Author Archives: george
#1304 Muleskinner SC-2
Top: Three piece salvaged ash Back: One piece cucumbertree, moderately distressed Neck: Black walnut, with persimmon fretboard, compensated nut Pickups: Dismal homespun bridge~ Tele style, Alnico 2, 9000 turns, 7k ohms neck~ P90/Jazzmaster hybrid, alnico 5 polepieces, 7500 turns 42awg, … Continue reading
#1303 Barnstormer SC-0
Three piece salvaged yellow pine body Soft maple neck with black locust fretboard Tonerider pickups: Vintage 90 bridge, Hot 90 neck Hipshot classic tuners Dismal Ax compensated aluminum bridge/tailpiece combo
#1302 “Heart of Dixie” Road Dog esquire
Salvaged cypress top on one piece buckeye back Mild birdseye maple neck with black locust fretboard Seymour Duncan hot tele stack Tone Pros wraparound bridge Hipshot Classic tuners. 6.7 lbs Available at Rebel Guitars
#1301 “Heart of Dixie” Road Dog ~ first ax of the year.
More license plates… This one has a body made from salvaged yellow poplar barn rafters, with a bolt on soft maple neck. Seymour Duncan JB/Jazz humbucker set, Dismal Ax brass three saddle hardtail bridge, Brass control and jack plates Available … Continue reading
#1215 Road Dog Esquire
Body: One piece cucumbertree, with three piece salvaged yellow pine top Neck: Hard maple with persimmon fretboard Pickup: Seymour Duncan Hot tele stack Bridge: PRS intonated stoptail Tuners: Gotoh vintage Pickguard: 1958 West Virginia license plate Neck plate and pickup … Continue reading
New Bridge
This is a bridge I started designing a couple years ago; and after much tweaking and refining, I had a small run of them fabricated by eMachineShop. Recently, I have been liking fixed intonation bridges for their simplicity and lack … Continue reading
#1213 Muleskinner SC2
Body: 4 piece beech rafter, chambered, with chestnut barnwood top Neck: Black walnut, with osage orange fretboard, black phenolic position markers Pickups: Dismal Homespun P90 neck: Alnico 5, 8500 turns bridge: Alnico 2, 9500 turns Tuners: TonePros/Kluson with bolt bushings … Continue reading
Of Mud and Lotuses
“There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh. This is a cute little chestnut that gets bandied about quite a … Continue reading
#1211 Redbird
This is one I started a while back, and finally got around to finishing up. It has a couple minor blemishes from inattention while gluing the neck in place, which was the reason I set it aside. The top is … Continue reading
The Cowless Summer
When I first drove up this road fifteen years ago, it was dark. I had driven all day from Virginia to what was to be my new home in rural Tennessee, where I had never been before; and the rudimentary … Continue reading
