Guitars anyone???
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Great steal!!! Sorry you are left handed Graham, I’ll keep you in my prayers brother
. Very kick ass guitar though! Worth taking a dive into modifying your own guitars once you find one you really like the feel of. Pickup swapping is “easy” enough, just a bit of time and effort— well worth the trouble imo! -
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Hi there,
It’s Cocobolo. The top is Adirondack spruce, the neck is figured mahogany, fretboard is ebony and the binding is figured Koa. -
@SFMCfranky ahh I mistook it for rosewood. It’s a beautiful instrument and I bet it sounds amazing
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@SFMCfranky Wow, beautiful guitar. Santa Cruz makes incredible instruments. Love that figured mahogany neck. Is it a J-45 style spec wise?
I actually got a new Les Paul in last week. Will post some pictures later.
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@JunkPants said in Guitars anyone???:
@SFMCfranky Wow, beautiful guitar. Santa Cruz makes incredible instruments. Love that figured mahogany neck. Is it a J-45 style spec wise?
I actually got a new Les Paul in last week. Will post some pictures later.
Hi there! I just saw this question. The dimensions are similar to a J-45. But with a shorter scale length - like original Southern Jumbos.
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@SFMCfranky said in Guitars anyone???:
@JunkPants said in Guitars anyone???:
@SFMCfranky Wow, beautiful guitar. Santa Cruz makes incredible instruments. Love that figured mahogany neck. Is it a J-45 style spec wise?
I actually got a new Les Paul in last week. Will post some pictures later.
Hi there! I just saw this question. The dimensions are similar to a J-45. But with a shorter scale length - like original Southern Jumbos.
Even shorter than 24.75in? Every J-45 I've played/owned has been 24.75.
Enjoy it, it looks amazing and I bet it sounds and plays great! -
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@SKT Thanks! Sounds very, very good as well thankfully.
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@JunkPants amazing looking guitar! I have always wanted a 335 too. The finish on your Les Paul is one of the nicest I've seen in a long time
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@AdamJ Thank you! I bought it completely blind so I was quite happy, and surprised, when I opened the case. If you get a chance I would definitely recommend trying out the recent Gibson CS 335s. Whatever they're doing these days they seem to have really nailed it with these.
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@JunkPants said in Guitars anyone???:
@SFMCfranky said in Guitars anyone???:
@JunkPants said in Guitars anyone???:
@SFMCfranky Wow, beautiful guitar. Santa Cruz makes incredible instruments. Love that figured mahogany neck. Is it a J-45 style spec wise?
I actually got a new Les Paul in last week. Will post some pictures later.
Hi there! I just saw this question. The dimensions are similar to a J-45. But with a shorter scale length - like original Southern Jumbos.
Even shorter than 24.75in? Every J-45 I've played/owned has been 24.75.
Enjoy it, it looks amazing and I bet it sounds and plays great!I’ve not played a Gibson j-45. Santa Cruz makes three slope shouldered dreds: the VJ, the VS and the RS. The VJ has a 25.375 scale length while the VS has a 24.75 scale length. I always assumed the VS was based on the Vintage Southern while the VJ was based on a standard j-45 and they had those respective scale lengths. Guess I was wrong. I went with the VS because of the shorter scale length. I actually liked the sound of the RS even better. It’s based on the Roy Smeck model. But it was too large for me to hold comfortably. So I went with the VS.
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@SFMCfranky (Sorry if my reply came off as a bit brash. Certainly not intended)
Most of my favourite guitars, electric and acoustic, seem to be 24 3/4".
I remembered playing a Santa Cruz Firefly many years ago (which was great), and wondered if maybe your guitar had the same 24" scale or something similar. I also have a Collings Baby with a 24 1/8" scale, which is just about the perfect couch guitar.Time to do some playing, not a whole lot that beats playing/practicing guitar in my opinion.
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That looks less worn than my 10 year old R9!
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Hi guys, it's been a while since I didn't post something so here's my '72 les paul deluxe conversion to humbuckers made a long time ago. I bought it in a really bad shape and since I'm an occasional luthier, i tried my best to give her a second youth. So here's the before/after
Before:
And after sanded it a lot to return to the original varnish, I put some Joe Bonamassa's SD custom shop pickup, some '59 parts, all the electronics redone also and now here it is.
It's one of those which when you try it it's like there's something special happening, so happy to have it in my collection, for sure the best guitar I ever owned.
