Soxy Custom Fullatone powder white
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:57 am
Hello. Been a member here for nearly 20 years but only recently had the nerve to show my work.
This is my "Fullatone" model - my take on a T style. With a lot of curves and chamfers!
Specs as follows
Body:Swamp ash
Neck: Honduran Mahogany
FIngerboard: Old Dark East Indian Rosewood
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
Pickups SD Jb Junior bridge and lil 59 neck
Switching - Schaller PRS switch.
Pickguard - Galvanised Steel - bandsaw cut and filed/smoothed by hand. Took ages!
Finish - "Powdered" Shellac plus white powder padded on and cut back with 800 grit 3m Paper.
The thinking behind this was try to get Hot Les paul tones and still retain maximum quack in the coil splits.
I moved the bridge further back from the neck route - the saddles are waaayyy further forward. This changes the break angle from the saddle to the Ferrule hole from nearly 60 degrees to a more LP like 30 degrees.
The pickups have a strong ceramic magnet which naturally compresses the tone significantly - but because the
front and rear pups relative distance is the same as a T style guitar they coil split remarkably well.
The chamfers are rasped in with Dragon rasps and the japanese chemically treated files. They are not a consitent radius.
The actual outline of the guitar is extremely close to a regular T style but the chamferstrick the eye somewhat.
Hope you guys enjoy. I have learnt a hell of a lot from this forum for a really long time.
All the best, Joseph
This is my "Fullatone" model - my take on a T style. With a lot of curves and chamfers!
Specs as follows
Body:Swamp ash
Neck: Honduran Mahogany
FIngerboard: Old Dark East Indian Rosewood
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
Pickups SD Jb Junior bridge and lil 59 neck
Switching - Schaller PRS switch.
Pickguard - Galvanised Steel - bandsaw cut and filed/smoothed by hand. Took ages!
Finish - "Powdered" Shellac plus white powder padded on and cut back with 800 grit 3m Paper.
The thinking behind this was try to get Hot Les paul tones and still retain maximum quack in the coil splits.
I moved the bridge further back from the neck route - the saddles are waaayyy further forward. This changes the break angle from the saddle to the Ferrule hole from nearly 60 degrees to a more LP like 30 degrees.
The pickups have a strong ceramic magnet which naturally compresses the tone significantly - but because the
front and rear pups relative distance is the same as a T style guitar they coil split remarkably well.
The chamfers are rasped in with Dragon rasps and the japanese chemically treated files. They are not a consitent radius.
The actual outline of the guitar is extremely close to a regular T style but the chamferstrick the eye somewhat.
Hope you guys enjoy. I have learnt a hell of a lot from this forum for a really long time.
All the best, Joseph