I'm building (well, really re-building) guitars again. It feels good to smell the solder and hear something come to life with new sound. I learned how to do a nitrocellulose cherry-amber burst on a rescued Gibson Gothic Explorer... Sounds great. Looks OK... maybe not awesome, but looks OK.
I used some really great Burstbucker Pro (V AlNiCo) matched pair and real Gibson pots, switch, and jack to make things sound pretty darn awesome. I preserved the Gibson photo on the back of the headstock and the original black headstock face with the white-outlined Gibson logo.
I think it plays far better than my 1992 Explorer, and the sound is great, too!
More soon.
Let's talk about indie music again!
I'm back.
Jim Pearson
