Pictures (Guitars)

markeebee · July 01, 2012, 04:30:50 AM

Quote from: Colonel Angus on June 26, 2012, 11:27:52 AM

Warrants a better picture, but this is from our weekend session. 1964 ES-335 that lived under my girlfriends bed for a decade. She told me once "i have this guitar, it was my mom's"... I thought "oh that's nice" until one day curiosity got the better of me.....

MARRY HER NOW!!

Skruffyhound · July 01, 2012, 05:59:16 AM

OOps, got another guitar yesterday.
Its a 70's Levin. 200kr/£20/$30 at a market. It was cheap, but damn it's another project because the soundboard struts need re-glueing

It should sound beautiful when fixed up, and it was 10% of what they go for on ebay, with a gig bag and a Boss TU-70 forgotten in the pocket.
Didn't really need another project though.
Looks like this, but with some scratches round the sound hole from the shredder that didn't look after it.

Perrow · July 01, 2012, 04:17:27 PM

Quote from: Skruffyhound on July 01, 2012, 05:59:16 AM
Its a 70's Levin. 200kr/£20/$30 at a market. It was cheap, but damn it's another project because the soundboard struts need re-glueing

That's a nice find. SEK/NKR/DKR? Not that it matters that much they're almost the same converted to £ or $ and rounded for convenience, but it's nice to know for a Swede (the nationality not the vegetable).

Skruffyhound · July 01, 2012, 04:32:17 PM

DKK, I'm in København

Perrow · July 02, 2012, 09:25:01 AM

Quote from: Skruffyhound on July 01, 2012, 04:32:17 PM
DKK, I'm in København

Oh well, at least you have a Swedish guitar now

Skruffyhound · July 02, 2012, 03:20:55 PM

Yeah, life could be worse, it could have been Norwegian

artifus · July 02, 2012, 08:12:28 PM

the ultimate punk guitar

earthtonesaudio · July 02, 2012, 08:19:15 PM

Compensating for someth.... er maybe not.

Perrow · July 03, 2012, 01:05:15 AM

Quote from: earthtonesaudio on July 02, 2012, 08:19:15 PM
Compensating for someth.... er maybe not.

Hey, I could use that to compensate for my enormous...

... lack of guitar skills.

paulyy · July 04, 2012, 07:17:20 AM

My custom RG570. I had the body custom made from a guy on ebay. He made it out of one peice of mahogany. I added the bevel on the lower horn on the back.

deadastronaut · July 04, 2012, 09:34:06 AM

^ classy....love that bevel idea....nice guitar man!...

.Mike · July 04, 2012, 05:23:05 PM

Got my Squier Cyclone yesterday. Interesting.

The knobs were junk, so I swapped them out:

A strange paint line on the neck pocket...

...piqued my curiosity, so I took the whole thing apart, and found this paint chip, which appears to have come off the inside near where the bridge screws come through.

Looks like the guitar was originally surf green, then painted white (primer?), and then painted black. Under a bright white light, the black appears to be dark green.

I'm going to do a full review soon.

Mike

Earthscum · July 04, 2012, 08:31:19 PM

That looks like body filler to me. I've considered it to re-level my neck. Also, might be there to make sure there's a solid surface for the neck to seat against to reduce the joint dampening. It would fill in the pores. Also, might just be to fill a f-up.

davent · July 21, 2012, 10:22:03 PM

Last night, pulled this out of the case where it's sat since two or three Christmas' back and it's still pretty much in tune with itself, tuning overall had dropped but it was last tuned during times of dry central heating and now it's hot and humid. Made it during the mid to late nineties. Engelmann Spruce top, Indian Rosewood back/sides and bridge, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, compensated bone nut and saddle, Schaller tuners. Based on the plan/drawing of a Romanillos which in turn was i believe, based on a Hauser. The French Polish has taken a beating and it doesn't play nice with pedals but all else is well and good. Time for a manicure and grind my rust off, the other home inhabitants are not going to miss the usual squealing feedback and paint peeling volume (according to them, "we can hear that when came around the corner at the end of the street").

Cheers
dave

deadastronaut · July 23, 2012, 02:43:55 AM

^ thats a beauty, homemade...amazing work!..

Skruffyhound · July 25, 2012, 02:30:08 AM

I'm amazed Dave. You are a talented man.

davent · July 25, 2012, 10:06:44 AM

Thanks guys!
Just patient with a good library.
dave

haveyouseenhim · July 31, 2012, 01:16:25 AM

Here's my Ibanez RG470 i swirled.

deadastronaut · July 31, 2012, 05:26:12 AM

^ tasty....i have a strat copy i want to experiment with swirl on....one day..

i have a rg470 too...

G. Hoffman · July 31, 2012, 06:58:50 AM

Quote from: Earthscum on July 04, 2012, 08:31:19 PM
That looks like body filler to me. I've considered it to re-level my neck. Also, might be there to make sure there's a solid surface for the neck to seat against to reduce the joint dampening. It would fill in the pores. Also, might just be to fill a f-up.

Yes, a pour filler of some sort. NOT the way to deal with a neck which isn't straight, though. Not even kind of. Actually, more of a good way to ruin a neck.

Gabriel

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