OffsetGuitars.com

This is good work

Admire your devotion to the cause.

Keep it up

sirspens wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:05 pm

Link:
https://reverb.com/item/6769569-pickard ... ler-radish

This one had me until I saw how the neck was bolted on (and then he lack of truss rod).

I thought there were some really nice ones in there.

I measured, and the offset between the waist is 16.5 degrees, so it is technically an offset guitar.

Make: Druzkowski
Model: Draco 6 ABM
Price: $3,012.41 + $479.25 Shipping
Body Material: English Cherry with Maple top
Scale: Unknown
Tremolo: No.
Is the lower waist anywhere near the bridge: It is not.
Good / Ridiculous / Lame: Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. Make it stop!

Link:
https://reverb.com/item/13644128-druzko ... rubbed-oil

_nash wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:24 pm

sirspens wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:05 pm

Link:
https://reverb.com/item/6769569-pickard ... ler-radish

This one had me until I saw how the neck was bolted on (and then he lack of truss rod).

Right? I'm actually interested in trying to interview some of these makers.

Oh wow, how could you put all that work in and then think "yeah, whatever, couple of wood screws will work here."

GREAT thread idea! The second one on page 1 is really doing it for me!!

sirspens wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:04 pm

_nash wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:24 pm

sirspens wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:05 pm

Link:
https://reverb.com/item/6769569-pickard ... ler-radish

This one had me until I saw how the neck was bolted on (and then he lack of truss rod).

Right? I'm actually interested in trying to interview some of these makers.

Based on the copy it's supposed to be their take on a student-model guitar for non-student-model prices.

We built a guitar with intentionally crappy features cause mojo!

Spanish ceder is stiff stuff, stick in a bubinga lamination and short scale, no need for a truss rod as long as the wood is decent, looks it from those pictures.

That finish is a sorry, lazy, corner cutting finish, would have been better off just doing a few coats of oil and skipping the stain. That body probably cost about $5 and 2 hours labor start to finish.

The more I look at it. The more I am digging the SZ Valiant Ra. The specs are in Spanish. I think it was saying the body wood was gyaca or something to that extent. Not sure if I read it right or it translates to something recognizable in English. Beautiful guitar though.

wooderson wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:01 pm

Oh wow, how could you put all that work in and then think "yeah, whatever, couple of wood screws will work here."

Splitting hairs, but it looks like drywall screws.

The guitar case looks cool & better built. Maybe he should build them instead.

TeenageShutdown! wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:43 am

wooderson wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:01 pm

Oh wow, how could you put all that work in and then think "yeah, whatever, couple of wood screws will work here."

Splitting hairs, but it looks like drywall screws.

The guitar case looks cool & better built. Maybe he should build them instead.

Or just spend the extra hour properly connecting the neck and finishing the body. He isn't far off from something interesting (even though I'm not a fan of the smaller body).

is there only one screw holding the neck pickup down??

_nash wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:53 am

is there only one screw holding the neck pickup down??

Yes!



Just so many confusing things about this guitar. And most of them within a 2" x 2" area.

TeenageShutdown! wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:43 am

Splitting hairs, but it looks like drywall screws.

Stripped drywall screws...



Good luck backing that out.