Melody Maker Special (FINAL PG 4 PHOTOS)

Painting? Routing? Set-up tips? Or just straight-up making a guitar from scratch? Post here, and post pics!

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Post by Mages »

I think you might want the hole. that pickguard looks like it will cover the volume knob. so you'll have to shift the volume to where the switch is and then route a spot for the switch.


or you could just drill the guard where the knob is. that might look a little odd though.
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made this on kisake a while back.
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Post by Justin J »

looks weird with one knob on the pickguard and one knob off. definitely liking the absence of inlays, though.
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YES TO WEEZER GUITAR. Also excellent "demo"
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Post by robroe »

i still haven't ordered the pickguard for this thing. but in the mean time hotrod sent me a link to an ebay for a melody maker with one pickup.

i kind of just want the one pickup i think ?

what do you guys think ??


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Post by hotrodperlmutter »

ONE PICKUP!!!
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i want one of those so badly.
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Post by astro »

One pickup is cool... but this thing will need a solid colour paint job to replace the drab cherry stain. Fiesta red? Phelam blue?
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Post by foofoo982 »

I think that it'd look better and probably sound better with two pickups. Shouldn't be too much more expensive to have two pickups..
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yeah, i think right now it's the expense of the pickups that's holding him up.
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Post by robroe »

i got like 15 strat pickups laying around. 6 are out of bullets, 3 are out of a squier standard, and im not sure where the other ones are from.....

i would love another duckbucker if i could find one used at a good price.


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yea dude, one pickup guitars ruel.


edit: of course, you know this though. you have plenty of one pickup guitars yourself.

it would be easiest that way though because you wouldn't have to do the switch.
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Post by Thomas »

This project makes me want a white guard for:
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Singles could be an option too.
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when i saw the thread title all i thought of was this...

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http://cgi.ebay.com/1966-Gibson-Kalamaz ... 0045QQcmdZ
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Thomas wrote:This project makes me want a white guard for:
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Singles could be an option too.
do single neck, hum bridge in white! would be sex
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finboy wrote:when i saw the thread title all i thought of was this...

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http://cgi.ebay.com/1966-Gibson-Kalamaz ... 0045QQcmdZ
I always liked the ways those looked, I know they are cheaply made and probably play horribly, but I still like them.
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single white p90 robroe cover















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Post by robroe »

ORDERED PICKGUARD YESTERDAY!


I CANT BELIEVE IT TOOK ME 2 MONHTS TO GET THIS SHIT ON THE ROAD.


$35

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