I generally like to post complete projects but, I’m keeping my hands off this one for a few days till it’s totally sold to block, polish and assemble.
Looks a bit more yellow in the tube lights than in natural light but I rather like it.
Should look nice with the gold, brass and Cream hardware. She was clearly inspired by my favorites, BC Rich Eagle and Mockingbird, The Gibson SG, a little Rickenbacker in the Gumby head headstock.
I’ve got a hell of a lot of soldering to do. The circuit is somewhat of a cross between Doug Erwin’s Tiger and Neal Moser’s booster/varitone circuit in the B.C. Rich Eagle and early Mockingbirds. In fact, that way, it bears little resemblance to any Rickenbacker, Gibson or any guitar I’ve ever owned or built. Probably a little more adventurous that way than I’d ever intended but again, this one is for me. .. may as well experiment!
Gavin John Sheehan (D.B.A. Custom Job) Is a Musician, Composer, Luthier, Builder, and Fabricator of 35 years. Before knowing what a luthier was, gavin took care of all his own instrument repair and customization. By the time he had his first job in finishing at a local funiture store, he’d been thinking about building his own instruments from scratch. A lot of years of repairing and working jobs, mostly related to carpentry, he picked up skills in furniture design, building, finishing and woodworking in general. Over time, as he’d encountered more complex instrument repairs, a lot of the work he’d done in the trades lent well to his work with musical instruments. After a 10 year spell living in Montreal, QC and playing all types of music, traditional and nontraditional western, eastern and experimental work, he began to fall out of love with the instruments he was playing (though he now misses a heafty amount of them). Around that time, he bought his first table saw for 150 bucks from a humidor maker which came with an almost embarassing amount of beautiful and highly figured woods. He carried at least 6 pieces of highly figured tiger maple and other odds and ends around with him for the following 15 years. Over that 15 years, he’d been doing work on other people’s instruments and building/restoring his own drumset, a combination 1948 Gretch Broadkaster he picked up in a junk shop and several other custom drums he built to go with it. He finally began construction of two Guitars (Earth I and Earth II) which would be the only electric guitars he’d allow himself to “Buy” after close to 5 years without a dependable solid body guitar. Gavin Decided to go into business in 2017, opening his first shop as Custom Job in Tolland, CT. He’s since moved to Sterling, MA and is building a home and shop down in the Quiet Corner of CT
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