Git-Fidler
Inspired
Hey guys. I thought I'd share about the guitar that I've built and the path that it's been on. I started this as a tone experiment. I love the shape of an SG but I didn't like the sound of an SG as much as a '70s Les Paul. Some early '70s LPs had maple necks and were very heavy. The body thickness on these LPs were around 2&1/8ths" thick at the tailpiece studs. So my body is that thick, throughout. I also loved the idea of a 24 fret neck. So, I ordered a 24 fret rock maple neck from Carvin back in '96 and started building my "Super" SG. A friend had a '72 SG that I traced. I had some 80+ year old Brazilian mahogany that had been used as window sills in a beautiful old home in Detroit for the wings. The pickups I chose were a '59 LP pickup in the neck position and a LP Custom pickup in the bridge. Then I tried a trem. I wanted a Bigsby but a guitar tech talked me into trying a Stetsbar Pro. He couldn't get it to work without going out of tune. I'm not blaming the Stetsbar at all. It seems like a well made well thought out unit. It just didn't work for me. As I was removing the Stetsbar a couple weeks ago to put on my original stop tailpiece, I ran across the Epiphone Prophecy Les Paul. I really liked how this guitar sounds. And then I saw the Evertune. I just couldn't help myself. Can I really get the flexibility of the Fishman Fluence pickups including coilsplitting, with perfect intonation and tuning? I thought some of you guys might find this continuing experiment interesting.
...I've also decided to mill the wings down on the back but leave the body thicker at the tailpiece studs, again to try to keep that '72 LP tone.
...I've also decided to mill the wings down on the back but leave the body thicker at the tailpiece studs, again to try to keep that '72 LP tone.