Evil Tone requires a Evil Guitar
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Channel: Mister Toneconsultant · 2016 · Comedy
I thought I'd dust off my luthier skills so I pulled out a box of old parts and went to work. The neck is a Washburn neck. The previous owner tried to scallop the neck, but really did a confusingly bad job. He must have used a spoon because it was hacked up pretty bad. I cleaned it up. I only scalloped from the 10th fret and beyond. I feel it's not beneficial to the whole neck. Doing so can result in tuning issues. The body is an alder Warmoth body. There are several alterations to the body, but the most noticeable are: 1. I took off a lot of wood off the front top by the rear of the body. Tele bodies are square. I wanted the smoothness of a Strat body in that area so it would be more comfortable for my right forearm. 2. I also removed a lot of the cut-away. I don't really play those high notes, but couldn't decided if it was because it wasn't comfortable to reach them . . . so now it is. Electronics are a Seymour in the bridge and a Wilkenson single coil in the neck. A humbucker would be quieter in the neck, but I personally like the sound of a single coil in that position. No tone knobs and no 3 position switch. Just a volume and toggle switch between the pickups. I didn't shield the body cavity, which I had to enlarge, but I'll probably do that later. The tuners are just some tuners I had laying around. The bridge is a monster. I can't recall who made it. I bought it over 20 years ago. It might even be a Bad Ass Bridge, but I can't recall. It's a beast and the sustain is big! And if you are not old enough to know the main character on the front, that is Snidely Whiplash., hence it's an evil guitar. On the back you have Nasty Canasty. Again, EVIL guitar with EVIL TONE. The only thing I didn't install, which I still play too, is a bottle opener. I have the opener and it's ready to be installed, but I just didn't want to rout out any wood, at the time. I'll get over it and install it, one of these days. Gotta have a bottle opener. note: I met a stranger and I told him of this build. He thought it sounded like a good idea so he gave me a guitar to do another build. I thought it would be a junker, but it's actually a Gibson Strat-shaped guitar. A really nice instrument. With that said, I can't hack it up, which is what I was planning to do, but I have taken the whole thing apart. I already know most of the plans for this guitar. If all goes as planned, it might be hard to get rid of.
