Shuie, this is supposed to be a thread about Guitar butchery . That looks unreal!

You wanna see unreal? this is hopefully my next aquisition...Uke butchery. A Rick Turner Calif sycamore "compass" ukulele.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1151181343.jpg

sorry, that was retaliation for the earlier stab at the Gibson haters :)

Thanks guys!

Wolfe, I cant wait to hear the p'ups. Thanks again for helping out. I got a chance to hear a few '50s guitars yesterday that were loaded with a good mix of PAF's and Pat. Nbr. pickups. It was a real ear opener for me. Very :cool: stuff

Sweet, IROC, sweet. Great colour.

Shuie, that looks great. What hardware isgoing on, and what pups are going in, as hinted at?

Thanks Stuart! I'll use mostly the Gibson historic hardware and plastic, Grovers, matched pots & caps, and a set of PAF style rewound pickups from our resident boutique pickup winder, Wolfe. It still needs a lot of work, I think its going to be a nice guitar when its done. The expectation is that it will be as good or better than any Gibson Historic Ive played for less than 1/2 of the $$$ a current reissue R9 would cost.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1151210987.jpg

Would you stop posting that? Its very upsetting,

The lump of firewood hurt it the most.

here is some more strat butchery. Originally a Bonnie Raitt Signature model, but someone still deserves a swift kick to the nuts for this. The shame of it is that it was a decent piece of wood that doesn't sound bad at all. Poly finish is still close to 1/16" in the few places where it hasn't been chipped away or burned off. It would require so much filler if it were refinished that I would almost prefer the original poly finish. I reversed the angle of the bridge pickup, flipped the trem, and played it with a LH headstock for the max Hendrix effect.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1127009887.jpg

Some one going for the Rory Gallagher look?

There's good butchery and bad butchery. This used to be a Gibson Explorer. Some people should have taken up macrame'.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1151243050.jpg