Wouter J
11 februari 2013, 04:09
In het engels voor de bekende reden. Ik geef het nu al toe: Ik was eigenlijk niet in staat om deze gitaar te bouwen toen ik er aan begon, mijn persoonlijke leven was helemaal naar de knoppen aan het gaan en het is te zien in de vele fouten die ik maakte.
Well it's almost four years ago when I started working on a guitar in the style of a Les Paul Junior. The idea however was for it to have a single bridge humbucker, a body from pine and a Fender scale length.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/les%20paul%20bouw/Voor1.jpg
But I happened to be in a terrible state of mind while I was working on it and made a lot of silly mistakes with it. My personal life was very much falling apart during that time and sadly that is reflected in the way that guitar was build.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/les%20paul%20bouw/zijkant1.jpg
Here's the guitar from the side, look closely and you'll see that the hole for the jack is drilled offset, also I routed the neck pocket angle too shallow for a Tune-O-matic to work.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/les%20paul%20bouw/Kop6.jpg
This picture shows the Headstock face and that the piece of wood I used wasn't long enough to cover up the full length so I added another piece.
In short, I wasn't fit to build that guitar, it pretty much reflected my level of confusion and anxiety.
So for almost three years after I started building it, it hung in the spray booth at our workshop with a layer of primer. Other projects and builds demanding our attention until finally a couple of weeks ago I decided to take it home with me so I could finally close this chapter off.
So I bought a couple of nitrocellulose cans of vintage white and finished it off myself, unfortunately because of us having a really cold winter, it hasn't really cured all that well, giving it a rather worn and yellowed look.
http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/537836_360572250723125_1558274787_n.jpg
The pickup is a Duesenberg mini humbucker Gretsch Filtertron style, so I hope that once I hook the thing up, it'll at least sound good.
http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/556049_360572270723123_269556419_n.jpg
This guitar was a labor of pain and confusion and sadly it shows.
Well it's almost four years ago when I started working on a guitar in the style of a Les Paul Junior. The idea however was for it to have a single bridge humbucker, a body from pine and a Fender scale length.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/les%20paul%20bouw/Voor1.jpg
But I happened to be in a terrible state of mind while I was working on it and made a lot of silly mistakes with it. My personal life was very much falling apart during that time and sadly that is reflected in the way that guitar was build.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/les%20paul%20bouw/zijkant1.jpg
Here's the guitar from the side, look closely and you'll see that the hole for the jack is drilled offset, also I routed the neck pocket angle too shallow for a Tune-O-matic to work.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/les%20paul%20bouw/Kop6.jpg
This picture shows the Headstock face and that the piece of wood I used wasn't long enough to cover up the full length so I added another piece.
In short, I wasn't fit to build that guitar, it pretty much reflected my level of confusion and anxiety.
So for almost three years after I started building it, it hung in the spray booth at our workshop with a layer of primer. Other projects and builds demanding our attention until finally a couple of weeks ago I decided to take it home with me so I could finally close this chapter off.
So I bought a couple of nitrocellulose cans of vintage white and finished it off myself, unfortunately because of us having a really cold winter, it hasn't really cured all that well, giving it a rather worn and yellowed look.
http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/537836_360572250723125_1558274787_n.jpg
The pickup is a Duesenberg mini humbucker Gretsch Filtertron style, so I hope that once I hook the thing up, it'll at least sound good.
http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/556049_360572270723123_269556419_n.jpg
This guitar was a labor of pain and confusion and sadly it shows.