Drak Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 OK, here's the scoop-du-joire. I finally got this piece of Koa I've had for awhile cut today, boy-how-dee am I lovin' it, Flame-Taste-ique! BUT...this piece was sold (on e-Bay) as a gunstock blank. It is basically triangular-shaped. I got enough to do 2 tops, one is going to be another Rhoads Shark Vee top. The other, well, I can get a Les Paul shape out of it barely. Nothing with upper horns will fly on this. So, my dilemma. I love Les Pauls, but only the carved-top ones. Weirdo, I know. Something about that LP shape, ...but pancake-flat... like the Jr. was kinda bugs me for some stupid reason. I think it only looks good like Gibson did it, ala combo TOM/Stop all in one and P-90's. I kinda like that basic rock-n-roll minimalist look, but I think HB's on a flat-topped LP looks weird. You ever feel that way too? So, should I use the LP Jr. shape and use the minimalist concept of combo tailpiece and a pair of P-90's... Or instead use the double-cutaway look of the LP Special and some SA-MOKIN HB's? I'm not so sure I'm sold on using P-90's for much of anything, might be nice, but I'd hate to route for them just to find the guitar not being used, know what I mean? That would be 'designing-for-stoopid'. Help! Stumped I am I am. Or maybe I can get an SG out of it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 man if it was me it would be a carved top lp,but it would have humbuckers in it i just never really liked the clean tone of an lp.much prefer it for metal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 single cutaway i mean....i don't like the double cutaway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted November 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Not enough wood for a carved top, maybe I should have expalained that better. Both tops are only about 1/4". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 oh...well then.....i don't like any of those choices. but that's just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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