Happy to keep this thread awake with mine!
So, I had this made (by local builder, Bob Scott) around 22 years ago and like a peach, it's improved over time. Sustain blooms like a good semi should, playability is smoother.
It's obviously a 'Gitsch' or a 'Grebson' depending on what you see first. (Like those 3D pictures.) I had certain design points I wanted but others were decided during construction. As there's an interest in that on OSG, here's a little more detail.
The body was two hunks of mahogany, glued down the centre, then cut to shape. The cavities were then routed leaving the back, sides and centre intact. A curved piece was added to the centre-block with a maple top glued to edges and middle.
The neck is a 5-piece laminate with dimensions copied from my main squeeze, an '89 LP Jr. We copied the fret-markers from an old guitar on a calendar somewhere. I still love them.
Fingerboard is ebony, binding is old celluloid.
The P90s are handwound using '60s alnico slugs, ex NZ's biggest guitar maker, Jansen.
Controls: one knob is a 5-way tone circuit but now is disabled as I have plainer tastes. (And I can do more with less these days.) Then master volume and tone. Lower bout control is pickup balance and pulls up for out-of-phase.
The ruby markers are exactly that. From the gem-store.
Pickguard, truss-rod cover and trem detail are all leather, the tremolo is an old Ibanez B7-alike. Bridge is a Schaller roller. Trem sticker from a friend in HK.
The back and sides are dark antique burst.
The only thing I think I got wrong is the smaller headstock/Grover Imperials equation. I did try some gold tulip knobs but they stuck out too much. Today I would have the headstock made bigger but meh.
Enjoy!
DD