Pop quiz, hot shot: You have $150 and an Epiphone EB-0 body.
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:55 pm
WHAT DO YOU DO?!
Yes...exactly.
Mudfuzz kindly donated this carcass a while ago, but it's been sitting for months, gathering power. A dano short scale bass neck and GFS pickups, plus salvaged parts turned it into...
Behold, THUNDERBOLT BUDDHA.
aka "FUCK YOUR SG"
See, the fancy nameplate says so.
30" scale bass-turned-bassVI neck, tuned to Eb standard or D when in SUPER SPECIAL MODE.
The finely ebonized and lacquered 32"-scale fretless bass neck was CUSTOM CUT to my exact length specifications by luthier Thomas of the Home Depot lumber section. I believe it started life as their "2x2" model.
(it's actually a lot smoother than it looks, and sturdy enough to swing the guitar around by)
The control cavity plate used to be a Joan Jett record, but don't worry -- there weren't any hits on it.
Now, you may be thinking, "well Achtane, I mean...don't you need more pickups than that?"
Henshin-a-go-go!
Tune to D and yer good to go even without the first fret.
Neck pickup's a GFS Loudmouth, bridge is the Lil' Puncher. The bridge itself is a Willkinson compensated jank. The P and Strat pickups were kindly donated from lawsuit copies of those same guitars.
Controls are neck/both/bridge 3-way switch, and individual volumes for the guitar and bass portions.
A push-pull toan knob that, when pulled, turns both geetar pickups into single coils.
On/offs for the headstock and behind the bridge pickup. They aren't controlled by the volume knob.
Individual outputs for the two weird pickups and bass portion.
The other is an everything-out.
I haven't really gotten to play it much yet but I know some things need ironing out. The pickup behind the bridge would be more effective if the strings were longer there; I'll have to move the string-through plate back some and drill the bridge holes a bit bigger so there's more freedom of movement. I need to buy a Dano guitar nut and cut the slots a bit wider; I'm using the bass nut that came with it, flipped upside down and with Dremel'd slots. It works, but it bugs me...and the fugly wiring could be tidied up. Also really needs a setup, but I'll get to all that.
Many thanks to the unholy trio of MEC, Mudfuzz, and masked elwood for inspiration, donation and finishin' tips, plus that dude from Solmania whose crazy guitars this is based on.
MEASURE TEN TIMES, DRILL ONCE. THEN FILL IT AND DO IT AGAIN. SHIT.
Yes...exactly.
Mudfuzz kindly donated this carcass a while ago, but it's been sitting for months, gathering power. A dano short scale bass neck and GFS pickups, plus salvaged parts turned it into...
Behold, THUNDERBOLT BUDDHA.
aka "FUCK YOUR SG"
See, the fancy nameplate says so.
30" scale bass-turned-bassVI neck, tuned to Eb standard or D when in SUPER SPECIAL MODE.
The finely ebonized and lacquered 32"-scale fretless bass neck was CUSTOM CUT to my exact length specifications by luthier Thomas of the Home Depot lumber section. I believe it started life as their "2x2" model.
(it's actually a lot smoother than it looks, and sturdy enough to swing the guitar around by)
The control cavity plate used to be a Joan Jett record, but don't worry -- there weren't any hits on it.
Now, you may be thinking, "well Achtane, I mean...don't you need more pickups than that?"
Henshin-a-go-go!
NSFW: show
NSFW: show
Tune to D and yer good to go even without the first fret.
Neck pickup's a GFS Loudmouth, bridge is the Lil' Puncher. The bridge itself is a Willkinson compensated jank. The P and Strat pickups were kindly donated from lawsuit copies of those same guitars.
Controls are neck/both/bridge 3-way switch, and individual volumes for the guitar and bass portions.
A push-pull toan knob that, when pulled, turns both geetar pickups into single coils.
On/offs for the headstock and behind the bridge pickup. They aren't controlled by the volume knob.
Individual outputs for the two weird pickups and bass portion.
The other is an everything-out.
I haven't really gotten to play it much yet but I know some things need ironing out. The pickup behind the bridge would be more effective if the strings were longer there; I'll have to move the string-through plate back some and drill the bridge holes a bit bigger so there's more freedom of movement. I need to buy a Dano guitar nut and cut the slots a bit wider; I'm using the bass nut that came with it, flipped upside down and with Dremel'd slots. It works, but it bugs me...and the fugly wiring could be tidied up. Also really needs a setup, but I'll get to all that.
Many thanks to the unholy trio of MEC, Mudfuzz, and masked elwood for inspiration, donation and finishin' tips, plus that dude from Solmania whose crazy guitars this is based on.
MEASURE TEN TIMES, DRILL ONCE. THEN FILL IT AND DO IT AGAIN. SHIT.
thanks dudes! I'm really happy with the way it sounds. The neck pickup is great, man. Having the P pickups spread out like that yields growly toans too.
