Report Guitar Of The Month - August 2019 in Guitar Of The Month entry/poll archive Posted August 5, 2019 Not in-it-to-win-it, but here is my first ever completed build. Spec Top / Control Cover: English Walnut Body: 1 piece Poplar Neck: 1 piece Khaya Fretboard: Baked Maple, 10” Radius, Green Clay Dot Markers Frets: 22 medium jumbo, nickel Headstock Cap: Burled Elm Scale: 24.75” Bridge/Machine Heads: Gotoh Pickup: Monty’s Guitars J90 (superb pickup) Plate: Copper (made by Indra Guitars, Hastings UK) Wiring Harness: James’ Home of Tone pre-wired LPJ Weight: Bugger-all - the poplar was the weight of a frisbee... Finish: Crimson Guitars high build penetrating finishing oil, gold grain fill, green stain: “What if 6 really was 9” but local paint maker 1
Report Working with scrap... Electric Mandolin? in In Progress and Finished Work Posted August 5, 2019 Been trying to make something out of some scrap Agba (Nigerian Cedar) and plain Maple. It’s very freeing to just go at a piece of wood, with no real regard to consequences. I suspect it might end up as an electric mandolin... 3
Guitar Of The Month - August 2019
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Not in-it-to-win-it, but here is my first ever completed build.
Spec
Top / Control Cover: English Walnut
Body: 1 piece Poplar
Neck: 1 piece Khaya
Fretboard: Baked Maple, 10” Radius, Green Clay Dot Markers
Frets: 22 medium jumbo, nickel
Headstock Cap: Burled Elm
Scale: 24.75”
Bridge/Machine Heads: Gotoh
Pickup: Monty’s Guitars J90 (superb pickup)
Plate: Copper (made by Indra Guitars, Hastings UK)
Wiring Harness: James’ Home of Tone pre-wired LPJ
Weight: Bugger-all - the poplar was the weight of a frisbee...
Finish: Crimson Guitars high build penetrating finishing oil, gold grain fill, green stain: “What if 6 really was 9” but local paint maker