my "60s" SG special project - phase 3, help needed
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my "60s" SG special project - phase 3, help needed
ok, this is pretty far from happening right now (although i have started bidding on parts), but it's all i can think about these days so i thought i'd share my plans...
the idea is to get a faded SG special, or just the neck+body, and turn it into something like this:
...except it will have round button tuners, no binding on the neck, parchment guard and maybe a lyre vibrola. and if i manage to find one of those 3 pickup specials cheap there will be only two knobs. the pickups will be curtis novak MM-90s. if i manage to gather all the parts before summer it will start out brown and then get a pelham blue finish when the climate permits it.
the idea is to get a faded SG special, or just the neck+body, and turn it into something like this:
...except it will have round button tuners, no binding on the neck, parchment guard and maybe a lyre vibrola. and if i manage to find one of those 3 pickup specials cheap there will be only two knobs. the pickups will be curtis novak MM-90s. if i manage to gather all the parts before summer it will start out brown and then get a pelham blue finish when the climate permits it.
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I love the Pelham Blue with a big white pickguard combo. And the only thing I never liked about the original Melody Makers was the skinny headstock, but you won't have that problem.
Reminds me of my SG project, but then you knew that.
Reminds me of my SG project, but then you knew that.
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Mmmmm . . .
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Super cool
Are you going to paint the neck and headstock or no? I'd be torn.
Are you going to paint the neck and headstock or no? I'd be torn.
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yeah i agree, the small headstock just looks weird.stereordinary wrote: I love the Pelham Blue with a big white pickguard combo. And the only thing I never liked about the original Melody Makers was the skinny headstock, but you won't have that problem.
Reminds me of my SG project, but then you knew that.
how's your project coming along?
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the neck will be natural/brown, just like a melody makerluau wrote: Super cool
Are you going to paint the neck and headstock or no? I'd be torn.
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memories , that was my first good guitar. I had a SG style Melody Maker.
The tremlo was crap on these guitars, but i was 17 then and didn't know anything.
baggage handler did the guitar in. I got it back in 4 pieces , lucky it was in a hardshell case.
The tremlo was crap on these guitars, but i was 17 then and didn't know anything.
baggage handler did the guitar in. I got it back in 4 pieces , lucky it was in a hardshell case.
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Re: my quasi melody maker SG project
So if you're planning to refinish it, please put a wrap around bridge..
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i am thinking about doing that, but if i do, i'm gonna have two large visible dowels on the front of the guitar until it gets refinished. i guess i could live with that though.Superfuzz wrote: So if you're planning to refinish it, please put a wrap around bridge..
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rumble seat had one exactly like the thing you want to make for like 3 years. i think its gone now though
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how's your project coming along?mynameisjonas wrote: Reminds me of my SG project, but then you knew that.
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Great! The body is ready for grain filler and paint, I just have to get some money aside for the paint itself. Oh, and I found a guy on eBay with a full-scale .pdf of a big SG pickguard that I might use to make my pickguard template. It's just a scan of an actual guard, but it might work. Let me know if you want a copy.
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it's happening! i just pulled the trigger on a faded brown special
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nice one
I'm really looking forward to seeing how this one turns out!
I'm really looking forward to seeing how this one turns out!
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oh and another thing, the last couple of days i've been watching a lot of clips of the who on youtube... i'd love to just put some regular p90s in it and leave it brown... of course i could do both and just switch pickguard+pups back and forth. but the parchment melody maker outfit would look better on pelham blue, and the black townshend outfit would look better on brown... :-\