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« on: October 27, 2006, 06:11:11 PM »
Just finished of 4 guitars and a bass and 3 of the guitars have got BKP's in them so i though i would show and tell:





The first guitar is my version of a LP Jnr.  Its unusual because its made from the wrong type of ash (northern hard ash) and has a solid wenge neck.  It should be overly bright but with a BKP-92 and a good tone control (300k pot and 0.047 capacitor) it is really very versatile.  It goes all the way from tele-twang to bluesy LP warmth.  Not bad for a single pickup guitar.

2nd is made from Black limba and burl maple with a birdseye maple neck and ziracote fretboard.  Pickups are a crawler and mothers milk singles if i remember correctly.  I wired it like a normal strat but with a coil split and bridge adder switch.  It sounds excellent and incredibly warm, almost any classic sound you want is there.

I am still waiting for finished photos of the 3rd, its been built with my cousin and he has it for band practice. Its made from swamp ash and maple burl with a 3 peice flamed maple neck with wenge accent lines.  The pickups are a set of chrome covered and engraved Nailbombs.  We are very impressed with the quality and sound of these pickups, everything Tim claims they are!

Looks like i will be trying to use BKP's on all future guitars, i am that impressed!

Heres the two non-BKP instruments for anyone interested.  I wish the guitar had some more BKP-90's but i had to go with what i had (Fender Black Dove's :x, dont sound too bad for the price i paid but they are the shoddiest looking pickups i have ever seen. Warped bobbins, loose windings and very fragile wiring).  The bass has Seymour Duncan passive soapbars with an active 3 band EQ.  Its pretty damn cool.



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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2006, 06:19:05 PM »
so any of these or others on your site for sale?
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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2006, 06:30:49 PM »
These are being taken by a local guitar shop to MusicLive at the NEC next weekend.  The only other one thats on my site a still have is the solid paduak singlecut guitar - its currently being refinished and i think i have a buyer for that.  I dont build in large enough numbers to keep many guitars around.

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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2006, 08:04:42 PM »
how much do you normally make one for to sell?
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« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2006, 08:45:28 PM »
I sent you a message, its probably not the right place to discuss how much i charge here - and is till need to negotiate with the guitarshop what these will be going for at musiclive.  My pricing policy is still very flexible because this is primarily a hobby at the moment.

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« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2006, 09:49:31 PM »
ooooo stolen, the 3rd one is gorgeous, what pups are in it???

and that ravelle would be absolutely perfect if you had put nickel-covered MQs in it
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« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2006, 09:50:07 PM »
oop just read nailbombs, nice :D:D
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« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2006, 08:41:37 AM »
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ooooo stolen, the 3rd one is gorgeous, what pups are in it???

and that ravelle would be absolutely perfect if you had put nickel-covered MQs in it


Carefull there, we aint calling it a ravelle - nobody tell fernandes :wink:   Actually if anyone has any good suggestions for names to give the original shapes i would be happy to hear them!

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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2006, 10:51:49 AM »
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Carefull there, we aint calling it a ravelle - nobody tell fernandes :wink:   Actually if anyone has any good suggestions for names to give the original shapes i would be happy to hear them!


You could go for the Bolero (shudders at the thought of Torvil and Dean) but that may be a little cheeky ;)

Nice looking guitars BTW

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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2006, 12:58:30 PM »
^ :lol:

nice guitars, though.

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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2006, 01:47:44 PM »
I would love to see more pics of the 3rd guitar. Looks great.

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« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2006, 07:43:01 PM »
i only really have in progress shots, heres the swamp ash back with maple and wenge centre stripe and the neck showing the 3 peices of flamed maple with wenge accent lines:





the whole neck blank for this guitar came from the left over wood from the bass neck so i had to do a splice which we deided to enhance with another wenge accent line, i think it turned out nice!

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« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2006, 10:04:12 AM »
Very nice indeed.

The craftsmanship looks great and i realy dig the body shape. Would be nice to see a square on shot of the front of the body when you have one.

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« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2006, 02:28:20 PM »
The P-90 loaded "It's not a ravelle" is absolutely stunning!  :o
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« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2006, 07:52:00 PM »
Heres some more pics of the guitar i made with my cousin.  He has been spraying for me so i ahve been showing him how to make guitars.

particular points of interest;

Engraved Nailbombs!!
Neck wood + pin stripes
Matching wooden knobs
reverse headstock to my normal shape