biliousfrog Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Here's a link to an album I've put together: CLICKY They're not in order but I'm sure you can figure it out [EDIT] The link is working now The pics are from my first build, a partsocaster made from a Roadstar body, paddle-head neck & a block of ash to fill in the trem cavity. I only had hand tools at the time & the finish was from aerosols. The graphics were designed in Photoshop & printed on inkjet decal paper, applied to the guitar & cleared over. I found the pics this morning whilst looking for something else. I knew of PG when I built it & would often look through the front page tutorials but didn't join the forum because I thought that you just made RG's...how right I was According to the pics, they were taken in 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar4Hisglory Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Nice one! Digging the surf vibe. Does the EQ work well? Headstock is a pointy contrast to the curvy body. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logical Frank Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Nice. I'm not sure I'd want an EQ on my guitar per say but I gotta like how it meshes w/ the sort of retro-futuristic look of it. It's like the nineteen fifties version of the guitar of the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 The EQ works well with this guitar. The bridge pickup is fantastic & the neck is well, a tele neck pickup but the EQ adds something else entirely. With subtle settings you can get a more hi-fi, active type sound, push the mids & you get more of a humbucker effect which pushes a tube amp into natural overdrive, find the right curve & you get an open wah sound....great fun. I used to use an enhancer in my rack days to cut through a mix for solos without extra volume, the EQ can work in a similar way. I'll do some demo's of my gear when I get the latest guitar finished & post them up on my site. The guitar in action...more old stuff that I've just been reminded of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalien21 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 hahahaa. sweet jam. if you weren't from... Lowestoft, UK, i would be requesting to be in on that. looks like you're having a lot of fun. as for the guitar... cool stuff, man. i think that's one of the only instruments that i can picture looking good with an eq there, but it works. sounds cool, too, but a lot of that is probably from your effects also, really, really cool graphic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Curious... in the video, were you playing to a keyboard track? Or did you put an effect on your guitar and use a loop pedal? I heard something like keyboard or guitar (can't tell on these speakers) but you weren't playing, you were making weird faces at the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 we were playing to a keyboard midi track. It was a loooong time ago now, we were trying to get a funky covers band going & were using midi horns & keyboards until we felt comfortable enough to get other musicians in. That video is really cut up & edited from several jams, we'd record ourselves every practice to see what worked & what didn't...from the sounds of it, that was quite early on. The most fun was "what is hip", that song was a killer to get tight & it was a real shame that it didn't progress far enough to get a full band together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 we were playing to a keyboard midi track. That's what I thought, but didn't want to offend if that wasn't the case... It sounded good to me. What kind of amp were you using? It looked like a Blackface Fender, but I couldn't tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted May 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Laney LC30, nice amp but maybe a little too loud. Still haven't found a situation where I can crank it past 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fookgub Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Man, that thing is too cool! What's the switch at the bottom do? Toggle the eq? I'm really digging it... surf vibe but with more sounds and cool looks. Very clean and classy... looks like it has everything it needs and nothing it doesn't. Awesome looking bridge pickup, too... what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted May 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 yeah the switch is for the eq, thanks for the compliments. The bridge pickup is a DeArmond 2K, a great pickup. I admit that I bought it purely for the look of it but it's such a nice pickup. I guess like a P90 without the noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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