Custom Built Guitars Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 finished this one up yesterday. The body is spalted Elm. I've never used elm before, but I sure wish I has. This thing sustains for days! Lots of bite too. A little heavy, but thats ok. Sure is a pretty piece of wood. This thing Rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 i like the tele vibe on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Built Guitars Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 i like the tele vibe on it thanks Wez. I agree, it works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexoest Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Looks very good. Glad to hear that you tried elm with success... I have a source of spalted elm, which I'll ask for a piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Built Guitars Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 (edited) Looks very good. Glad to hear that you tried elm with success... I have a source of spalted elm, which I'll ask for a piece. I used American Elm. I can't say what european elm will sound like. I know they look a bit different. Try it and let us know.... Edited June 10, 2010 by Custom Built Guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 lovely guitar. only concern is that theres no top hat, and this makes me sad : ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Built Guitars Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 lovely guitar. only concern is that theres no top hat, and this makes me sad : ( thanks! lol, didn't have one. Maybe the new owner will add one. Supposing someone buys it that is.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Built Guitars Posted June 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 I played this last night at band practice for a little over 2 hours. American Elm is a killer tone wood. Our drummer described the tone as mahogony lp capped with maple. Yeah, I'd say he is darn close. Just a tad brighter than that I'd say. Brighter might not even be the right word. It cuts thru better than a Paul. I say the tone is Dave Davies live tone on the late 70's Kinks live album. Or the tone he got on Destroyer. We played Destroyer last night and the tone was dead on. So this is my bloviated way of saying...if you can get a hold of some American Elm, build n axe with it. You will like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Built Guitars Posted June 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 (edited) in short...... I should really keep this one for a while. It's a really nice axe. Edited June 11, 2010 by Custom Built Guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CainMD Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 checking out craiglist today and saw this http://albany.craigslist.org/msg/1784690974.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarkid4143 Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 That's cool! I should try one in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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