a friend's father's DIY

[Thatch_Ear]

Geetar hevin!!!!:D

[dderat]

Thank you Thatchmo for posting pix. My dad and I made this instrument in the early 80's from scratch. He did all the woodworking, I did the design, binding, fretting and electronics. Neither of us had ever made a guitar before. This was the first and the last. Solid rock/birdseye maple. The neck goes through the body with the sides are glued on. There are two double truss rods in neck. I didn't want to take any chances with the neck bending. I cut the peghead letters out of chunck abalone. BTW, do not breathe abalone dust. There is no high to be found there. I accidentally breathed in a good amount while filing the pieces into shape. Couldn't breathe right for three days.

Built in is a Craig Anderton design compressor/limiter and tube sounding fuzztone. Pickups are triple sound Seymore Duncan's for strat, I think, wired with on/on/on switch for single coil, dual coil humbucking and dual coil series, if memory serves me well.

Been playing it since then. Still works fine, but some frets need replacing.

[Rob]

dderat,

That is amazing!!! Examples of DIY just don't get any finer than this. Nice work.

Rob

[Thatch_Ear]

Hey Derat!.....I got more info here than when you sent me the pics. Wait till WW sees this! I tried to send him a message but his box is full.