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MichaelE
December 30th, 2009, 11:22 PM
After six months, this beauty showed up on my doorstep. I may sell every other guitar I have after playing this. There is no comparison, nor sound I can't get out of it.

Rick Turner builds the best guitar I have ever played or heard.

Sorry, pictures just don't do it justice.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/TM1000231.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/TM1000221.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/TM1000201.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/TM1000191.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/TM1000181.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/TM1000161.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/TM1000151.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/TM1000141.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/TM1000131.jpg
Spudman
December 30th, 2009, 11:26 PM
Oh ya baby! Buckingham plays those. Sweet! Congratulations.
sunvalleylaw
December 30th, 2009, 11:27 PM
That looks really nice! I know nothing about them. Do tell!
piebaldpython
December 31st, 2009, 07:15 AM
Oh dood........SWEET!!! :drool

OK, how about a pic of just the pup and I'd like an explanation as to what kind of pup that is and all of the controls below the strings and how they work. To my untrained eye, it looks like ONE pup.
evenkeel
December 31st, 2009, 07:39 AM
Congrats!! I'm with SVL on this. Not familiar with the brand, would love to hear more.
Soulstress
December 31st, 2009, 07:54 AM
By just the way you took all those pics I can feel the love :) It is beautiful.

Congrats! :happy
Eric
December 31st, 2009, 08:00 AM
After six months, this beauty showed up on my doorstep. I may sell every other guitar I have after playing this. There is no comparison, nor sound I can't get out of it.

Rick Turner builds the best guitar I have ever played or heard.

Sorry, pictures just don't do it justice.

Congratulations! I'm with everybody else on this -- spill the beans!

What's the pickup? Is it semi-hollow? What are the knobs for? Switch? What's the wood? It looks like a pretty wide fretboard -- what's the width? Scale length? What sort of tailpiece?
piebaldpython
December 31st, 2009, 08:17 AM
This will have to suffice until MichaelE chimes in:
http://www.renaissanceguitars.com/model-1-guitar-mahogany.php
Eric
December 31st, 2009, 08:24 AM
This will have to suffice until MichaelE chimes in:
http://www.renaissanceguitars.com/model-1-guitar-mahogany.php
Ah, very good. Thanks!
sumitomo
December 31st, 2009, 08:46 AM
She is truly a one of a kind beauty! Question Cuanto Questa? how much did she cost?Sumi:D
oldguy
December 31st, 2009, 09:02 AM
:AOK Sweet!:AOK
Robert
December 31st, 2009, 10:33 AM
That is an interesting looking guitar. I don't think I've ever seen one of those before.

John Mayer sometimes plays this guitar too, I just noticed.
hubberjub
December 31st, 2009, 11:50 AM
That's cool. I've never played one but always heard they were a great guitar. Congrats.
Tig
December 31st, 2009, 06:58 PM
Oh ya baby! Buckingham plays those. Sweet! Congratulations.

:eek:
I'm a little shocked that so many guitarists here have never seen one, especially since Lindsey Buckingham has been playing one for decades!
(Fleetwood Mac)
MichaelE
December 31st, 2009, 07:48 PM
Sorry I couldn't reply to your questions earlier; I worked all day today.

The pickup is a hand-wound (by Turner himself) humbucker on a rotating acrylic disc. It does change the sound by moving the pole pieces in relation to the strings. It's called a Rototron.

It can be split by pulling up on the master tone knob which is closest to the stop piece.

Looking at the guitar as if you were watching someone play it, the controls are master volume is closest to the bridge, then the Para-EQ sweep, and then the 12db boost/cut for the EQ. The toggle switches the 18v pre-amp on and off and there is a small LED to indicate this.

The bridge is a Schaller roller and the stop piece is custom job made from solid brass and nickle plated. Tuners are Planet Waves auto-trim locking tuners, two-tone. The battery access is hand-made and holds the two 9v batteries. It's the black piece behind the stop piece. Knobs are machined aluminum and pots are CTS. The nut is hand-cut bone.

The body is a two piece slab (top and bottom) of Honduran mahogany that is joined and cut to a 25" cylindrical radius top and bottom. Binding is some sort of vulcanized fiber rubber. Not really sure. All I know is that's it's not plastic.

24 fret five-piece neck on a 24-3/4" scale with alternating purpleheart wood, maple, and some other species of beautiful wood. Headstock is a five-ply laminate of maple, and two other species I can't recall. Headstock and neck are fully bound like the body.

That about covers it I think. It was $5,100 with overnight shipping.
duhvoodooman
January 1st, 2010, 09:34 AM
Gorgeous instrument. I trust that it sounds just as good as it looks! Congrats! :AOK
tot_Ou_tard
January 1st, 2010, 09:49 AM
Wow! Very cool, I'd love to see a video review if you can manage it.
Brian Krashpad
January 1st, 2010, 10:12 AM
Wow, congrats!

I was thinking that was like the one Buckingham plays.
MichaelE
January 1st, 2010, 10:14 AM
Gorgeous instrument. I trust that it sounds just as good as it looks! Congrats! :AOK


And then some...:happy
wingsdad
January 1st, 2010, 12:08 PM
Awesome axe :AOK

With that pricetag, but moreover, with what that Turner can do, esp. with the AC30 (?), why bother with other guitars? May as well sell 'em and reimburse your investment.

Wow...are you sure you're not Lindsey Buckingham in desguise?:poke :socool ;)

With that white LP Custom, you could be his mid-70's c. Fleetwood Mac/Rumours persona, the Turner going forward.