Thread: Guitars!

Originally Posted by petercp4e

Wow Roy..... I'm speechless.

Absolutely the best guitar duet that I have ever seen....period.

Thanks for sharing that.

Pete <:-}

Glad that you enjoyed it--I know that I did. While way back in '76 while at Disney World I saw a brass band slowly form a circle and eventually use their fingers to play the other guys trumpet all the while the original player supplied the 'wind' I've never seen two guitar players pick the strings while someone else do the finger work.

Here is one I put together myself out of various parts and a pre routed body kit.
Specs are 2 piece Ash Body, Licensed Fender Tele neck, Fender Ash tray bridge plate with Tusk comp saddles and nut, Hipshot locking tuners, Seymore Duncan Vintage broadcaster pick ups, Switches and jacks by switch craft, CTS Potentiometers, Paper in oil capacitors hand wired with push back cloth wire. Fully shielded cavities and pick guards with copper tape. Lol yes this is post is aimed at the guitar nerd that started this thread and I'm sorry I didnt notice it sooner. The build turned out very well even though the neck pocket was too tight and had to be sanded but when I finally got the thing together it made a super satisfying bunch of tones to reward my efforts. I learned that I hate fret work but I got it to play real nice. Oh if any one is wondering that's a VOX AC15 amp.

Originally Posted by Razorfaust

Here is one I put together myself out of various parts and a pre routed body kit.
Specs are 2 piece Ash Body, Licensed Fender Tele neck, Fender Ash tray bridge plate with Tusk comp saddles and nut, Hipshot locking tuners, Seymore Duncan Vintage broadcaster pick ups, Switches and jacks by switch craft, CTS Potentiometers, Paper in oil capacitors hand wired with push back cloth wire. Fully shielded cavities and pick guards with copper tape. Lol yes this is post is aimed at the guitar nerd that started this thread and I'm sorry I didnt notice it sooner. The build turned out very well even though the neck pocket was too tight and had to be sanded but when I finally got the thing together it made a super satisfying bunch of tones to reward my efforts. I learned that I hate fret work but I got it to play real nice. Oh if any one is wondering that's a VOX AC15 amp.

Nice build, bet it sounds as good as it looks.

When I moved from NYC to Cali over 5 years ago, I needed something to remind me of home. The pace of California was different. Nothing was open 24 hours like NYC, so I had a great amount of head space, time, and creativity to burn. I figured that I'd learn to play guitar. When my (holy grail of guitars) Gibson Byrdland was damaged in transit, I had to sort out what other guitar I could put together "cheaply" so I could start learning while I figured out how to get my claim on the Byrdland and get it repaired.

Well this project was neither cheap nor fast. it actually turned into a creative project like I had never seen before. The idea was to showcase how NYC goes through its stages of urban decay and renewal. From the grit, dirt, graffiti and rust to everything about it that can be shiny and new.

I started by aging alot of the chrome bits with acid. Then layering on stain and paint. Then removing layers of stain and paint and starting over. This piece went through rounds and rounds of revisions of stenciling and paint to get the desired effect. It has the feel of the birth of MTV Era mixed with alittle Hendrix and Clash....lol

When it was done being embellished, I coated it in a sh*t ton of polyurethane and some metal flake. Then, off to the luthier, it went to get all of the electronics put in. The only thing that is not Fender or Fender-related is the Spalted Maple body that I found on eBay.

Body:
Spalted Maple Telecaster Shape

Neck:
WD Telecaster All Rosewood Modern 22

Electronics:
Fender Custom Shop 55 Journeyman Loaded Pickguard w/ VIP handwound '55 pickups, pots, 3 position switch, jack and modern wiring (from Stratosphere}

Pickguard:
Cutdown New York License plate

Knobs:
72 Fender Telecaster Custom Volume and tone knobs

Bridge:
Fender American Vintage 3 saddle bridge - chrome

Strap:
Fender bleached black strap

Here is some of the design process behind the "Homage" guitar.

Stencils, blue tape, frisket, spray paint, paint makers, regular markets, graphic design, tons of thought, exacto blades, polyurethane, and a lot of patience and planning. Yet at the same time, making room for mistakes and happy accidents. Lots of things are not necessarily planned for when you start off with a "super clean" computer rendering to a super personal take on a musical instrument.

Let me know your thoughts. I know this isn't for everyone but I found a niche and ran with it.

Sweet man. Not my kind of thing (I'm a pristine all original kind 'o guy) but I'm impressed with the work.

Never knew this thread was here. Here's my pride and joy...well, one of them.


1930-31 National Triolian resonator.
Sweet sounding thing.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Sweet man. Not my kind of thing (I'm a pristine all original kind 'o guy) but I'm impressed with the work.

Never knew this thread was here. Here's my pride and joy...well, one of them.


1930-31 National Triolian resonator.
Sweet sounding thing.

SIIIICCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did sooooooo much research on resonator guitars back in the day. Between National,Dobro and a host of others, I told myself that I've got to have one - one day. But literally got overwhelmed in wanting the most "authentic of the authentic" and got lost in the shuffle of what to buy and then I saw the price of the "originals"......lol and tapped out.

The history of why the resonator came to be for me, just like everything else that I find myself getting into, is completely fascinating. Some of the paint jobs or metal etchings also fascinated me.

All this to say .....thank you for sharing. I forgot how awesome those guitars are.

CMP

Thank you! Well it's not a Style O or a German Silver Tricone which is what I'd like to have. But it's got a beautiful tone if I'm not mistaken a Triolian is the guitar that Duane Allman played on "Little Martha." By the way, I play that song on it and it sounds just like his guitar