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#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
#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
#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
#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
Taking a break
I repost this blog on two different Facebook pages. One is the Dismal Ax page, in which I post instrument related articles. The other is called “The Hollow Life,” and is a journal of sorts; mostly centered on my experience … Continue reading
#1210 Road Dog Explorer
Up until now, the road dog series has consisted of Tele-style guitars with license plate pickguards, but I have been wanting to incorporate other classic shapes and hardware, so when I got a request for an explorer shaped ax with … Continue reading
#1209 Redbird/Barncat hybrid
This is another blend of two different models, the Barncat and the Redbird, and interestingly enough, when I brought it upstairs (in the barn) to photograph it, I found a dead scarlet tanager on the floor, thoughtfully deposited by the … Continue reading
Manifestation
In a previous post, I showed a photoshop mockup of a guitar design I was working on. Now here is the real thing, with a few minor changes.
