Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 My son is a budding luthier. He builds mostly bass guitars but this is his gift to me. A neck through made of laminated, curly maple, this pecan strips, walnut and mahogany. The body is made of Leopard wood. Binding is ipe as are the knobs. Inlays are ipe, black walnut, the wolf inlay in the head is ebony. the nut is ebony. Sweet guitar and sounds great. The neck through was drilled out to about 75% empty to allow sound to resonate. Sounds great without amp and with amp it does sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 WOW! That is one beautiful guitar. Gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 WOW! Gorgeous work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Shapiro Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Sweet! That's really lovely. I keep thinking about a custom bass. Does he have a website? I'd like to check out his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Bill, that is absolutely outstanding!! How 'bout some technical info...? Pickups? Tuning machines? Strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 A real labour of love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Wow !!! Love Talking ... Son to Dad. Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Looks like Seymore Duncan pickips. Beautiful in every respect!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Bill, that is absolutely outstanding!! How 'bout some technical info...? Pickups? Tuning machines? Strings? Thanks for asking Hardpan.... The tuning machines are Grover Deluxe, Wiring harness is from RS Guitarwork (we were going to wire up our own, but this one seemed great) Pickups are Seymour Duncan SH 1 '59s. Strings right now are DeAddario EXL 120 (.009 - .042) The bezels for pickups are handmade from wenge as is the background of headstock veneer overlay. the fretboard is wenge as well.. the headstock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 11 hours ago, Doc Shapiro said: Sweet! That's really lovely. I keep thinking about a custom bass. Does he have a website? I'd like to check out his work. He does not have a website yet. He was working on one I private messaged you with some more info. Here is a picture of one of his latest base guitars. It is not finished, but the design is great. You can not see it, but the body just infront of the end of the =neck has a wave like dip to come up under the neck joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Shapiro Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 32 minutes ago, Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 said: He does not have a website yet. He was working on one I private messaged you with some more info. Here is a picture of one of his latest base guitars. It is not finished, but the design is great. You can not see it, but the body just infront of the end of the =neck has a wave like dip to come up under the neck joint. That's pretty. Guessing a piezo as there aren't any pickup routes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 3 hours ago, Doc Shapiro said: That's pretty. Guessing a piezo as there aren't any pickup routes? That is his plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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