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euan partynerd!

Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 26452 Location: People's Republic of Irnbruikstan
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Sexy sexy sexy times. _________________
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More Cowbell .


Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 6206 Location: Jefferson, GA
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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I love it. I love how you used Gretsh and Fender together. NICE JOB! WELL DONE SIR!! |
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terronado .


Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 201 Location: lyfe on thyme
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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where are all these pictures taken? either you have two bad ass floor urinals in your house (which would be awesome), or you are walking around a really nice place with that guitar just posing it.
either one is sweet. that guitar is bad ass (minus knobs). should love the hot tele bridge. |
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bassintom .


Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 1474 Location: between rock & hardplace, N.J.
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kim [='±'=]

Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 12084 Location: BE
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JamesSmann .

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 11572
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:01 am Post subject: |
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OMFG. OMFG. OMFG.
it's so unbelievably sexy i want to jerk myself off.
goddamnit. |
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ultratwin The 25.5" subversion

Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 6725 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:52 am Post subject: |
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Aye and aye.
Despite the two refins and three months, the job got done right, and it feels/sounds great with every strum. Have considered putting in a 5+1 varitone switch (I have both a Torres and D Guitars set in the toolbox) by the cutaway to make use of an extra Gretsch pot knob and a few more (probably unnecessary) tones, but it's pickguard first...More to come, nonetheless. Cheers for the expressed ogles and polite drooling, I wish I had a box o' wet tissues to pass around to yall.
COUCH LURVE. Grab a wang, either theirs or yours.
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Thom lamp

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 5198 Location: Exeter, UK
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:54 am Post subject: |
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Just beautiful. |
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flush-it .


Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 77 Location: atlanta
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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i just shited zeh brik, thats sexy |
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Mages súper crujiente

Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 7435 Location: MD
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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nice knobs. where'd you get those white ones on the esquire? I've been looking for some like that _________________ cogito ergo sum...thing or other... |
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stewart Cunning Linguist

Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 17625 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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bloody hell. i'm not normally a tele fan but i could see myself with both of those. you have excellent taste. _________________
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Jagermeister .


Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 431 Location: Riverside CA
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not a Bigsby or much of a Gretsch or one pickup guitar fan, but damn. _________________
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ultratwin The 25.5" subversion

Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 6725 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:20 am Post subject: |
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Two seems to be much better than one, eh? Fortunately they're getting on just fine together.
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where'd you get those white ones on the esquire? I've been looking for some like that |
I got them from www.guitarpartsresource.com, listed as "Genuine Fender white vintage amplifier control knobs".
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theshadowofseattle THE TAMPA BAY HERO

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 62447 Location: Skrampa, FL
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:36 am Post subject: |
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I don't like the knob choice on the Esquire, but that other than that LOEV EM. _________________
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wizard thickness |
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Yeah, thickness, nut |
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Will Up on his Whore Lore

Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 5328 Location: MADTOWN RAT 2011
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:04 am Post subject: |
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I've got those knobs on my mustang to match the off-white robroes; it's sexy.
I wish I was married to you so I could get a sweet Tele like that. |
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Doog can i get uhhh

Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 19099 Location: London
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: |
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ultratwin wrote: |
COUCH LURVE. Grab a wang, either theirs or yours.
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hahahaha
Most excellent work. _________________
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bad video no work sad bad fruit snack |
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Bacchus Whatever's handiest

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 18866 Location: wandering
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:10 am Post subject: |
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Gorgeous. _________________
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ultratwin The 25.5" subversion

Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 6725 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:14 am Post subject: |
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theshadowofseattle wrote: |
I don't like the knob choice on the Esquire, but that other than that LOEV EM. |
Yar. The "Esquink" needs a little love right now, so I'll probably be taking it into my friend's shop for some grimy TLC: If you look a the above twinshot closely, you'll notice that the pickguard is starting to shrink and buckle under the strings, the neck could be shimmed a little better by someone who knows what they're doing (i.e. not me), and the aluminum bridge needs to be filed for proper saddle grooves in order to avoid more sliding and wear. Just the same, the jangley buzz that you get from the floating bridge itself is unlike anything I've heard from a Fender, it's like a twang from another planet. The local consensus over here is that the off-white guard matches the amp knobs in their own way, and classy Tele goodness does it's thing just fine with the barrels...diff'rent cup-o-tea every month, to be sure:
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william .


Joined: 15 Dec 2008 Posts: 1186
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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I am super into that pink esquire.
I give the nod to the amp knobs, rather than the barrels.
wish those bigsbys werent so expensive, id like to put one on my tele but i cant justify that cost. |
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ultratwin The 25.5" subversion

Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 6725 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:30 am Post subject: |
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I finally got the above google'd custom Gretsch temp for the pickguard properly sized and printed out this past week(14 months too late, eh?), and dropped by good ol' Mr. Kim's for a little acrylic work. The lack of an arched top made it a little weird/pointless, but the amount of space given when the guard sits on top of the filtertron ring seemed to be "just enough", and an LP clip fit just fine despite an unsavory angle about it that needed some help.
He then filed down the clip screw a bit to keep the height consistent, and bent the clip slightly to confirm a 90 degree angle.
$35 and a few jokes later it was done. The next step is to get the guard backsprayed with the right tone of green lacquer, a hue impossible to find at Korean hardware stores, so I'm going back to Willows after the weekend to have them do it the same froggy shade while doing the last touch, which is a master volume control by the lower horn. I thought it would be cool and quite functional to have the back two act as separate tone controls, given the huge difference in character between the front and back pickups, and just might have the master wired with a push/pull for a kill switch for lolz and stuff.
You've come a long way, baby. |
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