Thought this looked good

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Thought this looked good

Post by windmill » Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:20 pm

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Re: Thought this looked good

Post by countertext » Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:44 pm

10/10 would rock

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Re: Thought this looked good

Post by marqueemoon » Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:21 pm

Based on the bridge/string anchor and general styling that is definitely a Weir.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/WeirGuitars

Kind of want.

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Re: Thought this looked good

Post by countertext » Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:12 pm

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I’m not down with his headstock vision. I like his ideas otherwise. If he could come up with a good-looking head, I’d be 100% with it.

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Re: Thought this looked good

Post by burntumber » Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:51 pm

lacking volume knob?

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Re: Thought this looked good

Post by marqueemoon » Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:55 am

burntumber wrote:
Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:51 pm
lacking volume knob?
Yep. Everything he builds is pickup straight to the jack. He uses an acoustic style endpin jack.

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Re: Thought this looked good

Post by Embenny » Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:25 pm

While I applaud his use of a zero fret (still totally underutilized after all these years), I just would never be able to buy an electric guitar with a fixed saddle like that. Knowing that changing string type or gauge could worsen intonation would just drive me mad. I already hate it on acoustics but accept it out of necessity.
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Re: Thought this looked good

Post by mgeek » Sun Jul 05, 2020 12:50 am

mbene085 wrote:
Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:25 pm
While I applaud his use of a zero fret (still totally underutilized after all these years), I just would never be able to buy an electric guitar with a fixed saddle like that. Knowing that changing string type or gauge could worsen intonation would just drive me mad. I already hate it on acoustics but accept it out of necessity.
it's not fixed down though is it? If you want to use a wound third you flip it round, neat idea. Presumably you can move it back and forth too

These are new to me, not quite my thing aesthetically (don't look like they are from the past!) but really admire what he's doing

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Re: Thought this looked good

Post by electric hamburger » Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:59 pm

very interesting. That headstock looks like it belongs on a crappy acoustic dreadnaught though

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