Planta Fantasma
Inspired
Another one from the archives.....
This custom SG style was made for my high school friend Ethan Miller of Howlin' Rain. Ethan took this guitar all over the world on tour & then onto Rick Rubin's studio to record their album The Russian Wilds.
The guitar has a neck thru construction, both neck & chambered body wings are made from salvaged Honduran Mahogany from a local shipyard.
Quilted Maple top & flitch cut matching back. Gabon Ebony fretboard came from a friends violin shop. It was old stock his father had from the 60's.
Mother of Pearl fretboard dots were made from round blanks from a turn of the century button factory.
Fiber optic side dot markers change color w/ pickup switching so Ethan didn't get lost on a dark stage.
Allparts sent me the B7 Bigsby trem for an archtop rather than a B5 for a flat top. I was under the gun for time so I pulled out the jewlers saw & cut the tremolo to match Ethan's pickguard shape he provided. I did a few extra mods to tighten up the Bigsby roller, added Graphtech saddles to the Nashville bridge & it ended up working out better than I could have imagined. I was originally terrified when he told me he wanted a Bigsby.
Bartolini ZBS 75 pickups were used for their tour & were swapped out for Bare Knuckle Peter Green PAF's for the recording of their album. The P.G.'s claim to fame was their out of phase middle position.
Cheers!
This custom SG style was made for my high school friend Ethan Miller of Howlin' Rain. Ethan took this guitar all over the world on tour & then onto Rick Rubin's studio to record their album The Russian Wilds.
The guitar has a neck thru construction, both neck & chambered body wings are made from salvaged Honduran Mahogany from a local shipyard.
Quilted Maple top & flitch cut matching back. Gabon Ebony fretboard came from a friends violin shop. It was old stock his father had from the 60's.
Mother of Pearl fretboard dots were made from round blanks from a turn of the century button factory.
Fiber optic side dot markers change color w/ pickup switching so Ethan didn't get lost on a dark stage.
Allparts sent me the B7 Bigsby trem for an archtop rather than a B5 for a flat top. I was under the gun for time so I pulled out the jewlers saw & cut the tremolo to match Ethan's pickguard shape he provided. I did a few extra mods to tighten up the Bigsby roller, added Graphtech saddles to the Nashville bridge & it ended up working out better than I could have imagined. I was originally terrified when he told me he wanted a Bigsby.
Bartolini ZBS 75 pickups were used for their tour & were swapped out for Bare Knuckle Peter Green PAF's for the recording of their album. The P.G.'s claim to fame was their out of phase middle position.
Cheers!