The Totally Miscellaneous non-Alembic Guitar and Bass Thread

[peoplechipper]

looks like it never got played...kinda sad...

[edwardofhuncote]

Another strange Gibson bass. This one's a Q-80. They put Custom Shop logos on these, but the truth is more like they were pieces/parts from the Nashville shop. Victory-esque body is mahogany rather than maple. Hockey-stick headstock on a maple bolt-on neck kinda' reminds you of something like an Explorer. Pickups are humbuckers, and controls are V-V-T. These lasted a couple years and disappeared like the Thunder Series did. Mine is from 1987. Joey told me one time, there were stacks of back-routed bodies like these around the Elm Hill Pike Shop. I guess they could have been for the Q-series guitars too. 

[Artgeckko]

Cool one for sure. 
Certainly looks 1987!
How did you know the body was mahogany?

[edwardofhuncote]

Cool one for sure. 
Certainly looks 1987!
How did you know the body was mahogany?

There are a few chips in the paint, and in the neck pocket where it's pretty obvious. Not so much in my pictures. 😉

The Q-series stuff was a very 80's thing, especially the guitars. They tried to market these pointy things with all kinds of pick-up configurations and Kahler trems as "SuperStrats'. I came close to buying a really obscure one called a Q-300 that had three P-90's evenly spaced between the bridge and fingerboard. I think of all guitar pickups out there, those just seem to do it for me sonically, so having three of them all splayed out seemed an attractive idea. But y'know... there can be such a thing as too much good stuff, and two P-90's is plenty. Besides that, with another between them... it might be something to just be in my way.

In the great downsizing of my library of guitars, I kept one Les Paul. (of five) It's this plain old Special... slab mahogany with a back contour, 60's profile neck, fingerboard binding for whatever reason. (I had another one that didn't) It must be the most un-special 'Special' ever. But it's one of those guitars that just has the magic juice when you plug it in... plays just right, sounds just exactly like I want it to. No excuses or apologies. Best part, it was a Craigslist rescue, one of the better deals I ever made. 

[Nova Constellatio]

I'm a huge fan of all the p90ish pickups (p90s, staples, and especially Carvin AP6s which are kind of like smooshed p90s) — it's a great formula.

So I found some wacky rosewood cut out of an old stump. I hope I'm creative enough to make it into something usable — suggestions are welcome:

[cozmik_cowboy]

Wow!  That there is some figuring!

Peter (whose first thought is, of course, "Guitar!")

[Nova Constellatio]

It's a guitar or bass top — they're both a quarter inch thick. One has a flaw around where a cutaway would be, and the other has a lot of planer skip.

[cozmik_cowboy]

My first thought upon seeing the top one was "Hmmm - wide enough to BTC on a Further?"

Well, OK, I lied; that was 2nd - first was "Could you get an M or OM back out of that?"

Peter

[Nova Constellatio]

You could get a front and back of a standard point out of it, but not matched to center. You'd also have to get creative with the flaw.

[Artgeckko]

Got to do something cool with that angry looking face figuring!
Pretty spectacular.

[Nova Constellatio]

And all four pieces ring like a bell.

[edwardofhuncote]

And smells like flowers when you sand it? 😏

[Nova Constellatio]

Since it's a Gibson theme right now, here's a spring of 1960 ES-345. I bought it from a guy whose parents ordered it for his 15th birthday. He lost interest in guitars by the time he was 16. :/

[rv_bass]

That's really nice looking ES335. I had a 78 one with similar colors, love those guitars! 

[Nova Constellatio]

They're incredible instruments. I have this and a cherry red '63 that's seen some action, and they're both special.