Is this now the cooolest looking guitar in the world

Strangefan · April 2020

Well. The answers yes (imo) and if you don't agree then you're wrong.

New pickup covers today, and they look damn good

johnl · April 2020

Looks great - love the knobs (oo err etc.) What material is the fretboard?

Strangefan · April 2020

johnl said:

Looks great - love the knobs (oo err etc.) What material is the fretboard?

Thank you pau ferro I believe and the knobs are ebony

Philly_Q · April 2020

Full length shot please, so we can assess how it looks with the headstock....

lovestrat74 · April 2020

Don't think so

Strangefan · April 2020

Philly_Q said:

Full length shot please, so we can assess how it looks with the headstock....

Here you go

johnl · April 2020

Love it. The D'Angelico headstock gets a bit of flak but it's perhaps my favourite 3 x 3 after Gibson.

TTBZ · April 2020

Not with that trem, or the pickguard covering up the otherwise great colour!

Voxman · April 2020

very nice!

Grampa · April 2020

Nicely engineered, but not my cup of tea. Sorry

ICBM · April 2020

No, but it's certainly a lot better

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It needs better knobs though - those don't go with the rest of it at all, although they're quite nice by themselves - something more bakelite/Art Deco radio-like would be good.

I still don't like the annoying Prince-like (it, not him) scroll bit on the pickguard... but the whole thing looks a lot less like an overly-ornate Les Paul copy now

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tony99 · April 2020

the title probably goes to the aztec gold novo in coda music

but yours is very nice too

Strangefan · April 2020

Of couree I'm only Messing, I totslly love it, it's motivated me to pick up the guitar again and not the synth, @ICBM ; as much as I love the knobs, I def agree, are you thinking chicken head?

ICBM · April 2020

Strangefan said:

@ICBM ; as much as I love the knobs, I def agree, are you thinking chicken head?

I was actually thinking of something more like these:

Image: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/FybmWWPo7mFKlMnfuzqEfCWdk-pbCQ9EogByBdvuiEDOgKdZIPpRwkidX-cii_sWmkX5pLEBT4wP9FsjeVx_

Fender 'cupcake' amp knobs have a bit of the same vibe and are easier to get in sets - either the maroon/brown ones to match the pickguard, or cream to contrast. You can use grub-screw knobs on split shafts if you put a piece of cut-down pick or something else of the right thickness into the slot.

The ones that are on it would actually look really nice on something modern like a Millimetric guitar.

Strangefan · April 2020

ICBM said:

Strangefan said:

@ICBM ; as much as I love the knobs, I def agree, are you thinking chicken head?

I was actually thinking of something more like these:

Fender 'cupcake' amp knobs have a bit of the same vibe and are easier to get in sets - either the maroon/brown ones to match the pickguard, or cream to contrast. You can use grub-screw knobs on split shafts if you put a piece of cut-down pick or something else of the right thickness into the slot.

The ones that are on it would actually look really nice on something modern like a Millimetric guitar.

Goes to research cupcake knobs now, thanks!

ICBM · April 2020

These - not described as 'cupcakes' here, but the same thing -

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-style-Brown-knob-for-valve-radio-record-player-Fender-guitar-amplifier/112617051296

Philly_Q · April 2020

ICBM said:

No, but it's certainly a lot better .

It needs better knobs though - those don't go with the rest of it at all, although they're quite nice by themselves - something more bakelite/Art Deco radio-like would be good.

I still don't like the annoying Prince-like (it, not him) scroll bit on the pickguard... but the whole thing looks a lot less like an overly-ornate Les Paul copy now .

I don't always agree with @ICBM, but spot on here. The scroll bit on the scratchplate is unnecessary, there should be a bit of social distancing from the knobs.

The new tailpiece really suits the guitar, as I said on your other thread.

The knobs are great, but they look out of place, I think they need to be lower and wider. I keep thinking of an old E.A.R. record player we had - the colour of the knobs might not work but I think the style would.

skullfunkerry · April 2020

That is *so* far removed from anything I own or would have any use for... but I love it

Strangefan · April 2020

Philly_Q said:

ICBM said:

No, but it's certainly a lot better .

It needs better knobs though - those don't go with the rest of it at all, although they're quite nice by themselves - something more bakelite/Art Deco radio-like would be good.

I still don't like the annoying Prince-like (it, not him) scroll bit on the pickguard... but the whole thing looks a lot less like an overly-ornate Les Paul copy now .

I don't always agree with @ICBM, but spot on here. The scroll bit on the scratchplate is unnecessary, there should be a bit of social distancing from the knobs.
The new tailpiece really suits the guitar, as I said on your other thread.
The knobs are great, but they look out of place, I think they need to be lower and wider. I keep thinking of an old E.A.R. record player we had - the colour of the knobs might not work but I think the style would.

Oooooooooh love them!

Strangefan · April 2020

ICBM said:

These - not described as 'cupcakes' here, but the same thing -

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-style-Brown-knob-for-valve-radio-record-player-Fender-guitar-amplifier/112617051296

So you not think they're a bit to similar to the originals?

johnl · April 2020

Think you need to go a little more outside the box...

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