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Peterku

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« on: September 05, 2005, 05:57:35 PM »
I brought her home from the luthier today. She's... perfect. My first impression was that this was THE guitar I'd be playing till the day I die.

Now I'm only posting some rough photos. I'll post a review after having played it for about a week. It was love at first sight, but now I need to get to know her better. ;)











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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2005, 06:05:25 PM »
Now that's a class axe!
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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2005, 06:13:18 PM »
Wow, amazing, I love the LP Standard/LP Doublecut/LP Junior kind of style that it has, nice looking woods too, what are they?...
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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2005, 06:19:42 PM »
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Wow, amazing, I love the LP Standard/LP Doublecut/LP Junior kind of style that it has, nice looking woods too, what are they?...
Thanks for the nice comments. It's actually based on the Ibanez Artist model.

The body and the neck are both Honduran mahogany, the luthier - Károly Filep - bought several such blocks from an old turner some 17 years ago. The turner had had them drying in his workshop for more than 20 years when Károly bought them. So the wood's been drying for almost 40 years now. It's very dense and heavy, quite bright sounding for mahogany. The top wood is also mahogany but a different kind, less heavy but very very stiff, and has that strong bright and 'old' tap tone. The fretboard is African Blackwood, a rosewood species with a darker, more mellow tone than ebony.
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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2005, 06:24:54 PM »
that looks great! Really nice lookin woods etc. Any idea how I can route out my body so I can do it without a scratchplate, or is the only way to route it for a scratchplate, but then put a top on it or something? I was thiknin I could drill through to the control cavity but I doubt that actually.. haha
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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2005, 06:25:33 PM »
That's very very nice.....
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2005, 06:35:10 PM »
very nice!

cant wait to get mine through now... especially as i'm guitarless after selling my LP  :roll:
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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2005, 07:09:20 PM »
That looks great and I am looking forward to the review.  I assume that they are volume pots for each pup.
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2005, 07:33:46 PM »
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I assume that they are volume pots for each pup.
The one closer to the neck is a blend pot for pickup selection, and the other one is a master volume.
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2005, 07:42:27 PM »
Absolutely beautiful................you're going to have fun with that one....I feel a silly grin coming on :D
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« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2005, 08:33:51 PM »
Wow that is a gorgeous guitar!! I'm well jealous!! What pickups did you choose in the end?
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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2005, 10:18:51 PM »
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Wow that is a gorgeous guitar!! I'm well jealous!! What pickups did you choose in the end?

A set of Alnico IV Mules. They're great! For example, I've never heard such a beautiful acoustic-like quack tone in the middle position on a LP-style guitar before! I thought that was only possible with Strats. :D

Thanks for the nice comments guys.
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« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2005, 05:51:49 PM »
if mules are good enough for a guitar like that, they're good enough for my tokai LP.

that's the problem with bkp - SPOILT FOR CHOICE... AARGGGHH!!

and nice guitar, of course. how much did you pay, or can you not say in case your other half finds this site?  :lol:

haha, i just saw the d'addario ball ends as well, nice choice man
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« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2005, 06:26:13 PM »
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how much did you pay

haha, i just saw the d'addario ball ends as well, nice choice man

Woods, frets + work fee for Károly was $650. I bought all the other parts and electronics myself.

Yeah, that's a set of d'Addario 10's, but I usually play Newtone strings because they last longer and play smoother. When the d'Addario set dies, I'll put Newtones on, probably 10/11's because Newtones have less string tension than d'Addarios.
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« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2005, 08:18:03 PM »
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if mules are good enough for a guitar like that, they're good enough for my tokai LP.

Go for it. Ultimate PAF sound. What's more, my set gives a quack tone in the middle position that's almost acoustic! I couldn't believe my ears! :D
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