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Ziegenfuss
 Post subject: My First Semi-Hollowbody
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:31 am 
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Well,

This thing took me a good long while to get done, and there are a few things that I will change for the next go around, but overall, I am very happy with the way it turned out. The guitar is maple over aspen over mahogany, with ebony accents. It has a Filtertronic in the neck with coil tap, and a 57 classic in the bridge with coil tap. 3-way with center blend.

It also has a Bigsby B-7 with a locking tunomatic. Camel bone nut.

The guitar sounds really good. I had mess around with the 57 classic to get a better blend between the two pickups, but in all, the guitar is extremely versatile.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:23 am 
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Ooohhh, nice work Stephen! Really clean, tasteful design as always. You never fail to impress. There's a center block, I assume, right? And what will you change for next time?

Any sound clips?
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Very Nice! [clap] What is the knob configuration?

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With the current set up, there is a master volume with PP neck tap, and master passive tone with PP bridge tap. The 3rd knob controls the blend with the center position of the 3 way.

Concerning what I would change -
Well, I set the neck very high with this guitar - attempting to raise the string plane and make the guitar feel a little more like the older Gretsch's (about 0.6" from the body) - I think with the next guitar, I will drop it back down to about half of that number. Also, while the Bigsby is respectable, I think for my general audience, a really nice suspended wood string retainer would be nicer - both aesthetically and for the function of the guitar. But it was fun to put one on a guitar. Bigsby was hugely influential in the birth of the electric guitar - so it was nice to pay homage to that.

Also, I would like to leverage this design to go to a fuller hollowbody, wherein I would eliminate a great deal of the center block- so almost building a full archtop - but in the build style of an electric - if that makes sense.

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Liking the design; do you have a closer shot of the heel area?
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It is a heel-less neck to body set joint.


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Beautiful Guitar. Any build pics of the body interior? Thanks
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Whoa man! That thing is seeeexy!
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Nice job!
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I think you need to send it to me for some extensive testing.

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awesome work, as always!

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