My submission for Guitar of the Month
I am a hobbyist builder working out of my 12' X 12' shed, and this one was for myself to play.
"J Paul Custom"
Specs:
1 piece sapele back; non-chambered
Highly quilted maple top and matching headstock veneer in "Pacific Sunset Blueburst"
"Deep dished" contour
1 piece maple neck
volute
ebony fretboard
no neck angle
12" radius
R3 nut
Schaller premium OFR bridge
Schaller DaVinci tuners
medium jumbo SS frets
pearl block inlays
fat "50's" neck carve with all access joint sculpted to my hand contours, and extended tenon for strength.
back plates and truss cover made from the scrap sapele
EMG 81 bridge, 89 neck
inverted knob positions with switch on the lower bout
jack plate positions cord towards strap pin
Dunlop strap locks
nitro finish
weighs 9.7 lbs, but I'm used to playing a '76 LP custom that weighs 13.9 lbs!
this is the kind of "modern" Classic the "custom shop" should be making for folks, but when I queried them to build a guitar for me, they would not do some of the features I wanted. I in response built myself one instead!
