Well I am falling behind with keeping up with this
blog. That might be because of the release on my new CD that is available on my site Gregory Luther Music .
So it is time to write about something that I am sure no one cares
about, my new guitar.
I am in the process
of creating a guitar. That is I an endeavoring
to become a luthier, or in layman’s terms I am making my own guitar from
scratch. I am making the body 100 % from
scratch. The body is coming from a large
tree that came down and is wide enough for me to get a piece that is at least
24 “. The blank is going to be 24 x 14 x
1.75 and in a modified Strat shape. I haven’t
decided about the paint job yet. I am
not going to carve anything on it for this one, but that is in the future for
the next one.
The real dilemma I have is what kind of pickups to throw in
her. I know I am going to use Seymour
Duncan. That is just a given. What I haven’t made up my mind yet is what one?
I have narrowed it down to three choices. The first one is the Alternative 8 SH-15. This pickup has a great high end which makes sense
since SD reviews it as “High output humbucker with Alnico 8 magnet for extra
output. Perfect for all rock styles and great for use with high gain amps.”
The next choice and the one that I am really leaning towards
is the Blackouts AHB-3 Mick Thomson EMTY.
This one kick ass. I mean it
rocks.
It was designed for Slipknot’s
Mick Thomson and gives you “even tighter bottom, and more searing top end cut.” I guess it is a no brainer it will rock since
it is related to Slipknot.
The last choice I am struggling with is the LiveWire Dave
Mustaine Pickup. The best explanation why
I considering this is well, Dave Mustaine enough said.
Anyway, that is my electronics dilemma. The neck I am going to buy. I am not ready to make may own yet, that is
in the future. I know I am going to have
22 frets and it will be a cutaway neck.
It will be unfinished and thin with a nice bevel similar to the Clapton Strat. I might go with a rosewood.
All in all she is going to be beautiful. I haven’t made a guitar in a long time and it
is time to do one from scratch. I might
even do some custom work sometime next year.
Who knows maybe real soon there will be custom guitars for sale by
Gregory Luther Music.
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