thearabianmage
May 28th, 2010, 08:10 PM
Hey y'all, I gave a slightly brief description and included a couple photos of this in different thread, but thought I'd bring it here. I'm gonna get some clips done in a couple days.
Here's the full run-down:
Construction - Solid-body neck thru arch-top; natural finish Indian rosewood body and neck with mahogany and walnut stripes, 3/4'' quilted maple cap, bird's eye maple veneer on the headstock, 24-fret white plastic-bound ebony fretboard with black plastic side-dots and real mother-of-pearl dot inlays.
Hardware - Schaller machine heads (don't know model), Schaller 'Hot Stuff' pickups in the neck and bridge (14.4k ceramic), Schaller 3-D6 fixed bridge w/ brass saddles, brass nut/truss-rod cover/back-plate/jack-plate/knobs, and little gold strap-buttons.
Electrics - 3 470k pots made in the UK - one log two lin - 2 tiny .047mf Sprague Orange Drops, 2 DPDT mini-toggles (one phase and one series/parallel both only for the bridge) and lastly, the cavity has been lined with aluminum shielding.
Neck - wide and medium-thick. Weight - 9 1/2 lbs. Sustain - 3 1/2 years.
It was pretty rusty when I got it. The only date I've got on it is '88 on the linear pot. The pot was made in the UK, and I think it's a custom guitar that was made in the UK as well.
The nut and frets were green, the backplate was thick matte brown from dirt and rust, the pup rings are still a bit rusty, the magnets were in bad shape, and the machineheads are still a bit 'sandy'. . . But some metal polish, elbow grease, and 5 hours later and it almost looks 5 years old! :p :D
I think that about covers it. . .
Cheers :)
http://img691.imageshack.us/g/photo33e.jpg/
P.S. - Sorry for the poor quality photos. . .iPhone 3G. . .
Here's the full run-down:
Construction - Solid-body neck thru arch-top; natural finish Indian rosewood body and neck with mahogany and walnut stripes, 3/4'' quilted maple cap, bird's eye maple veneer on the headstock, 24-fret white plastic-bound ebony fretboard with black plastic side-dots and real mother-of-pearl dot inlays.
Hardware - Schaller machine heads (don't know model), Schaller 'Hot Stuff' pickups in the neck and bridge (14.4k ceramic), Schaller 3-D6 fixed bridge w/ brass saddles, brass nut/truss-rod cover/back-plate/jack-plate/knobs, and little gold strap-buttons.
Electrics - 3 470k pots made in the UK - one log two lin - 2 tiny .047mf Sprague Orange Drops, 2 DPDT mini-toggles (one phase and one series/parallel both only for the bridge) and lastly, the cavity has been lined with aluminum shielding.
Neck - wide and medium-thick. Weight - 9 1/2 lbs. Sustain - 3 1/2 years.
It was pretty rusty when I got it. The only date I've got on it is '88 on the linear pot. The pot was made in the UK, and I think it's a custom guitar that was made in the UK as well.
The nut and frets were green, the backplate was thick matte brown from dirt and rust, the pup rings are still a bit rusty, the magnets were in bad shape, and the machineheads are still a bit 'sandy'. . . But some metal polish, elbow grease, and 5 hours later and it almost looks 5 years old! :p :D
I think that about covers it. . .
Cheers :)
http://img691.imageshack.us/g/photo33e.jpg/
P.S. - Sorry for the poor quality photos. . .iPhone 3G. . .