doctorx
06-13-2006, 08:09 AM
Check out my guitar I got out of a trashcan, I call it my "Garbagecaster".
I used to have a redneck family live next door to me. Eventually they moved out (Thank God) and left a mountain of trash by the street for the city to haul away. I was going out to my car one day and shaking my head at it when I noticed the headstock of a guitar sticking out of a trash can. I pulled it out and it was in pretty rough shape, see the picture.
It started life as a three pickup Yamaha with a cheap Floyd Rose knockoff. There was a dent in the side of the neck and half the bridge was missing, it had sharpie marks all over it. I was going to part it out but after looking at it I decided to rebuild it. I took it to my friend Danny who filled in the routing for the tremolo, and it was he who decided to paint it gold.
I then took it to my guitar fixit guy Kerry who installed a hardtail bridge and shaved where the neck meets the body to decrease the angle for the new bridge.
Then it was my turn, Danny designed a pickguard for me and I cut it and cut the holes for the pickups, then wired it up. I bought a cheap Strat pickup and a cheap P90 off Fleabay, both alnico, and wired it like a two pickup Gibson. I need to get a creme colored pickup cover for the P90.
I have about $90 into it. http://music-electronics-forum.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
I was fair surprised at how it played and sounded. The neck is different from what I am used to, it's a real flat radius, but it plays real nice and those cheap pickups sound pretty damn good. The pics are from a birthday party jam I hosted last Saturday at my house.
The links:
Before (http://www.regiscoyne.com/birthday2006/gold01.jpg)
After (http://www.regiscoyne.com/birthday2006/regis03.jpg)
Guitar face: Inspiration, not Constipation (http://www.regiscoyne.com/birthday2006/regis02.jpg)
I used to have a redneck family live next door to me. Eventually they moved out (Thank God) and left a mountain of trash by the street for the city to haul away. I was going out to my car one day and shaking my head at it when I noticed the headstock of a guitar sticking out of a trash can. I pulled it out and it was in pretty rough shape, see the picture.
It started life as a three pickup Yamaha with a cheap Floyd Rose knockoff. There was a dent in the side of the neck and half the bridge was missing, it had sharpie marks all over it. I was going to part it out but after looking at it I decided to rebuild it. I took it to my friend Danny who filled in the routing for the tremolo, and it was he who decided to paint it gold.
I then took it to my guitar fixit guy Kerry who installed a hardtail bridge and shaved where the neck meets the body to decrease the angle for the new bridge.
Then it was my turn, Danny designed a pickguard for me and I cut it and cut the holes for the pickups, then wired it up. I bought a cheap Strat pickup and a cheap P90 off Fleabay, both alnico, and wired it like a two pickup Gibson. I need to get a creme colored pickup cover for the P90.
I have about $90 into it. http://music-electronics-forum.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
I was fair surprised at how it played and sounded. The neck is different from what I am used to, it's a real flat radius, but it plays real nice and those cheap pickups sound pretty damn good. The pics are from a birthday party jam I hosted last Saturday at my house.
The links:
Before (http://www.regiscoyne.com/birthday2006/gold01.jpg)
After (http://www.regiscoyne.com/birthday2006/regis03.jpg)
Guitar face: Inspiration, not Constipation (http://www.regiscoyne.com/birthday2006/regis02.jpg)