Jon Gomm - Passionflower
All you can say really is... Holy Cow! Followed by "Pass the chainsaw I need to chop up my guitar collection and give up!"
Hybrid Shape Shifter Tele on the way
I'm building a new guitar. So three things influenced this one. A hybrid tele / Strat body I saw, an interesting neck and particularly an interesting electronics option. Here are the bits as arrived. The body is a telecaster shape, telecaster neck pocket, telecaster control cavity but routed for 3 Strat pickups and a Strat style vibrato bridge. The control cavity makes it different to many hybrid Telecasters a la the John Mayer model which have a more Strat like control cavity. The body was advertised as "mahogany" it's quite red in nature but nice looks to be two piece centre jointed. The neck is mahogany with a maple fingerboard and a maple skunk strip. So a bit reverse look from normal. Electronically I'm going with three Strat pickups from Tonerider, having used there nashville set in the nashville tele conversion I did I was impressed. Five way switch master volume and tone. But I'm putting in a shape shifter switch ...
This is rather lovely, isn't it? He is completely new to me. There is a fine line, isn't there, between just right and over the top showy. I am trying to find a link to something I saw a while ago. Erm.... (goes off to find it) x P
ReplyDeleteRare I comment twice. Can I just say thank you for putting this up? I have been listening to it all day and mesmerised by it every time. I am endeavouring to spread the word on the Book of Face. So far only three people have had the good sense to listen. I shall promote him further. Just wonderful. x P
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