8 0008-'54 Wraptail, Goldtop:
Built for Joey Landreth. An all-Gold wraptail single-cut. This guitar made it's debut with The Bros. Landreth playing with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra - June 20th 2018 |
6 0007-'54 Wraptail, Goldtop:
Unbound like the very first '52's, wraptail'd like the '54's. This guitar was inspired by the very first gold tops ever made, which did not have neck binding. Another rare feature I added was a Stinger accent to the rear of the headstock. This guitar embodies everything I like in a carved top P-90 single cut. |
6 0006A '54/'56 styled Junior-singlecut solid body.
This guitar has several distinct elements going on with it. Out of the gate, it's all hot hide glue construction, Honduran Mahogany, and Cocobolo fingerboard. I modelled it closely based off of my personal 1956 Junior; however, I then made the neck angle as shallow as I could get away with, and I pushed the P90 as far back as I could. The very early juniors, had these features, and are known to be absolute tone monsters. However, because they were built using very short tailpiece stud anchors, the pickup route was eventually moved further towards the neck, to prevent cracking between the treble anchor and pickup cavity. Because I use extra long steel anchors, buried well past that route, I knew i'd be safe. |
5 0001TV finish, light relicing, cocobolo fingerboard board, and some vintage parts I had on hand for a rainy day. This guitar was closely built from measurements off of my personal '56 jr.
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5 00025 0002 was built using ebony for the fingerboard. It has a Throbak P-90 and a custom made faux tortoise-shell pickguard to which I cut polished and rounded over all edges.
Lastly, it's knobs go to 11 |
5 0003My personal TV Jr. build inspired by 5 0002 getting an ebony fingerboard.
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6 0004This one was based off of a '59 Double Cut Junior I had the good fortune of measuring up. The celluloid guard is the icing on the cake. The aniline cherry died pore filler will age and fade out just like the originals. For the discerning vintage enthusiast, you can even see that telltale 'router bounce' on the neck tenon, underneath the pickgaurd - a common characteristic of vintage DC jr's.
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Jazzbird offset refinI took this project on as it's not something you see everyday. The customer was looking for someone to finish his project guitar in charcoal frost metallic, with nitrocellulose lacquer. In addition to installing/routing for a lipstick pickup behind the bridge, the guitar also needed some additional work; A properly routed neck pocket, correctly drilled bridge stud holes, and some additional routing to accommodate the desired wiring.
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