Blackdog Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 This is a guitar that a friend of mine commissioned me to build. He wanted essentially the same as the Sapeli topped guitar I built in 2009, but with simpler cosmetic appointments. This were his specifications: Solid Honduras Mahogany body (1 piece), 36mm thick. (almost)Bookmatched, blistered Sapeli top, 18mm thick. One piece mahogany neck. HotRod and CF reinforcements. Macassar fretboard, bound in IRW with a thin maple prufling. 24 frets, 25" scale. GraphTech nut. There's a maple accent between the fretboard and the neck. Figured Sapeli headstock overlay with recessed macassar TRC. Vintage style locking tuners. ABM aluminum wraparound bridge with Tonepros locking posts. Pickups are still TBC, but is was assembled with Zhangbucker pickups: Woodbucker'24 alnico 4 at the neck and SweetHeat w/thick alnico 2 at the bridge, 3-way toggle, master volume, master tone w/P-P coiltap. Gold Hardware. Final Weight: 3.7Kg (8.2 lbs) The complete guitar was finished in natural. The finish is glossy nitro. The customer is coming next friday to pick it up. I'm very satisfied with the end results, let's hope he will be too. Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Very nice.I can't imagine that the customer would be anything but pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkOnPartInTheWar Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 wow, absolutely beautiful. Did you take the photos too? How bout a link to a larger version of that first pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFly Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Very nice.I can't imagine that the customer would be anything but pleased. +1 That is gorgeous. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatter Lee Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops1983 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Blackdog! As usual..... a beautiful, professional job Im sure the customer will be stoked! Chad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Thank you guys !! Your nice comments are much appreciated. @WalkOnPartInTheWar: My wife takes the (good) pictures. She says thanks ! I believe photobucket compresses and reduces the size of the picture on upload. I don't have any other means of hosting, but if you pm me an email address I can send it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Foreigner Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 That's just ridiculously good looking. DRROOOOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
govtmule Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Damn pretty ! Awesome ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Gorgeous Guitar! Nice Vibroverb too! Or is it a VibroClone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Thanks again, guys. @Drak: A VibroClone indeed. I built it last year. I don't believe much in "vintage electronics", but I do have a "real" 64 Princeton, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcissism Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 That's some beautiful work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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