Brian Lahti Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 I got a hold of what I was told was a copy of a Gibson L5S Custom solid body electri guitar. I came stripped of all finish. So far, I have sanded it glass smooth and just ordered the nitro to finish it. Paint: I am goint to do a burst with fender colors Lake Placid Blue and Ice Blue. I am hoping that that will turn out well. I know, Fender colors on a Gibson? They just look so cool, and it will turn out like a a picture that I saw of the new Les Paul HD6X. Electronics: * SD '59 (neck) and Custom (bridge) pickups. * 3-way pickup switch * 2Vol pots push/pull - neck pot will switch the pickup circuit from series to parallel (between pickups) - bridge pot will put the pickups out of phase * Concentric pot for tone/and a black ice distortion circuit from stewmac.com (dial distiortion!) * 2 on/on/on DP/DT mini-switches to do a series/split/parallel job on each pickup * Endpin jack so that the face of the guitar won't be too cluttered : ) I can't do a side wall jack, becuase the wall of the control cavity is not wide enough. My guitar pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 I thought maybe you had one of these. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&...sa=N&tab=wi Sweet project though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Lahti Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 I thought maybe you had one of these. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&...sa=N&tab=wi Sweet project though! No, I believe the "S" in the model name refers to the fact that it is a 'S'olid body. Try a google search for L5-S (http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=Gibson+L-5s) On a lighter note, check this action out! I found it when searching for pics of a finished L5-S. http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2007/...elf-Tuning.html Too bad it is only available as original equipment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Wow, that "power tuning" is ridiculous! (ridiculously sweet). I'd be afraid it wouldn't work. It takes me a few seconds to tune a guitar anyway... (assuming it was already somewhere close) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 There's a recent thread on the PowerTune guitars. Their marketing-speak is sketchy, but the unit *is* available as an aftermarket product, for the low price of $900. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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