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cooter .


Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1185 Location: Blue Ridge, GA
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:38 am Post subject: Univox, Teisco, GFS Phantom Copy Project Finished. |
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Started this one recently. Vox Phantom style body, vintage 60's Teisco pickups, roller bridge, Univox "Gimme" knobs and strap buttons.
The neck was one of the unfretted, unradiused necks the GFS was blowing out. I put a 7.25" radius on it and fretted it.
Unfortunately I don't think the horseshoe trem is going to work. The break angle may be too steep for the bridge.
 _________________ Smells like Rock n' Roll
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db .


Joined: 25 Nov 2011 Posts: 17
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:00 am Post subject: Re: Boat Paddle Project |
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Nice! A jag trem would look cool on that - especially if you could get a different shape plate for it. What are you going to do with the pickups, route holes for them? |
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cooter .


Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1185 Location: Blue Ridge, GA
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:53 am Post subject: |
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Thanks
Yeah, I'll figure out my routes and then make a pickguard for it. _________________ Smells like Rock n' Roll |
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cooter .


Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1185 Location: Blue Ridge, GA
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Seeing Christopher's Phantom Project made me want to resurrect my boat paddle build.
The pickguard is made now. I wound up losing the bigsby because I wasn't happy with the break angle on the strings.
It's much better with the gfs teisco copy trem. This build will have more in common with the Teisco EV Phantom copy
than a true Vox Phantom.
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Josh The Curmudgeon

Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 4988 Location: George
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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So cool. Your work is the best, always check this part of the forum to keep up on your projects. |
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cooter .


Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1185 Location: Blue Ridge, GA
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Josh wrote: |
So cool. Your work is the best, always check this part of the forum to keep up on your projects. |
Thanks. I appreciate the encouragement. Just wish I had more time to work on guitars. Life's been really busy for me lately. _________________ Smells like Rock n' Roll |
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HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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Looking great!! |
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cooter .


Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1185 Location: Blue Ridge, GA
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. And thanks for the inspiration I needed to get back on this one. _________________ Smells like Rock n' Roll |
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henkstroem .


Joined: 17 Nov 2015 Posts: 99
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Looks great! Sixties square blue or heart-shaped sunglasses would fit that style o guitar  |
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cooter .


Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1185 Location: Blue Ridge, GA
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Finished this one up. It only took a little over a year. Flat black paint and a hodgepodge of Teisco, Univox and GFS parts. I threw a Univox decal on the headstock since I had one and Univox should have made a Phantom copy anyway.
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sunshiner .


Joined: 02 Nov 2012 Posts: 4952 Location: Around the corner
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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This looks very very cool _________________
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Someone man up and get a balloon. |
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speedfish .


Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 1148
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:23 am Post subject: |
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Rat Fink. Great job as always. _________________ Disciple of Pain
"I'm like the monkey screwing the skunk. I haven't had enough, but I've about had all that I can stand!"
"Born to Lose. Live to Win." Lemmy Kilmister |
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