Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Just thought it was a couple of cool pics to share :) Its taken me a while to get here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeybo89 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Love the blue dc. Each guitar very classy. What pickups do you generally use in the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Quite impressive looks, Rabs! When about those ready for playing, I think I'd try the one with full-size humbuckers first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 impressive for sure Rabs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Love the blue dc. Each guitar very classy. What pickups do you generally use in the Ohh what ever I can get :) So far I have used Gibson on 2 of them (mini humbuckers and P90s for the blue one).. Then I have humbucker sized P90s with the black face and silver trim.. One I got from a company called AxesRus and the others are Vanson.. and let me tell you, they sound frikken great... (I have videos if you want to look).... The full sized hummers are also from AxesRus I think they were called late 50s or something.. they also sound really good, nice and clear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Quite impressive looks, Rabs! When about those ready for playing, I think I'd try the one with full-size humbuckers first. Haha, yeah I seem to have a sub conscious thing for P90s :).. I need some more with full hummers on them.... And thanks all for the comments.. I will be showing these to the public this weekend so lets hope they think the same thing :unsure: :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Nice work Rabs. Good luck this weekend I'm sure you'll do great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Nice work Rabs. Good luck this weekend I'm sure you'll do great! Thank you sir... Heres hoping... Im excited but REAL nervous too... Just want it to go well that's all.. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Have you checked they will all fit in the car Rabs? (Yeah, it's the small details ) Just doing the show will be a fine achievement in itself and I'm sure people will treat you nicely. Did you sell the Tele model? It was pretty cool. Go well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Very nice. Good luck this weekend. We will be out Saturday night and I will hoist one in your general direction. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Have you checked they will all fit in the car Rabs? (Yeah, it's the small details ) Just doing the show will be a fine achievement in itself and I'm sure people will treat you nicely. Did you sell the Tele model? It was pretty cool. Go well! Thanks... And yeah even just getting the general reaction towards my guitars will be cool..... And do you mean this one No.. Not sold any yet.. Theres that guitar and two others that arnt in that picture of them all.. I just didn't have them with me today.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Very nice. Good luck this weekend. We will be out Saturday night and I will hoist one in your general direction. rct Cheers.. :) I think im gonna need all the luck I can get... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Those look great - best of luck at the show! P.S. You've been really busy, haven't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Those look great - best of luck at the show! P.S. You've been really busy, haven't you? Cheers.. And yeah, the last few weeks especially ive been at this non stop.. Little jobs keep coming up here and there that I need to get done before the weekend.. Almost there :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Wow Rabs!, those really do look fantastic...if you ever do a guitar show around Yorkshire let me know, I'd like to try some of those out for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Wow Rabs!, those really do look fantastic...if you ever do a guitar show around Yorkshire let me know, I'd like to try some of those out for sure. Thank you :) Well you never know.. the people who are organising this show are called Northern Guitar Shows, and as the name states they usually do them up north and have been doing it for 19 years this is their first London one check their site http://www.guitarshows.co.uk/ So it really all depends on what happens this weekend... I have another show booked in February which is in Birmingham, probably one of the bigger shows too, I went along to this years one just to have a look and it was pretty cool actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Best of luck to you, Rabs! I hope putting up with parting with some of your makes will come easy to you finally :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Best of luck to you, Rabs! I hope putting up with parting with some of your makes will come easy to you finally :unsure: Cheers :) And you know what... That walnut top one, the one on the right in the top picture.. I played it this week for the first time, I did actually consider keeping it for myself :) But I don't really consider these my guitars, just guitars I have built.. If one of the guitars I have made can help make someone happy and help bring more music in to the world, that means a lot to me too.. Its why im doing this.. I love guitars and music, and being part of it even in this small way is cool..... and if it works and I manage to make a living doing this, well that would be an incredible gift.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Cheers :) And you know what... That walnut top one, the one on the right in the top picture.. I played it this week for the first time, I did actually consider keeping it for myself :) But I don't really consider these my guitars, just guitars I have built.. If one of the guitars I have made can help make someone happy and help bring more music in to the world, that means a lot to me too.. Its why im doing this.. I love guitars and music, and being part of it even in this small way is cool..... and if it works and I manage to make a living doing this, well that would be an incredible gift.... Very good attitude, Rabs! Staying with some as reward and keepsake is fine for sure, too. This may make you empathise how other folks have fun playing your creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 The very best fortune this weekend, Rabs. They're looking great! I REALLY wish I could be there to try them out and so on but I'll be up in Cumbria. Very Bad Timing concerning school holidays. ...That walnut top one....I did actually consider keeping it for myself.... Not my place to say so but if I were you I'd definitely keep either the very first you made or at the very least your favourite from the first batch. Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 The very best fortune this weekend, Rabs. They're looking great! Not my place to say so but if I were you I'd definitely keep either the very first you made or at the very least your favourite from the first batch. Pip. Cheers man.. I really do appreciate all the wishes and support.. It really does make a difference. And no, the very first playable guitar is not on sale.. Mainly cos its not quite good enough.. So I will keep it.... I have the body but took the pickups out to use on another guitar (Searcys pickups)... Maybe I will go back to it one day when I have the time and fix it up :) Really though. I made these to sell (if I can).. After all, now I know how, I can just make myself anything I want :)... the Rabs's Perfect Guitar project will come at some point... I just need to get through this show at the moment and get some feel of what the situation is.. that's the important thing. If it goes well, then there will be more plans.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 That walnut one would be my choice. You have very good taste in guitars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 1476910505[/url]' post='1807088']Cheers :) And you know what... That walnut top one, the one on the right in the top picture.. I played it this week for the first time, I did actually consider keeping it for myself :) But I don't really consider these my guitars, just guitars I have built.. If one of the guitars I have made can help make someone happy and help bring more music in to the world, that means a lot to me too.. Its why im doing this.. I love guitars and music, and being part of it even in this small way is cool..... and if it works and I manage to make a living doing this, well that would be an incredible gift.... These turned out awesome. I like several and that walnut top is one. The half and half still looks great too. I saw this post on Facebook today. By the way, when I did paintings for folks, there were lots of paintings I had a great deal of time in that I'd like to keep but sold them anyway. So I took photographs of them all and one I took to a copy place and made a CD of it so I had a paper copy I framed. It's downstairs hanging in the family room. Couldn't believe the guys at work that wanted a copy of that so I limited it to 10 copy's I sold then stopped. Best wishes for you Rabs, truly hope you do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drog Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 They look good Rabs, I especially like the one with the tele style pickups. Best of luck for the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 It sounds like an exciting time for you Rabs. Good luck!! I can't wait to hear you report back on the show. [thumbup] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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