New guitar

Gomer · Post by **Gomer** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:17 am

Last winter, I tried to build a 22.5" scale guitar and this was the sad result:

I decided to draw up plans and submit them to a luthier friend, plus some cold cash.
Diagram:

Six months later, this finally fell in my lap.

It's a gem.
All that remains from the prototype is the bridge.
More photos here.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:49 am

Wow! Hey, that's pretty groovy! I dig the blue veneer and wood back/sides.

Do an demo?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:59 am

that looks really fucking cool, mate.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:34 am

I really like it. It looks like something I would draw.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:42 am

I like it !

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:56 am

holy crap, that's a great design!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:59 am

I really like that, personally I like the original pickguard and body shape better though

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:59 am

I certainly applaud you're creativity toward the guitar and think it looks pretty decent but that thing is too damn small. That thing must feel like a toy. Secondly, why isn't the neck pickup closer to the neck? What was your idea on moving it down a bit?

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:01 am

Classy, love the bulbous lower end!

Reminds me of a Fano or Burns going all retro and delightfully homespun.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:08 am

portugalwillie wrote:I certainly applaud you're creativity toward the guitar and think it looks pretty decent but that thing is too damn small. That thing must feel like a toy. Secondly, why isn't the neck pickup closer to the neck? What was your idea on moving it down a bit?

Why does the pickup NEED to be closer to the neck? I've had guitars where the only pickup I enjoyed using was the middle one. Sometimes trying unconventional things in guitar building gives good results.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:19 am

That is awesome! It reminds me of Elmore James guitar

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:16 am

really like it, reminds me of one of those old guyatones that dave has.

George · Post by **George** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:06 am

Very cool!

What's that guitar that Elmore James has, by the way?

Gomer · Post by **Gomer** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:52 am

thanks everybody. the body has no veneer, just binding and a sonic blue top. it's all ash. the pickup placement was luthier's choice, but it's sounds very cool. also, the pickups are out of phase in the middle position, which was a happy accident. I got rid of an SG, a Mustang Reissue and a Les Paul Junior in order to have this done and it's kind of an amalgam of all those guitars.

i'll shoot for a demo today.

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:35 pm

Thats superb..

Make a one pickup model, with the groovy oval pickguard !
With an filtertron pickup or something.

This is a design I would buy !

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:06 pm

What Izodiak said, only make the pickup a Duncan Phat Cat.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:16 pm

The first one looks kinda sweet and a little 1930s. I like where you went with it.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:38 pm

George wrote:Very cool!

What's that guitar that Elmore James has, by the way?

It's a Kay 125

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hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:53 pm

what is the badge from?

P.S. ~ don't google image search "f-lite 69" at work, because google thinks you're looking for the dirty movie called "FLIGHT 69."

Gomer · Post by **Gomer** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:58 pm

the badge is from an old suitcase. we called it the plutone because is small, blue and far out. we thought about a decal, but it seems the only thing that looks decent on lacquered maple is the word, Fender.

flite 69 works, mainly because it's oldy timey and a bit saucy.