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 ...
A true legend gone. Also, watching that clip reminded me yet again how truly incredible Gary Moore was. We lost him way too soon.
ReplyDeleteI agree - Gary was a true genius, so variable as well. He produced albums from blues, blues rock, metal, new age, jazz rock and he was just so so good.
DeleteAnd, yet, that mean old junkyard dog Ginger Baker lives on. It's not fair.
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