NGD: Ruokangas Duke Twinsonic relic

[Lepinkäinen]

So, I was looking for a P90 guitar because I never haven't had one and this popped up on local used market on price I couldn't resist.

Have to say it's even better than I imagined. Sustain, playability, has it all.

Relic job is done by Ruokangas on their satin finish, I have been told. Other than that I don't now exact specs, pickups are Fralins and not original, though.

Edit: Got specs from Juha. Boatneck and paper thin nitro finnish. Made in 2007.

 

[Jazzandmore]

Yeah Juha and the crew make truly great guitars! Love the look of that one and the beautiful fretboard.

 

[Urobouros]

Sweet! Happy NGD!!

 

[He_Ma]

Nice, happy NGD! I had my edes on that one too, but couldn't pull the trigger at the moment.

 

[Lepinkäinen]

Nice, happy NGD! I had my edes on that one too, but couldn't pull the trigger at the moment.

Cheers mate! This one seems like a keeper for me.

 

[kingsleyd]

Nice! Play it loud!

 

[Lepinkäinen]

Juha shared an interesting origin story on Facebook group about this guitar to me:

"a little story to share of your guitar. It was originally made for a Finnish guitarist with the artist name Mr. Manetti. Those who have followed the Finnish forum Muusikoiden.net for a long time may remember him from the discussions.. His music got also top ratings at the time in the indy publishing platform soundclick.com. Aaaand... those who have followed our doings for a long time, might remember the Unicorn Video Diary on YouTube.. Well, Mr. Manetti is the guy who did all the music on those videos - and many of the tracks were played with this exact guitar. He also owned a VSOP that he also used on those recordings. Now... can anyone think of a reason why he didn't use a Unicorn? I mean.. it was the Unicorn Video Diary after all... "

 

[monkeybrains]

That looks killer. Bet it has awesome tone