!!

 

[Hagwood]

That’s where I learned about em!!

Cool ! If I would have known how much I was going to like the color I would have done matching bridge, etc, but already had the hipshot. That’s going to look very cool completely matching !

 

[ragamuffin]

Everyone knows tone comes from playing harmonic minor scales at light speed through a Marshall stack.

Spent the morning ordering hardware - Cosmo Black Gotoh from head to toe. Heavy inspiration from this thread, but I wanted a bit of shiny:

https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/clear-matte-alder-canary-solo-ist-simple-but-cool.20630/

The only part I can’t seem to source in cosmo black / black nickel / black chrome / ruthenium are the top ferrules. I was even able to find a matching toggle switch (Hosco) and jack (PureTone). If anyone has a lead on some matching top ferrules, let me know!

Of course the most important question: what pickups???

I found some cosmo black top string ferrules on Reverb, they're asking too much for them but maybe you could talk them down

The Big Singles sound interesting! I thought about those in a build a couple years back. Another cool option for a "super tele" might be hum-sized Firebird pickups like Lollar "The Bird", some other winders make similar pickups

 

[Hodgo]

I found some cosmo black top string ferrules on Reverb, they're asking too much for them but maybe you could talk them down

The Big Singles sound interesting! I thought about those in a build a couple years back. Another cool option for a "super tele" might be hum-sized Firebird pickups like Lollar "The Bird", some other winders make similar pickups

Thank you!!! Offer made.

I do love a good Firebird pickup, I have a killer set of Kleins in mine. I’ll give those a listen!