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  1. On 3/23/2024 at 4:59 PM, Rabs said:

    Well thanks for that. But sadly its not just that, its also the fact that my hands are pretty screwed up. I have to be pretty careful these days and give them time to rest. Like I did some fencing for my mum the other week. About three hours working with my hands and I paid for it the following few days after.

    Then theres also what to make. I have looked at all sorts of things over the years. Recently I had the idea of making really nice wood cabinets for speakers. Like build an equivalent cab and just like fit someone's amp into it, that sort of thing. BUT these days with the mini CNC machines you can buy, almost any idea you can think of and theres already people set up and doing it. And then you have to work out if its worth the time to do that and be able to sell it for a reasonable profit. There arent many things you can build out of wood that can do that.

    So some might say well build them anyway. But I did that once before and then if I cant sell them you just end up with a load of guitars that no one wants and just sit in a cupboard.

    I do still want to finish the last few guitars I started building for personal reasons but its not a business.

    Its a weird world we live in at the moment.

    You see...  This is the sort of thing I am talking about.. Its a shop brand (PMT) and actually I have one quite close to me. Not that im looking for a new guitar.. But how they even make things like this at that price is just crazy. I couldnt come close. Not that im comparing what I did to cheap end guitars, just more about how crowded the market is and more importantly. It wasnt that long ago that you would never buy a cheap guitar cos you knew it wasnt worth it as they were just often unplayable. That has changed. The cheap end guitars of today are generally pretty decent. Especially when you consider the price. Oh and dont get too excited, its not actually rosewood, that would be beyond crazy.

     

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  2. 49 minutes ago, merciful-evans said:

    Glad to hear that anyway. The Lite guitar is still of interest to us for sure.

    I just checked out Guitar Village used guitars and they have a Less+ and asking the original retail price that a new one cost in 2015 (£1,500). 

    Thats pretty good.. But really after my 336s, I cant even be looking at buying one 🙂  Yeah, hopefully I will get my own, better one finished.

  3. 5 hours ago, Murph said:

    You're a gifted wood worker, Rabs. Make something else.

    Perhaps this is an opportunity.

     

    Well thanks for that. But sadly its not just that, its also the fact that my hands are pretty screwed up. I have to be pretty careful these days and give them time to rest. Like I did some fencing for my mum the other week. About three hours working with my hands and I paid for it the following few days after.

    Then theres also what to make. I have looked at all sorts of things over the years. Recently I had the idea of making really nice wood cabinets for speakers. Like build an equivalent cab and just like fit someone's amp into it, that sort of thing. BUT these days with the mini CNC machines you can buy, almost any idea you can think of and theres already people set up and doing it. And then you have to work out if its worth the time to do that and be able to sell it for a reasonable profit. There arent many things you can build out of wood that can do that.

    So some might say well build them anyway. But I did that once before and then if I cant sell them you just end up with a load of guitars that no one wants and just sit in a cupboard.

    I do still want to finish the last few guitars I started building for personal reasons but its not a business.

    Its a weird world we live in at the moment.

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  4. And this is why I think Gibson and Fender do what they do.. The market is way over crowded. Its why I havent gone back in to making them. With the likes of Harley Benton and many other cheap makes these days, I cant compete.. There also seems to be more luthiers than ever before and while I always liked my guitars, I cant really pretend I can offer anything really different. Maybe some different wood selections and some variations on body design and hardware but thats about it. Where as Gibson and Fender almost sit alone in the historic and high end. So thats where they live these days and actually I cant say I blame them. It is a shame though. It didnt seem that long ago where I was buying new Gibsons for like £750 (like my goldtop studio and the LP DC Special Faded, even the Gary Moore BFG I had was like £850).. I doubt we will ever see those days again.

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  5. Well from what I understand, there are no holes drilled in the back of the neck for the usual tuners so, if say you were replacing current manual tuners, the only thing I would want is to match the positions of the holes already drilled. But as said that shouldnt be an issue. All you have to worry about is the size of the tuner post hole. If its the standard size then you can use any tuners that will fit a USA made model. Cos say the Chinese made ones, they use the metric measurements where the US ones use the imperial system.

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  6. Hard to say exactly from the pictures. But it depends on the neck angle. If there is one. From the pictures you are using a wrap around bridge or something like it which will mean you would need the neck to be at an angle for it to work..

    This sort of explains it. And if you have a neck angle then you want the bridge pickup to be angled too or at least taller than the neck surround.. But if its a flat top which it looks like it is then you want a flat bottomed pickup surround.

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  7. 3 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

    Remember the Swiss cheese Explorer? That knocked it out of the park.

    Speaking of Swiss cheese Buck Dharma from Blue Öyster Cult actually has a body of a guitar that looks like cheese.

    Didnt mind these so much.  Just a bit different, its not like they made many of them and had to have an excavator drive over the top of them and destroy them all...

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  8. 9 minutes ago, ghost_of_fl said:

    There was a really smart forum member (moderator?) here who figured out a brilliant solution:  just make your own counterfeit guitars/problem solved!    But I think that treatment excluded guitar manufacturers that start with "G" and end in "ibson".   

     

    Isn't that weird?  🙃

    Well firstly its not really a problem at all... I just wouldnt pay that much just for a guitar.. I dont actually care if people want to buy them, we are just discussing it.

    And actually thats why I started making guitars in the first place. I really wanted a Gibson with a P90 at the neck and humbucker at the bridge which Gibson have only made a few of and there was nothing else in the line that had that so thats exactly what I did.. Made my own  😄   But that in itself doesnt stop 50k for a guitar being bonkers if anything re-inforces the fact that its a crazy price cos I know exactly how much it cost to build a guitar.

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  9. On 3/13/2024 at 5:40 PM, Rabs said:

    Yeah. I donno.  Slash I would imagine just does what he wants and uses the guitars he wants. 

    I was looking to see what sort of model 335 he was playing and it looked a lot like an original 1964 custom in which case he is paying tribute by using a period correct instrument on the track as it were.

    Now, do I think that Gibson would see that as an opportunity.  Well yeah, I guess thats why I asked in the first place but it sorta seems inevitable.

    Ha.. I was looking at the Gibson page and saw this guitar..  I reckon thats what he is playing. So I was sort of right I reckon, a replica 64 335 Custom

    1964 ES-335 Reissue, Bigsby, Custom Made Plate, Murphy Lab Light Aged, Vintage Burst | Gibson

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  10. 1 minute ago, Dexcb said:

    50 are being made and they are selling for $50,000 but im sure they will resell for more.

    Well I hate to be one of those.. But I do think the prices are absolutely crazy. Imagine what you could buy with that money like a really nice car... I donno..  Im sure they will stupidly all sell out too. Its just a mad world when a guitar cost $50k. I dont care whos signature is on it or if Tom Murphy worked on each one himself.. Still no where near worth 50k..  Madness I tell you. The profit margins on these must be crazy.

     

  11. 19 minutes ago, Dexcb said:

    I think it is unlikely that we will see a signature slash ES-335. I imagine slash was using it for practicality purposes. In the studio before slash has actually used allot of differant models that aren't Les Pauls. I think its just hte fact Slash has used it for the semi-hollow body sound. 

    I'm pretty sure Slash has had more signature models then any other artist and apart from his acoustic J-45s all the electrics have been Les Pauls and I dont think Gibson would make another signature that is not a Les Paul.

    However there is a chance and Slash is releasing his new reissue of his "Jessica" soon so we do know that Gibson are still happy and succesful making his signature models. Watchout on Cesar instagram for any leaks.

    Well it has been done before....  

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