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Gents;
I'd like to see a Warmoth option with both neck and body for the original VOX Phantom Mark III Brian Jones prototype guitar that he played in the early days of the Rolling Stones.
The original instrument was a bit of a hack-up job because I believe it was a proof-of-concept build rather than a pre-production prototype. VOX put it together from Stratocaster parts, I believe an Eko neck that had a crudely-modified headstock that was originally one of their oversized-Stratocaster-like patterns, and some semi-custom bits of metalwork here and there.
This would be a very easy design for Warmoth all the way around. I really would want them to develop a pattern from the Brian Jones instrument (or from pictures commonly available on the Internet) rather than some variation of it like everyone else has done. The body shape has never been properly copied, nor has the headstock. The headstock in particular is a little off-kilter at the tuning machines, but gives the guitar a very distinctive look. The body shape is also unique, and wasn't carried totally carried over to the production models. An option for a carved top would be nothing short of wonderful!
The original guitar had two pickups, but Warmoth could offer plenty of variations. I believe the pickups were Strat pickups with custom squared-off covers and custom surrounds. DiPinto has pickups ready to go with the square covers.
The bridge was *not* a non-trem Strat bridge, but a tremolo Strat bridge that had the side with the whammy bar crudely hacksawed off and the entire bridge/sustain block jammed into the body. There is nothing that says they have to restrict it to the original non-whammy configuration as well, but I would like to see the option of sinking into the body a sliced-off Strat tremolo.
The original has a neck joined with the body at the 16th or 17th fret. I'd want to see this reproduced since it is key to the overall look of the original, but realize that many really want access to all the frets.
The body is a beautiful shape that is eminently practical for working musicians that have to stand when playing. I have even run the design past a few female guitar players who liked the idea solely because there is no upper-body horn to stab them in their left boob all the time.
Sure hope you guys give this some thought! I really think it could be a hit.
I'd like to see a Warmoth option with both neck and body for the original VOX Phantom Mark III Brian Jones prototype guitar that he played in the early days of the Rolling Stones.
The original instrument was a bit of a hack-up job because I believe it was a proof-of-concept build rather than a pre-production prototype. VOX put it together from Stratocaster parts, I believe an Eko neck that had a crudely-modified headstock that was originally one of their oversized-Stratocaster-like patterns, and some semi-custom bits of metalwork here and there.
This would be a very easy design for Warmoth all the way around. I really would want them to develop a pattern from the Brian Jones instrument (or from pictures commonly available on the Internet) rather than some variation of it like everyone else has done. The body shape has never been properly copied, nor has the headstock. The headstock in particular is a little off-kilter at the tuning machines, but gives the guitar a very distinctive look. The body shape is also unique, and wasn't carried totally carried over to the production models. An option for a carved top would be nothing short of wonderful!
The original guitar had two pickups, but Warmoth could offer plenty of variations. I believe the pickups were Strat pickups with custom squared-off covers and custom surrounds. DiPinto has pickups ready to go with the square covers.
The bridge was *not* a non-trem Strat bridge, but a tremolo Strat bridge that had the side with the whammy bar crudely hacksawed off and the entire bridge/sustain block jammed into the body. There is nothing that says they have to restrict it to the original non-whammy configuration as well, but I would like to see the option of sinking into the body a sliced-off Strat tremolo.
The original has a neck joined with the body at the 16th or 17th fret. I'd want to see this reproduced since it is key to the overall look of the original, but realize that many really want access to all the frets.
The body is a beautiful shape that is eminently practical for working musicians that have to stand when playing. I have even run the design past a few female guitar players who liked the idea solely because there is no upper-body horn to stab them in their left boob all the time.
Sure hope you guys give this some thought! I really think it could be a hit.
