Hommage project. Anyone wants to guess which guitar was the model?
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 3:02 pm
The guitar that inspired the project started its life as a 1957 TV Junior, that was later routed for a neck pickup, with the adition of a toggle switch and 4 Dakaware cream knobs. It has been used intensively on stage since the 90's, by two different but closely related artists. I won't say more for now, so you may guess
I didn't go as far as the original, ageing wise. I wanted to capture the visual essence of the guitar, not an exact copy. Obviously, I screwed up the shaping of the pickguard, so I'll have to make a new one .
Specs for the project :
- Mahogany body
- Mahogany/Pau ferro neck
- 45100 Jescar
- Vintage tuners
- Mojoaxe aluminium wraparound bridge
- Vintage inspired pickups 550k pots / Bumblebee on the bridge, K40-Y9 on the neck
- BG P90 vintage
- Nitro finish
I must say I'm really thrilled about this project. It's my first set-neck project, and it went fine, which is already a victory. But moreover, this is the best playing and sounding guitar I ever made. Some of my projects were good, one or two came really great, and some were very disappointing. This one is more than great. This guitar just feels and sounds very similar to my 1956 Junior, with the added versatility of a two pickups arrangement. Part of the credits for this go to Bryan Gunsher (BG pups), who makes my favorite P90, and other parts to Dan at Mojoaxe as his bridge is fantastic and makes the guitar ring really loud acoustically.
I didn't go as far as the original, ageing wise. I wanted to capture the visual essence of the guitar, not an exact copy. Obviously, I screwed up the shaping of the pickguard, so I'll have to make a new one .
Specs for the project :
- Mahogany body
- Mahogany/Pau ferro neck
- 45100 Jescar
- Vintage tuners
- Mojoaxe aluminium wraparound bridge
- Vintage inspired pickups 550k pots / Bumblebee on the bridge, K40-Y9 on the neck
- BG P90 vintage
- Nitro finish
I must say I'm really thrilled about this project. It's my first set-neck project, and it went fine, which is already a victory. But moreover, this is the best playing and sounding guitar I ever made. Some of my projects were good, one or two came really great, and some were very disappointing. This one is more than great. This guitar just feels and sounds very similar to my 1956 Junior, with the added versatility of a two pickups arrangement. Part of the credits for this go to Bryan Gunsher (BG pups), who makes my favorite P90, and other parts to Dan at Mojoaxe as his bridge is fantastic and makes the guitar ring really loud acoustically.