The guitar I built [over the period of 2 years!]
While teaching at Saint Thomas More Collegiate I had a spare period
which I used to build a guitar in the woodworking shop alongside
other students. Many thanks to luthier and teacher Mike Kinal for
guiding me and teaching me how to use the various tools. This guitar
is a semi-hollow and countoured Telecaster-style guitar with the neck
dimension from my Samick and a Rickenbacker-style headstock.
Check out the process by clicking here.
Dimensions
Weight: 5 pounds
Scale Length: 25.5 inches
Construction
Neck: single piece rock maple bolt-on
Neck Stability: single action truss rod
Fingerboard: pau ferro with no dots and ebody binding
Frets: 24 Dunlop jumbo frets
Top: highly figured curly maple
Body: telecaster style semi-hollow and contoured alder
Finish: natural oil spray based
Hardware
Tuners: Sperzel locking tuners
Nut: bone
Bridge: Gotoh tremelo bridge
Output Jack: single mono
Electronics
Neck Pickup: Bartolini PBF-55 Jazz Guitar Neck Humbucker
Bridge Pickup: Bartolini PBF-57 Jazz Guitar Bridge Humbucker
Controls: 1 master volume and 1 master tone
Pickup Selector: 3 position
Preamp: none
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2008 Trinidad Special Custom [s/n 00]
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The guitar used during my Dramatic Adrift years.
I bought this guitar in December of 1996 for $190. It belonged to
a musician in Vancouver who played a lot of punk music and who used
this Samick as a backup guitar. In my quest to be unique, I liked
the fact that hardly anybody played Samick instruments except for
Blues Saraceno who I knew nothing about. I was determined to
become the second ever endorser of Samick instruments. While
that dream has quietly and thankfully faded away, the instrument
has nostalgic value for me. Today, Samick produces instruments
for many other companies who then slap on their own logos on the
finished product. I have little information about this series and
if anyone has any more information, please
drop me a line!
Dimensions
Weight: 6 pounds
Scale Length: 25.5 inches
Construction
Neck: single piece maple bolt-on
Neck Stability: single action truss rod
Fingerboard: rosewood with plastic binding
Body: mystery wood, probably alder
Finish: 'marble' grey and white finish with many stickers
Hardware
Tuners: Gotoh tuners
Nut: locking nut system
Bridge: Floyd Rose licensed product
Output Jack: single mono
Electronics
Neck Pickup: mystery single coil
Middle Pickup: mystery single coil
Bridge Pickup: mystery humbucker
Controls: 1 master volume, 2 tone
Pickup Selector: individual selection plus humbucker coil tap
Preamp: none
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199x Samick Artist Series [s/n 1112959]
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The steel string acoustic guitar I used on Guitar Craft.
I acquired this guitar along with my acoustic bass guitar and
a Sabian ride cymbal in a trade for a Kinal bass guitar.
It hadn't seen much light until I signed up for a Guitar Craft
course with Robert Fripp in June of 2009. There, luthier
Igor Abuladze upgraded the action and fine tuned it for
the New Standard Tuning that is required on Guitar Craft
courses. Along with the proper Guitar Craft NST strings, and
the official Guitar Craft triangular pick, all I need to do now
is practice to get the Guitar Craft right sound!
Dimensions
Weight: 2 pounds
Scale Length: 25.5 inches
Construction
Neck: set mahogany
Fingerboard: rosewood with plastic binding and diamond inlay
Top: select spruce
Body: mahogany
Finish: natural blonde
Hardware
Tuners: Gold Grover tuners
Nut: bone
Bridge: standard
Output Jack: single mono
Electronics
Pickup: bridge transducer
Controls: Shadow
Preamp: eSonic System
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2006 Epiphone PR5ENA Steel String Acoustic New Standard Tuning [s/n N06051031]
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The steel string acoustic standby.
After having my blonde Epiphone setup for New Standard Tuning,
I needed a a steel string guitar that I could play in using the
regular 'Old Standard Tuning'. After a recent visit to Vancouver
I walked in to one of my favourite music stores and saw this gem
on the wall. It complements not only my blonde Epiphone but also
my acoustic bass guitar!
Dimensions
Weight: 2 pounds
Scale Length: 25.5 inches
Construction
Neck: set mahogany
Fingerboard: rosewood with plastic binding and diamond inlay
Top: select spruce
Body: mahogany
Finish: vintage sunburst
Hardware
Tuners: Gold Grover tuners
Nut: bone
Bridge: standard
Output Jack: single mono
Electronics
Pickup: bridge transducer
Controls: Shadow
Preamp: eSonic System
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2009 Epiphone PR5EVS Steel String Acoustic Old Standard Tuning [s/n 0809170131]
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