Another Salamander, this one with a yellow poplar top with a gouged surface, on a buckeye back with a hammered and antiqued finish.
Neck is walnut, with an osage orange fretboard.
.82″ thick at 1st fret, .93″ at 12th. 1.68″ nut width.
Pickups are homespun humbuckers with alnico 5 polepieces, in aluminum casings.
Bridge~ 5400 turns per coil, 8Kohms DCR
Neck~ 4800 turns per coil, 6.8Kohms DCR
Brass compensated bridge/tailpiece combo and Hipshot classic tuners.
Weighs 6.5 pounds
sold
Haven’t done one of these in a while.
Top is one piece of salvaged chestnut barnwood, on a cucumbertree back with a hammered finish.
Neck is maple, with an osage orange fretboard, medium C-profile, .81″ at 1st fret, .90″ at 12th. 1.68″ wide at nut, 2.18″ at heel.
Bridge pickup is a homespun T-style single coil with alnico 5 polepieces and 12,000 turns, 9.6k ohms dcr.
Neck pickup is a homespun humbucker in a machined aluminum casing, with alnico 5 polepieces. Front coil has 6,000 turns, back has 4,000. Total dcr is 7.2k ohms.
Hipshot Classic open-back tuners, Kluson USA tuneomatic bridge.
Tailpiece is made from a 1950’s Ford V-8 fender emblem, strung through the back.
Pickguard is made from a 1973 Tennesse license plate.
Weighs 7 pounds.
Dismal Ax 