Pibrocher Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 I'm new to this forum thing. I would have posted sooner in the project but i was way busy and didnt have a website to store the pictures on. I just finisheed getting the intonation runnning in this guitar. It took me aproximately 2 months to finish. This is my first guitar. I modified a LesPaul DC body to get the staggered horns. It was built completely from scratch. The neck is made from sandwiched maple and mahogany. The sides are also mahogony. I bought all the hardware from Warmoth, they were real nice to talk work with and helped me decided which pickups to use. Scale Length: 25.5 Radius: 15" Body thicknes: 1 3/4" Finish: Polyuerethane Pickups: Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck position, and Seymour Duncan '59 in the bridge spot. Stop tailpice and tunomatic bridge. Heres a shot of the mushroom when i first pieced it together. Not sure how many pictures i can post in this so i'll stop for today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 good work man...bet she sounds great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Looks good. Just a couple questions... 1. Did you use tru-oil or tung oil for the finish? 2. Are those the concentric knobs that Warmoth sells and if so are they the regular or vintage style? I wanted to use concentric knobs on my project but I'm not sure if I want stew-mac's or warmoth's...wasn't sure what they'd look like. Yours is a good example. I'll be using the same black base with gold tops as well to go with the black pup rings around my gold PAFs (from Brian ) Great pics of a sweet guitar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahelcaya Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Nice work, the mushroom is cool ! Did you set a mohogany veneer in the neck, under the fingerboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyunsu Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 nice designed... very cute ... good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pibrocher Posted October 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 There is no coloring or oil finishing. I put it through a sanding regiment up to about 600 grit. Then about 5 coats of spray on urethane sanded in between every other layer. I can't remember what style the knobs are I just bought them based on color. They are gnurled as you can see and very easy to use. I didn't want to clutter the mushroom too much so i stacked the knobs. I ran into some problems getting the wiring to fit into the cavity though. I drilled channels into the sides before glueing them to the neck. So i was working in a limited space. There is a piece of mahogany sandwiched behind the fretboard. It made for a very sexy line runnning the length of the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Nice work for a moldy, fungus covered guitar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pibrocher Posted October 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Heres another shot of that mushroom and the knobs closeup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 very original, would have a good chance in GOTM, i believe. wonderful idea and well executed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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