ByteFrenzy
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New in the showcase... one of the nicest ones I have seen...
Seen this one yet?
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very nice .. I've always been partial to that body, but I find 2 issues it is only routed for 2 pickups and the Originals all have 3 , and like all Warmoth bodies they are bolt on .. Not a bad thing , but not the way Doug Irwin made them. Same with the Gibson clones. Of course you can make it into a set neck or neckthrough with enough work
greywolf said:
You can have it routed for a 3rd pickup... Warmoth does this for free.
greywolf said:
I think the amount of work it would take is more than it would take to just build a neckthrough from scratch. You can't really turn a bolt on guitar into a set neck and certainly not into a neck through.
DangerousR6
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Nice, never really have liked that shape, but that's a nice top...Pau Ferro?
Can't ... not true ... not worth the effort , I'd agree 100% .
Especially on a pre-finished one.
Considering base price on the Alembic Tribute , which is the production version of the real guitar is $12500 the bolt on isn't a huge deal . "Tiger" the most famous of the Doug Irwin Alembics took over 2000 man hrs to build, you can just imagine the labor cost...yikes
http://www.alembic.com/prod/tribute.html
Especially on a pre-finished one.
Considering base price on the Alembic Tribute , which is the production version of the real guitar is $12500 the bolt on isn't a huge deal . "Tiger" the most famous of the Doug Irwin Alembics took over 2000 man hrs to build, you can just imagine the labor cost...yikes
http://www.alembic.com/prod/tribute.html
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guitlouie
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Yes.
2000 man hours? Does that include growing a tree? Good grief, thats 8 hours a day for 50 weeks, Impossible to waste that much time building a guitar.
I'd fire the guy that took that long to build a guitar and expected to get paid for doing it, Is this 2000 hour guitar made by the UAW? No wonder we're AFU
I'd fire the guy that took that long to build a guitar and expected to get paid for doing it, Is this 2000 hour guitar made by the UAW? No wonder we're AFU
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Alfang said:
If I remember correctly it has two inlays like 500 or 1000 pieces... yes, it can take that long to do it...
A lot of the work went into the inlays, especially in the fretboard. It took him a total of 6 years to build it..a very meticulous and patient luthier. Doug worked for Alembic, and he worked with Thomas Lieber and Rick Turner on it . Rick went on to become a respected luthier , most noted for the guitar he built for Lindsey Buckingham.
Thomas Lieber's most recent creation is a bass designed with Stanley Clarke http://www.lieberguitars.com/opener.htm
http://www.renaissanceguitars.com/
A bit on the original:
http://www.dozin.com/jers/guitars/tiger/info.html
after Jerry passed it was auctioned-The Tiger was purchased by Jim Irsay for USD $850,000.
to put that in perspective, the white Stratocaster that Hendrix played at Woodstock sold for $325,000 the same year and , The previous highest price ever paid for a rock guitar was $450,000 in August 1999 for Eric Clapton's "Brownie," the tobacco-burst Stratocaster he recorded "Layla" with
Thomas Lieber's most recent creation is a bass designed with Stanley Clarke http://www.lieberguitars.com/opener.htm
http://www.renaissanceguitars.com/
A bit on the original:
http://www.dozin.com/jers/guitars/tiger/info.html
after Jerry passed it was auctioned-The Tiger was purchased by Jim Irsay for USD $850,000.
to put that in perspective, the white Stratocaster that Hendrix played at Woodstock sold for $325,000 the same year and , The previous highest price ever paid for a rock guitar was $450,000 in August 1999 for Eric Clapton's "Brownie," the tobacco-burst Stratocaster he recorded "Layla" with
