Trans Red/RSA JM

[Verne Bunsen]

She looks great, nice work! Definitely looking forward to hearing your impressions, and maybe even hearing some sounds?

 

[rgand]

Thanks, Verne. That photo is a little dark and I'll need to Photoshop it to get the color correct.

I've only played around with it a bit, adjusting the pickup/magnet heights and seeing what sounds I can get out of it. So far, I'm pleased as punch. It makes me want to open it up to see what it'll really do but it's almost 9:00 and although they're not all that close, the neighbors around here probably wouldn't appreciate it. I don't have any way to record anything yet but I'll check with a friend of mine who has a band about recording.

 

[Logrinn]

Beautiful, simply awesome! :icon_thumright:

Looking forward to some sounds.

 

[rgand]

Thanks, Logrinn. It has been a fun project.

 

[Great Ape]

VERY COOL!!!

 

[rgand]

Thanks, GreatApe.

Here's a detail photo of the pickguard.

 

[BigSteve22]

That's absolutely beautiful work, Brother! The fitting on those P-Rails looks perfect. If they looked that good in mine, I wouldn't even have thought of covering them up.

You da man!  :headbang:

 

[aarontunes]

The day is here. It's finished. I'm really pleased. I haven't had much chance to try it out but I did get a photo of it.

Wow! Killer axe!


(And thank-you for taking a straight-on picture that will be easy to cut out for GOM!)

 

[rgand]

That's absolutely beautiful work, Brother! The fitting on those P-Rails looks perfect. If they looked that good in mine, I wouldn't even have thought of covering them up.

You da man!  :headbang:

Thank you, pard. I had the pickguard cut to the 'fat humbucker' routes. Then I squared off the corners at the rail side. The Trembucker, however, needed the whole opening to be widened about 1/8" to fit. That meant re-doing all four corners but it was easy to just migrate the edges a 16th more.

The day is here. It's finished. I'm really pleased. I haven't had much chance to try it out but I did get a photo of it.

Wow! Killer axe!

(And thank-you for taking a straight-on picture that will be easy to cut out for GOM!)

Thanks for the compliment. I can send that photo and a similar rear shot when the time comes.

You're assuming I get the GOM. The competition is always strong.

 

[Cagey]

That's really sharp! Gotta be pretty versatile, too.

 

[rgand]

That's really sharp! Gotta be pretty versatile, too.

Thanks. I'm just getting used to it. This is the first time I've had a guitar with a bass bleed. Both tones are interconnected and take some getting used to. The slide switches act exactly as the diagram shows.

 

[Axkoa]

Looks great, super sleek. Reminds me a lot of Logrinn's Blue P90 7/8 Strat. The red on the Roasted Swamp Ash looks a lot like Black Korina though, if I didn't know it was Swamp Ash I probably would've thought Black Korina.

 

[rgand]

Looks great, super sleek. Reminds me a lot of Logrinn's Blue P90 7/8 Strat. The red on the Roasted Swamp Ash looks a lot like Black Korina though, if I didn't know it was Swamp Ash I probably would've thought Black Korina.

Thanks, Axkoa. Yeah, the color with the darker grain is much like black korina. Hopefully we will see more RSA with other transparent colors.

 

[ghotiphry]

Fantastic, Rgand.  Just fantastic.  I'm still gonna copy this one as a jazz bass.  You ok with that?

 

[rgand]

Fantastic, Rgand.  Just fantastic.  I'm still gonna copy this one as a jazz bass.  You ok with that?

Thanks, Ghotiphry. Am I OK with you making a similar jazz base? You bet! I'd like to see that. It would be a fine instrument. :icon_thumright:

 

[zebra]

You fixed everything that's not Fender-enough for those who love cherry-red 70s SGs with Bigsbys but want them to be more Fender-y.  Well done!

 

[rgand]

Thanks. Except for color, it's pretty much pure Fender. For an SG aficionado, this would be the same as removing the toggle and tossing the rest then building a guitar around it. :icon_biggrin:

 

[stratamania]

This transparent red on the Roasted Swamp ash does look good. Black pickups and so forth set it off nicely.

Good job...

 

[rgand]

Thanks, pard. I usually lean conservatively toward clean looks and function over beauty. This is by far the finest looking guitar I've owned.

 

[stratamania]

No problem. Beauty appears in many forms...