SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:36 am
Y'all ain't ready.
Where'd you get that body?
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Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:39 am
Where'd you get that body?
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:03 am
woah!
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 2:33 pm
You gotta stop! I'm already building one guitar because of your mad science.
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 2:35 pm
W-w-w-w-what is this!?
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:13 pm
Is this gonna be like a metal version of a Danelectro, just a hollow construction with some structural framing? (Is that how Trusart does it?)
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:20 pm
Oh GAWD.
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:35 pm
I don't know what I'm looking at, but I'm excited!
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 5:30 pm
YALL STILL AINT READY
Alright I guess I'll spill some beans.
It's a body being built by Chris of Hamilton Steel Guitars who approached me and told me he wanted to build me something.
Essentially yes, it will be hollow and play somewhat like a hollow body. I am curious how it compares to my all aluminum EGC, which also has a pretty hollow body with the neck built around it. I love what Chris is doing with his guitars, and this will be my first experience with steel of any kind.
It will be RED, because I've always kind of wanted a red guitar. I'm still sorting out details of the pickguard in terms of color. I can't decide between brushed and black. The guitar will have two pickups, Alumitone Deathbuckers. The neck pickup will be angled Mosrite style.
The neck is also up for debate. I thought long and hard about putting the Bastin neck from the Jazzmaster onto this body, but I didn't just sink all that cash into the Jazzmaster for it to have a wooden neck.
Instead I think I am going to go completely out of the box with this neck, I think it's going to take me a while to save up for it, but I am thinking of doing a Wenge Warmoth neck with Wenge fretboard, stainless steel frets (because seriously once you play stainless steel NOTHING feels the same), Sperzel locking tuners (won me over on the Bastin neck), and pearl inlays with the Warmoth Standard Thin neck profile. I spec'd it out and it's in the ballpark of like $450 though...
Alright I guess I'll spill some beans.
It's a body being built by Chris of Hamilton Steel Guitars who approached me and told me he wanted to build me something.
Essentially yes, it will be hollow and play somewhat like a hollow body. I am curious how it compares to my all aluminum EGC, which also has a pretty hollow body with the neck built around it. I love what Chris is doing with his guitars, and this will be my first experience with steel of any kind.
It will be RED, because I've always kind of wanted a red guitar. I'm still sorting out details of the pickguard in terms of color. I can't decide between brushed and black. The guitar will have two pickups, Alumitone Deathbuckers. The neck pickup will be angled Mosrite style.
The neck is also up for debate. I thought long and hard about putting the Bastin neck from the Jazzmaster onto this body, but I didn't just sink all that cash into the Jazzmaster for it to have a wooden neck.
Instead I think I am going to go completely out of the box with this neck, I think it's going to take me a while to save up for it, but I am thinking of doing a Wenge Warmoth neck with Wenge fretboard, stainless steel frets (because seriously once you play stainless steel NOTHING feels the same), Sperzel locking tuners (won me over on the Bastin neck), and pearl inlays with the Warmoth Standard Thin neck profile. I spec'd it out and it's in the ballpark of like $450 though...
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 6:17 pm
AND IF YA DON'T KNOW, NOW YA KNOW! 
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:12 pm
Pickguard cut
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:23 pm
Rear ports x2, also arm contour.
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:25 pm
Oh my!
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:00 pm
Top welded on and cut for the pickup routes. Swimming pool route so that if I ever decide I want something else it will only take a new pickguard! The pickguard also seals up the top of the guitar
Re: SKULLCASTER
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:13 pm
That looks awesome 