duane v
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On 3/13/2024 at 5:32 PM, Sgt. Pepper said:
GNR never stuck a chord with me. I was into Prog, Zappa, The Dead and those guys from Liverpool. They dressed nice too.
I thought Slash's lead work was better in GNR. I think a better solo could have been laid down... something with a little more phrasing. Sounds a bit plucky is some areas.
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Cool playing ... To me it sounds a lot like George Harrison on the White Album.
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Finishing up Invisible Strings by Taylor Swift
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As long as it stays in tune I'm good.....
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Stained the back and cleaned the guitar up a bit... gonna wait a few days then hit it with nitro clear.
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2 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
I grew up in California, don’t think I didn’t see the See’s candy box. Bourdough is my favorite. And those old school suckers are killer. Do they still give free samples when you walk in.
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If they did give free samples I would be planted at every See's Candy shop and I would get nothing done. My personal favorites are the dark chocolate molasses chips.... I think I may have muncheed myself into insulin shock a few times with those suckers.
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The headstock and "neck heel from hell" stingers are painted. Now for some cleanup work and the stain for the body and neck.
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I dig the tune Black Coffee.
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On 4/13/2024 at 1:10 PM, Tman said:
Been a long time since I've posted here. My wife passed away last summer and I have been in the depths of depression and hell. Seeing some light.
I was born in 1960 and have always wanted a 1960 RI. I'm a Jimmy Page wanna be. I put an order in for one last year and it came yesterday to Instrumental Music, Thousand Oaks. Plays and sounds like a dream. I was happy to wake up this morning. Playing through a Yamaha Class D desktop amp.
http://i.imgur.com/uD85dy6.mp4
Tman
So sorry about your sweeter half, I can't even begin to imagine.
Glad your finding some healing through playing, what I have learn is we all grieve in different ways. But glad to hear you are seeing some light.... And it's okay to be depressed, moody and anxious during your time of transition...... all perfectly normal.
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This weekend I finished painting the headstock stinger and started on the neck heel stinger. Interesting thing when painting over a porous medium like mahogany it takes patience and quite a few coats of nitro. As you can see on the neck heel that is 2.5 coats of nitro and the pores are very visible even with two passes of Timbermate wood filler prior to painting. I'm finding I'm needing 7 coats.
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On 4/14/2024 at 1:55 AM, Sheepdog1969 said:
I've heard some people refer to Chinese Gibson fakes as "Chibsons". I defiantly am NOT implying that your craftsmanship is "fake", or cheep, (and I bet this creation will give Gibson a run for their money.)
I am just wondering if this creation should be dubbed a, "Dibson"? Or maybe a, "Vibson"?
"Chibson" implies fakes from China. The two components I'm working with are a neck from the Gibson Kalamazoo Factory in Michigan that was originally attached on a 1982 30th anniversary Les Paul that needed some work when the headstock was snapped in two. The body is also a product of Michigan as well from a well renown Luthier I never heard of... lol.
As for me giving Gibson a run for their money.... I highly doubt it.... Every Gibson I own (and I have many) are outstanding instruments. All I'm doing is trying to get two components to work together, and so far everything seems to be working out.
As for dubbing it anything, maybe a FrakenGib would be something I would consider.
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A little mockup after removing the clamps
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that's a nice one
How much?
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I play bass left handed and guitar right handed. I can throw in both arms and I can right with both hands...... But I can never find anything after I put it down somewhere... lol..
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I drilled the ground wire hole from volume/tone cavity to the tailpiece holes and presses in the anchors. Glued the neck to the body and clamped yesterday. I checked the neck angle and it reads at 4.3 degrees so I think I'm okay....... will see.
I have a bit of finishing work to the back of the neck and the body.
- Seal and sand the neck pours.
- Position and Drill / Tap the ABR1 bridge post holes.
- Sand the headstock overlay level
- Tape off the back of the headstock and neck heel for a black stinger design to hide some of the madness... lol.
- Stain the headstock overlay black.
- Stain the body and neck a medium brown.
- Spray sanding seal on the stained areas only then sand with 1000.
- Clean
- 10-12 coats of Nitro Gloss Lacquer.
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14 hours ago, Rabs said:
Yeah.. Good stuff 👍
We need to see more like this on here.. I have to get back to it myself soon which I fully plan to in the next month or so.
Gracias
I've always watched your projects with great interest.... It was an education for me.
I could have taken the easy route and had a neck made after finding out when I received the body the Gibby neck was going to need some major modification.... But so far everything is moving along pretty smooth....
I recommend taking a Luthier class..... I know when I took mine at the Fret House it was an eye opening experience. It was the best $600 and two weeks I've invested towards guitar playing.
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I shaped the "tenon extender" then glued it on the neck tenon then when the glue was dry enough I test fit and it worked. The fit is pretty snug, so I might do a little bit more sanding to give me a tad more clearance for the glue when I mate the body and neck together tonight.
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I no longer sell on Reverb. It's a big hassle now.
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33 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
Was that neck a repair job? There are no tuner holes and it looks like the head was glued into the neck by the squared off section.
Total headstock repair. That was a long process.
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Next: Making a neck tenon attachment. I have the basic shape cut out and I will shape and attach to the modified neck tenon.
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Next: Widening the neck tenon for a snug fit using mahogany strips. The neck now fits nicely into the body neck pocket
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The fun part.... Getting the neck tenon modified to fit properly in the body: (Neck Heel Spacer). In orderder to get the scale length correct I needed to add approximately .25" spacer to the neck heel.
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The 59 Body Arrives: I added some dye then sanded.... The last image was only halfway through the sanding process.
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Where do I start......
I found the 1982 30th Anniversary neck on Reverb that was in need of a bit of work but for $180 it was worth a shot so I purchased it. Next I needed a body and finding a Gibson body that would mate with the 1982 short tenon had proven impossible. So I found this Ron Luczak 59 Body for a decent price an thought this would be a pretty straight forward project...... Well I couldn't have been more wrong..... lol .... Sow here we go.
The 82 30th Anniversary neck cleanup and headstock veneer
Slash feat. Brian Johnson - "Killing Floor"
in The Gibson Lounge
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Don't get me wrong, I think Slash is great, but I could have laid down a better solo than that one. I would have let some of the phrasing breathe a little more, rather than the constant playing of 16th notes of pentatonic scales.