Kent Hollowbody project

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:01 am

So I went to the Local guitar shop to buy some tubes to replace ones I had to steal from my brother's amp to sell my old bassman. Walking into a guitar shop with hundreds of dollars in your pocket is a bad/good idea. THere was this beautfull horrible Kent bolt on neck hollowbody thing that sounded awful and the strings were a mile above the fret board and I just had to have it. I got it for $100 and made it into something pretty cool!

started life as this

the pickups were a joke, they worked, but with my big ass sunn amp on 10 they were bedroom practice levels. this is why

so I did this

and then this

a little filing of frets and shimming of the neck and its actually pretty playable, but it shines as an open tuning slide guitar!

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:04 am

that looks like an awesome find. even more so for a slide guitar.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:08 am

Oh shit, nice work dude. Bet it sounds huge in an open tuning with those pickups.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:32 pm

my my god. that looks great. poor man's coro, no doubt!

classy, tom.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:48 pm

I love this thing. Looks great, both pre- and post-mods.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:59 pm

That is so incredibly cool. I've been watching eBay like a hawk for the past few weeks looking for a similar guitar.

gypsyseven · Post by **gypsyseven** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:42 pm

WOoooooooooow...great looking guitar.