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Post by chris on Dec 14, 2005 14:06:42 GMT -6
Here's a pic of the artwork Meredith did on the body. There is more on the neck.
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Post by petegalati on Jul 14, 2006 18:42:12 GMT -6
Looks great. Is that carved in?
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Post by richwildricebandcom on Jul 25, 2006 3:06:03 GMT -6
Hi Pete Welcome to death valley! We never pushed this forum, don't know if it is worth doing, and don't check it very often... Glad you found it, though! That is pen and ink on the Strat, under a clearcoat, now with a very cool aged neck on it.
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Post by petegalati on Aug 28, 2006 15:18:58 GMT -6
Hi Pete Welcome to death valley! We never pushed this forum, don't know if it is worth doing, and don't check it very often... Glad you found it, though! That is pen and ink on the Strat, under a clearcoat, now with a very cool aged neck on it. Ok, now I'm logged in. It should remember me. Maybe I need to make sure I tell my browser to remember me or something. Hard to say if it's worth promoting. If it gets popular, it might turn into a giant headache! Got any pictures of it with the neck on it yet? Pete
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Post by Rich on Sept 6, 2006 13:57:12 GMT -6
Hi Pete
I think Chris has a couple of pics of that guitar. I'll ask him tonight when I see him. It turned out pretty cool!
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Post by chris on Sept 7, 2006 17:48:14 GMT -6
Yeah, that guitar ended up with the neck as the test-bed for distressed finishing. I'm planning on getting a MIM Fender neck (it's a MIM body), putting in a set of USA pickups and sell it off. Not real happy with the Truetone strat pickups in it, could be that I generally hate strats.
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Post by petegalati on Sept 12, 2006 23:14:08 GMT -6
Looks great. It should be easy to find a buyer if you decide to sell it off.
I can't say I hate Strats. Sometimes they're really useful. I've just never owned one that's as good as the better ones I've played. And I've never gotten comfortable with the things. It's like the neck's in the wrong place or something.
Pete
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Post by Rich on Sept 15, 2006 12:42:45 GMT -6
I generally only like Strats when other players are using them... My student has an American Double humbucker Strat with hard tail and Duncans in it that I really like, but it's barely a strat with 2 'buckers and a hardtail bridge.. I've played a handful of them that I liked, but few and far between. I guess I'd just build one if I felt the urge...
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Post by petegalati on Sept 16, 2006 11:01:30 GMT -6
I generally only like Strats when other players are using them... My student has an American Double humbucker Strat with hard tail and Duncans in it that I really like, but it's barely a strat with 2 'buckers and a hardtail bridge.. I've played a handful of them that I liked, but few and far between. I guess I'd just build one if I felt the urge... Mark Baier of Victoria amps is a Strat freak. If you're ever in the shop, ask him if he has the one given to him by the Thunderbirds guy with him. Best Strat I ever played. But I really don't know how to work the things myself. I'd like Stats a whole lot mre if I'd ever put together one I could bond with. But since my 1st good electric was a Tele, I'll never feel that kind of closeness to a Strat. I'm more at home with a Les Paul than a Strat. Pete
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Post by Rich on Sept 20, 2006 5:39:02 GMT -6
Yeah, I'm much more at home on a Lester than a Strat. I built a really cool Strat/Tele hybrid that I like, and a very Gibson-esque T style, Here's another Gibby-T we did for a customer: Now I'm thinking about a carved top, semi hollow T style with flame maple binding, 24.75" scale with a neck bucker. I'm also thinking about having a different neck made up in a shorter scale for my Hollow T:
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Post by petegalati on Sept 22, 2006 16:17:26 GMT -6
Here's another Gibby-T we did for a customer: That one I could probebly pick right up and play it comfortably because of the Les Paul control locations. And I like humbuckers too. There may be something very non-twang about humbuckers, but my feeling is there're more situations where they're useful. You could tune your carved top like a violin top! Now that's a Tele that needs one of those Charlie Christian pickups. Maybe even with that oddball 3-point mointing system.. Is that one hollow, or semi-hollow? Pete
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Post by Rich on Sept 23, 2006 19:50:43 GMT -6
This one is fully hollow, the back and sides are one piece purpleheart wood, the top is flame redwood. It has internal top bracing, and two sound posts under the bridge. It really is an amazing instrument. The Barto is incredible. I love it.
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Post by petegalati on Sept 24, 2006 2:43:08 GMT -6
I'd heard that redwood is kind of hard to get hold of these days. Back in the '50s they used it for siding on houses.
You got sound post just like violins. Is that kind of a standard thing with hollow guitars?
Pete
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Post by Rich on Sept 25, 2006 2:12:35 GMT -6
Not to my knowledge. I modeled it after a fiddle, but wanted to strengthen the top directly below the bridge, and the posts help transfer the vibrations to the back of the instrument, causing the top and the back to work together. The other benefit is it restricts the top from a certain amount of resonance which really helps with feedback issues at high volumes. This thing kicks major butt through a 100 watt Fender Vibrosonic reverb cranked to about 6 or 7.
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Post by Rich on Jan 26, 2008 20:52:22 GMT -6
One happy guy now owns this interesting guitar.
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