Vendelcrow Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 I have a few pictures of some of the guitars i made during the late 70s and early 80s. I have included two of them, so you can have a look. The standard of those days was not as high as they are today, and Sweden was not the best place to source guitar supplies. The headless guitar was made in 78. Ash body and a maple neck. Hardware and pu's from Schaller. It was a heavy beast, but had a nice tone and great sustain. Because of the weight, I later chambered it out from the back, and all the aspects of the guitar improved. The SC was made in mahogany, with Schaller hardware and a Mighty Mite Motherbucker. Later I added a flamed maple top to it with an amber burst, and the look and the tone improved a lot. I have a few more pictures, and if you are interested to see them I can add them also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 Wow, that shows some real creativity! I love them! I never knew that the motherbucker looked like that. Holy crap! Very nice guitars. Please post more pics if you have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 *** is WITH THAT STOPTAIL!???!?!?! THAT TOP ONE IS SO STRANGE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 Cool axes, dude. Thanks for sharing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 The headless guitar was made in 78. Ash body and a maple neck. Hardware and pu's from Schaller. It was a heavy beast, but had a nice tone and great sustain. Because of the weight, I later chambered it out from the back, and all the aspects of the guitar improved. Ooooh! Very cool! I like your headless one. I'm planning one designed similar to it but I want to use the smaller LSR Tuners to allow for tighter placement... sort of like the Teuffel CoCo but at the bridge end. Here is some ascii "art" : Ferrules +----> O O O `---> O O O +=+=+=+=+=+ <-- Nut | | | | | | +-+-+-+-+-+ | | | | | | +-+-+-+-+-+ | | | | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H H H H H <-- Bridge | | | | | | ,--> O| | | | | | | O| | | | | LSR | O| | | | Tuners + O| | | | O| | `------------> O| probably with a body shape inspired by Tim Donahue's fretless (but fretted.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 U love that strat.... looks great!!! Yes, please post more pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vendelcrow Posted December 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 Thanks for the nice comments! I will put up some more pics, but I must first find and scan them (I think I have 6-8 more somewhere). I'll see what I can dig up. I really like that Tim Donahue bass, real cool. It has an organic design, a bit like some fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 Thanks for the nice comments! I will put up some more pics, but I must first find and scan them (I think I have 6-8 more somewhere). I'll see what I can dig up. I really like that Tim Donahue bass, real cool. It has an organic design, a bit like some fish. You're welcome! Please do post more. Yeah, I like the Donahue design except for the pointed lower end but he did that to accomodate the tuners. I think the LSR's would make his design "cleaner." I agree, very "organic"... it kinda reminds me of Spock's Vulcan Lyre in the old Star Trek . Ohwha-tagee-kiam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brown Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 hahaha good call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultraman Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 howd you get a ring mount that big for the strat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 those are awesome guitars! And yea, more pictures would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goat Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 It must be Sweden.Look at that snow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vendelcrow Posted December 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 The pu ring was milles out of 4 mm brass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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