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Continuing the Ibanez theme, this arrived today:
SA360 with set neck and a coil-tapped bridge pickup. The pic doesn't do it justice if I'm honest.
I had one about 14 years ago, but sold it through lack of use. After 10 years playing a PRS SE, I was just hankering after a SA again and it's just as good as I remember.
SA360 with set neck and a coil-tapped bridge pickup. The pic doesn't do it justice if I'm honest.
I had one about 14 years ago, but sold it through lack of use. After 10 years playing a PRS SE, I was just hankering after a SA again and it's just as good as I remember.
Just finished this one, now sold.
Is it a bird, is it a plane ...
Gives a new meaning to the term 'Superstrat' doesn't it?
Got the idea seeing a Telecaster on eBay with pages from the Beano stuck all over it. Well I knew I didn't have a Beano, but found this November 1968 Superman in the loft and got to work.
I actually spent more time working out which bits to stick where than actually applying them.
The guitar was a Westfield except for the neck, which came from an Encore Blaster. Just for fun I used a left-handed one, not recommended as it makes it impossible to tune.
The body didn't need respraying as the original black did a good job of preventing 'bleedthrough' from the opposite side of the page. I used Titebond to stick it all on, not having any wallpaper paste, followed by a few coats of clear and a polish.
As it's a basic cheap'n'cheerful guitar it doesn't sound brilliant, but for hanging on the wall it's fine.
Is it a bird, is it a plane ...
Gives a new meaning to the term 'Superstrat' doesn't it?
Got the idea seeing a Telecaster on eBay with pages from the Beano stuck all over it. Well I knew I didn't have a Beano, but found this November 1968 Superman in the loft and got to work.
I actually spent more time working out which bits to stick where than actually applying them.
The guitar was a Westfield except for the neck, which came from an Encore Blaster. Just for fun I used a left-handed one, not recommended as it makes it impossible to tune.
The body didn't need respraying as the original black did a good job of preventing 'bleedthrough' from the opposite side of the page. I used Titebond to stick it all on, not having any wallpaper paste, followed by a few coats of clear and a polish.
As it's a basic cheap'n'cheerful guitar it doesn't sound brilliant, but for hanging on the wall it's fine.
Not sure how this one will go down as guess it can hardly be classed as a guitar for the purist but i walked into a shop today which had an Ed Sheeran edition little martin for a decent price and therefor shes now mine all mine. Seems as well made as you could expect for the rrp and has a nice tone and volume.
Sheetmaself said:
Not sure how this one will go down as guess it can hardly be classed as a guitar for the purist but i walked into a shop today which had an Ed Sheeran edition little martin for a decent price and therefor shes now mine all mine. Seems as well made as you could expect for the rrp and has a nice tone and volume.
Glad you like it, I looked at getting one of those as it had some nice touches, but ultimately I found the tone too small and thin, but even Martin can only do so much with such a small body size. I didn't want a full size acoustic for what was ultimately only going to be used at home, I went with a Martin Dreadnought Junior in the end, which is quite a lot bigger than the Little Martin size (which the Ed Sheeran model is) but still a good bit smaller than a full size Martin Dreadnough - not to mention half the price. It does have solid wood construction, no laminates or veneers, which is the new essential criterion for me when I'm looking at acoustics now.Yeah it fits its purpose for me, i had an old acoustic lent me which was a huge dreadnought which i could hardly get my body around so just never used it, and have given that back to its owner. The plan is to use it whenever i only have a short amount of time which is most of the time as i can just pick this up and play as opposed to the electric guitars i have.
I am also hoping that it will cope with the high humidity it will see when I eventually get it over to Japan, again an electric guitar is not really a good thing to have when i have paper walls amd am close to my neighbours!
I am also hoping that it will cope with the high humidity it will see when I eventually get it over to Japan, again an electric guitar is not really a good thing to have when i have paper walls amd am close to my neighbours!
My latest project has just been completed. Found a guy in Sleaford who refinishes Squier Strats in nitrocellulose and bought this Surf Green one from him.
Here it is as it arrived.
And here it is as it is now.
The neck came from the pink one (may have posted photos of that before, can't remember now) that I recently dismantled and sold. It needed a little surgery to fit this body though, as it was initially slightly too large to fit the socket, so out came the Dremel.
I also wanted to use the complete scratchplate from the pink one, but that didn't go to plan. Firstly when soaking the pickup covers in coffee to age them, I got it a little too hot and they all warped! The pole spacing was a little odd, and none of the covers I had or could buy would fit, so I used the original pickups from the green one instead, after removing the magnets and pole pieces and replacing them with Alnico 5s.
And as to the scratchplate itself ...
... that wouldn't fit either, so again I used the original. I managed to find another decal, but have a gig later today so will wait until afterwards before fitting it. The trem tip wasn't there in the photo either, as that was still in the coffee.
Oh and the little chip in the paint near the neck socket (my fault) has been touched-in since.
Here it is as it arrived.
And here it is as it is now.
The neck came from the pink one (may have posted photos of that before, can't remember now) that I recently dismantled and sold. It needed a little surgery to fit this body though, as it was initially slightly too large to fit the socket, so out came the Dremel.
I also wanted to use the complete scratchplate from the pink one, but that didn't go to plan. Firstly when soaking the pickup covers in coffee to age them, I got it a little too hot and they all warped! The pole spacing was a little odd, and none of the covers I had or could buy would fit, so I used the original pickups from the green one instead, after removing the magnets and pole pieces and replacing them with Alnico 5s.
And as to the scratchplate itself ...
... that wouldn't fit either, so again I used the original. I managed to find another decal, but have a gig later today so will wait until afterwards before fitting it. The trem tip wasn't there in the photo either, as that was still in the coffee.
Oh and the little chip in the paint near the neck socket (my fault) has been touched-in since.
Edited by Evangelion on Sunday 29th May 07:43
I like Surf green too; I'm currently part way through a little project to 'recycle' an older Affinity Telecaster I have which I will refinish in Surf green nitro too.
It's annoying with pickguards that look like they are interchangeable, but when you try the screw/pickup holes don't quite line up. I just about managed to get an Esquire 'guard to fit my Affinity, but it still looks a little crooked.
It's annoying with pickguards that look like they are interchangeable, but when you try the screw/pickup holes don't quite line up. I just about managed to get an Esquire 'guard to fit my Affinity, but it still looks a little crooked.
OldSkoolRS said:
I like Surf green too; I'm currently part way through a little project to 'recycle' an older Affinity Telecaster I have which I will refinish in Surf green nitro too.
It's annoying with pickguards that look like they are interchangeable, but when you try the screw/pickup holes don't quite line up. I just about managed to get an Esquire 'guard to fit my Affinity, but it still looks a little crooked.
Oh I don't mind when the mounting holes in the pg don't match the ones in the body, they're easy to cure. You just glue a length of cocktail stick in the holes in the body that don't line up, then when they're dry smooth them off and redrill them in the correct places. Some pg's though, are such a different shape from the guitar they're meant to go on, that they won't go on whatever you do.It's annoying with pickguards that look like they are interchangeable, but when you try the screw/pickup holes don't quite line up. I just about managed to get an Esquire 'guard to fit my Affinity, but it still looks a little crooked.
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