What Guitar Project?

When I started searching recently, I was looking at early Ibanez Roadstars. These all have floyds (guessing that's not your thing) but you get the picture. Non-floyd equipped roadstars and blazers go for about $200-$300 on ebay, and there has been a pile of them on there lately. Depends on what kind of neck you like. I dig those pencil-thin wizard style necks everyone else hates. More for me!!! I ended up getting a Fender HRR (hot rodded reissue) strat. Thin neck, floyd, surf-green nitro finish. Love it.

Price is in the wrong universe, but this would lok cool all relic'd out.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBANEZ-BLAZER-SERIES-CUSTOM-MADE-GUITAR-CASE-/320752625170?pt=Guitar&hash=item4aae58a612

alex wrote:

Duke wrote: I've got a '73 Gibson L6-S I'd be willing to part with.

Ooh. LP shape, bigger body - I like. What are you asking for it? (Feel free to PM me.)

After some lunchtime research on evilBay and crazedlist, it looks like the asking prices range from $600 for a beater to $1200 for pristine. Like the one in the picture, mine has had the neck pickup changed to a different piece (it may just be the original super humbucker with holes drilled over each magnet, that's what it looks like, not open coil like this picture).

Mine is the original L6-S Custom version like this one, 24 frets, maple fingerboard, with the surface mount tailpiece and the rotary 6-position switch. The switch works like this (and I have the wiring diagram if you wanted to tinker)

Both pickups, in series
Neck pickup, alone
Both pickups, in parallel
Both pickups, parallel out of phase, neck pickup bass restricted by a capacitor
Bridge pickup, alone
Both pickups, series out of phase

It is not one of the cheaper non-Custom later models, or the Midnight Special, that were decontented. Those have through-body strings and some have a standard 3-position bat switch that takes out all the great tone variety.

Neck finish and frets are worn but perfectly serviceable. I assume it's been painted (a nice wine red, non-metallic, non-sunburst), but the body is not beat at all. Pickguard is good. It has a cosmetically rough but perfectly solid Gibson hard case with a pimpin' purple crushed velvet lining.

It's probably out of "project" price range, but let me know if you are interested. I haven't played it in a while and don't anticipate having time/energy for many years.

Ian F wrote: Hmm... interested in hacking up another one?

Unfortunatley it just isn't worth it if you don't do it yourself. You could be 40 hours and $100 in materials to do a new fretboard, refret, tuners and trussrod install on a guitar that would sell in great original shape for under $300. Then add in pickups and pots, switches and a jack?

Consider it your excuse to learn luthiery. It is kinda like working on cars except SWMBO doesn't mind if you do it on the kitchen table

phaze1todd wrote: Check the Ed Roman body blank page. Take your pick.

Dear lord! I haven't seen that many pointy heavy metal sticks in one place ever. I am going to have a hard time sleeping at night knowing that some of those exist.

Only half a dozen or so of those don't give me the willies.

ditchdigger wrote:

Ian F wrote: Consider it your excuse to learn luthiery. It is kinda like working on cars except SWMBO doesn't mind if you do it on the kitchen table

Your wife gets mad if you have car parts on the kitchen table? I must be luckier than I thought.

I might be wasting time at the airport but what about making a guitar body out of an old skateboard? Take one truck off and use the beat up bottom as the guitar front. Not sure about mounting necks and pickups, tho...

ditchdigger wrote:

phaze1todd wrote: Check the Ed Roman body blank page. Take your pick.

Dear lord! I haven't seen that many pointy heavy metal sticks in one place ever. I am going to have a hard time sleeping at night knowing that some of those exist. Only half a dozen or so of those don't give me the willies.

No kidding... I've been hankering for a BC Rich Eagle for years... a Bich or a Mockingbird would be cool as well. If I ever win the lottery, I'd be hitting him up to carve out a carved-top, neck-thru Explorer and Dean Elite.

I'd love to learn luthiery... but right now I don't have the time or space.

ditchdigger wrote:

phaze1todd wrote: Check the Ed Roman body blank page. Take your pick.

Dear lord! I haven't seen that many pointy heavy metal sticks in one place ever. I am going to have a hard time sleeping at night knowing that some of those exist. Only half a dozen or so of those don't give me the willies.

A lot of those remind me of the knives from this very special cooking show.

Ian F wrote:

ditchdigger wrote:

phaze1todd wrote: Check the Ed Roman body blank page. Take your pick.

Dear lord! I haven't seen that many pointy heavy metal sticks in one place ever. I am going to have a hard time sleeping at night knowing that some of those exist. Only half a dozen or so of those don't give me the willies.

No kidding... I've been hankering for a BC Rich Eagle for years... a Bich or a Mockingbird would be cool as well. If I ever win the lottery, I'd be hitting him up to carve out a carved-top, neck-thru Explorer and Dean Elite. I'd love to learn luthiery... but right now I don't have the time or space.

My vote would be to put the Schallers into one of the Rich Bitch body blanks.