Guitar Nerds Anonymous

Ooh my dayzzzzz!!! Unboxing vid plz...

Spent all yesterday doing this

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NGD!

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Haha!

Sorry, had to unbox in the kitchen surrounded by kids and the in-laws. It’s fricken beautiful. Always though of SG’s as somehow being a bit delicate but it’s beast of a thing. Chunky neck, wide fretboard, big frets... it feels proper manly.

It smells amazing too.

first song?

it's gotta be acka.

Of course!

Such a classic. Looks so good.

Finally finished building this beast tonight. So happy to get it over the line, it’s been fighting me for the last few weeks.

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Oof - that is super handsome! Love it.

Amongst all the other cool details, I love that headstock 😁

Likewise - just the right kind of size

Very nice, wide range? Talk us through it, what does the switch above the lead socket do?

Mate, that’s a seriously cool thing. Show us some in progress pics?

Cheers folks!

It’s made of swamp ash, hollow body, with a set rosewood neck (24.75” scale). The pickups are Creamery PAF-sized WRHBs, and it’s got a Tele-style half bridge. It’s essentially a (slightly odd) mash-up of a Thinline Tele with a Les Paul DC Special.

what does the switch above the lead socket do?

That’s a phase switch. You can’t really see it in the photos, but the pickguard is transparent, so you can see the wiring behind it.

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I don’t want to flood the place with photos, but you can see a lot of in-progress stuff on my Instagram.

Also, there are videos of the build on my YouTube channel - I’ve been making it for the 2021 Great Guitar Build Off, part of which is videoing the build.

I’m no Youtube personality, so this part was a challenge for me. I eventually opted for music and subtitles, rather than subject everyone to my monotonous droning.

This looks fantastic mate, very well done!

Woah. Cool!

That looks great. How does it play?

Really well - it’s very light, but resonant and gritty. I originally had the strings top-loaded through the bridge, but I’ve changed them to proper Tele style through-body with ferrules on the back. Made a huge difference to the sustain.

That looks great! The LP/thinline combo really appeals too.

Just watched all your vids. Fantastic stuff dude! Are all of tools and the workshop yours?

Loved watching that, subscribed... And yeah, great skills and workshop! Cute kid too... 🙃

Luthier's pic (before final touches) of my Aria P-bass, will pick it up today. Set up to C standard, 120-100-80-60 strings, custom matte black pickguard. Never tried a bass that was properly tuned down before, much excite. Can't wait to get my hands on it!

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