WezV Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 already there - busy GOTM this month!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 well its been a while but i am finally getting this one put together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I've never liked the look of dog-ear p-90s. They look big & clunky and clutter up the face of the guitar. Don't care much got "no marker" fretboards, either, except for a fretless bass. Oh well - you can't please everyone. On the other hand, the SG is my favorite shape. A classic black or heritage cherry on an SG... you can't go wrong with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 A classic black or heritage cherry on an SG... you can't go wrong with that! unless you do it with dog ear pickups and a blank fretboard apparently the inspiration for this was very much a John Birch rather than gibson SG... very Tony Iommi but we didnt want the upside down crosses as inlays - just a nice expanse of ziracote. I think the dog ears are closer to that look than humbuckers would be - - - and if i am honest the whole guitar was built because these pickups existed - they are a completely one off set made by Tim at bare knuckle pickups i think the visual balance of the guitar will be better once i have the reflector knobs on there - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael.Speer Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 ah god. its a crime that u covered up that beautiful wood on the SG i have to say though it still looks beatuiful love the clean fretboard and any SG with P90s is just dripping with awesome with the RPC though is it really taht easy to get a nice finish? ive allways thoguth that it would be impossible with a brush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 see, i tend to think that it would be more of a crime to build a guitar with inferior wood.... i built it as a through neck because it solves a lot of issues i have with the gibson design, thats what dictated a lot of the wood choices and i still have a large expanse of a very nice ziracote fretboard and birdseye maple binding for the wood perverts . . . i want to build to the same principles whether it is getting a solid colour or not!!! anyway, glad you like it - RPC is easy to use with a brush but i do have to say this was done by my cousin who sprays for me. the thing about doing it with a brush is that it takes a lot more sanding flat... which generally means more chances of sanding through at the edges...... that would be very annoying with the hard bevels of an SG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 I'm lovin' it! Seriously it much reminds me of the first guitar I ever had, except well this one is nice and mine wasn't. I actually really dig the pups and bridge combo, not to mention ziricote, you can never go wrong using that wood. I had a similar idea on the nice figured bubinga fretboard I'm using, I wanted some inlays, but really didn't want to cover up the wood, so I went with some tiny ones, though maybe bare would have been a better choice. How do you like that bridge, I had stared at that one when shopping for a bridge for a long time. I think it looks great, though somewhat reminds me of the grill of a mac truck somehow. Anyhow, just curious on what you think of it? Again, I think this is a killer project, very nice stuff Wez!!!! J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 the bridge is pretty good. . . completely over built but it has the vibe we wanted for this guitar. Its been partnered with tone pros studs to stop it tilting upwards from string pressure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Cool, yeah I have a different wraparound that I'm using and am about to order the tone pros locking studs, didn't have the cash at the time I got the bridge, but knew I would before needing to drill the holes. I wish all bridges had that locking feature, it seems like such a good concept. Anyhow, cool build and am looking forward to some more pics! J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 1 gibson issue i have partially solved is the balance that was always going to be a problem on this SG because it is a longer scale with more frets than a gibson - it also has heavy grover tuners which dont help matters particularly... i suppose the light weight body woods dont help either yeah, so its little neck heavy when seated but here it is on a strap i wouldnt say the balance was perfect, but its definately better than most Gibson's i have tried the main fix was that we went for a recessed dunlop strap lock hidden behind the top horn without a strap its not visable from the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 I see Wez I like the look of the finished product. The white dogears look out of place, definitely, but it's that strange quirky kind of way that works. Typical wiring scheme, I assume? And you said those were custom....... warpigs? IIRC, and I could be completely off here. In either case, let us know if you get audio clips up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 the pickups are not part of Tims standard range - infact i dont think they normally offer nickel plated dog ear covers. They were made for the guy thats having this guitar and i think he asked tim for a pickup that sounded like the old john birch ones - its pretty much a standard vintage p-90 wind but i think the magnets are Alnico V instead ... big clunky and clutterered hardware is really what the old john birch sg's are all about - but i decided to keep the controls like a gibson rather than have twenty knobs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 all done and ready to be taken away :-\ this shot is for those people that like to see fancy wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 With that last shot of the nice maple binding, you'll be a shoe-in win for next month's GOTM I like this one a lot, the pickups especially, as well as the neck joint. Looks ultra comfortable! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronico Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Fantastic guitar Wez ! GOTM please... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 nah, dont want to GOTM this one... rather save the really special stuff for that. the things that make this guitar good (better than a gibson designed SG) are small design features i wanted to try, not things that make it stand out as a GOTM now, if this is liked by its new owner we might be starting something more worthy of GOTM - currently discussing double necks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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