Pictures (Guitars)

[deadastronaut]

+1, love those inlays..really pop. 

[thermionix]

My yin-yang by bancika, on Flickr

This one might be more impressive:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bancika/32983212040/

How did you do that?

[G. Hoffman]

Gabriel

[Philthy]

  talk to me about that bridge pick-up thingy

[G. Hoffman]

talk to me about that bridge pick-up thingy

It's a Lollar string through lap steel picture.  It's based on the pickups on old Supro lap steels, but it is also (along with the gold foil neck pickup) the bridge pickup on Ry Cooder's main electric guitar.  It isn't even kind of a copy of the Coodercaster, but it was an influence.  The pickups sound great, but it is a freaking pain in the ass.  With the bridge pickup, the strings need to be quite precisely in the middle of the (rather narrow) space between the top plate and the coils.  And the neck pickup is mounted directly to the top.  Basically, the only way to adjust the pickup height is to change the neck angle.  It sounds great, though.


Gabriel

[Philthy]

thanks, I learnt something today.
must be tricky to palm mute!

[G. Hoffman]

thanks, I learnt something today.
must be tricky to palm mute!

Surprisingly, it's not.  The high E string is a bit tricky, muting the low E causes the corner of the pickup to kind of dig into your hand, and it'll take some practice to be completely facile with it, but really it works pretty well.  Plam behind the pickup, pick in front.  It IS a bit different, but it's not that hard.  And it really isn't a metal guitar, so I'm not going to be doing much low E chuging.  The middle strings are no issue at all, and that's where I'll probably spend most of my time. 


Gabriel

[italianguy63]

Started a new project today... a custom request.  Will be a little while before it is done though.  MC

[bluebunny]

Oh, you tease!   

[vigilante397]

I like where it's going already

[italianguy63]

Actually, the customer's request is odd to me.. not something I would personally do!  We'll see how it turns out.  But it will be a stripped down Esquire, single pickup Tele.

[thermionix]

Alder?

[italianguy63]

Actually "European Linden"

[thermionix]

So, basically basswood?

[italianguy63]

I'm familiar with African Limba.

Basically Linden is Basswood.  Has good tonal qualities for a Tele.  Customer wanted a light guitar, so Linden was a good choice, as well as the "smuggler" hollowed out body.

[italianguy63]

Getting started... this is going to be a Cadillac Sedan DeVille vs. a Chevy Corvette!

[italianguy63]

Started a new project today... a custom request.  Will be a little while before it is done though.  MC

Customer wanted a natural finish.. (basically bare wood).  Talked him into an oil finish.  I am using "Tru-Oil" gun stock oil for the 1st time.. Really cool stuff!  On coat 6 of the finish.. about 1/2 way done (with the finish)... looks nice.

[stallik]

A good while ago, I popped an under saddle piezo into my old Yamaha classical. Output goes straight into the amp and sounds brilliant. Until that is, the wires break. Problem is that the wires are just too long inside, move around and finally give way. Also, I hate the noise of them flapping against the sides so I plan to shorten them.
That's the easy bit but there will always have to be some slack created when the jack is re inserted so I'd like to tape the last bit to the sides. Question is, just how would I do that? My arms are too big to fit through the sound hole and I struggle enough to get that darned nut back on the jack

[thermionix]

My arms are too big to fit through the sound hole

Wife?  Kids?

[stallik]

Wife's arms too big, kids too. Grandchildren maybe. Next time they're round I'll test them. Hadn't thought of that.