Sunday, November 17, 2013

The New American Beauty



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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