| Author | Message | ||
| johnboy
New Username: johnboy Post Number: 3 Registered: 9-2011 |
Can anyone help me solve this mystery?           | ||
| artswork99
Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1596 Registered: 7-2007 |
What a beautiful mystery that is! | ||
| johnboy
New Username: johnboy Post Number: 4 Registered: 9-2011 |
Here's another picture for you guys. | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1051 Registered: 5-2002 |
How many frets on that? Any hint of a serial number? Cool guitar, the wood is beautiful! | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1093 Registered: 10-2006 |
pant lust drool want Peter | ||
| johnboy
New Username: johnboy Post Number: 5 Registered: 9-2011 |
27 frets / No trace of a serial number anywhere | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7494 Registered: 6-2000 |
Did you look under the pickup or bridgeblock? The original pickup may have had a number cast in the bottom. Do you have the original pickup? From the pictures, the only thing I can tell you about the woods is that the front of the peghead looks like Flame Birch, the back of the peghead and the core look like Zebrawood. I'll take a guess on the neck as Mahogany, Purpleheart and Maple, but the top and back are really hard to tell with the little pictures - they could be lots of things, Walnut, Koa, even Purpleheart or Vermilion (yes - they do brown out that much, especially with oil finish). Have you measured the scale length (nut to 12th fret, then doubled)? Nice scalloped nut. | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2047 Registered: 10-2003 |
Pretty! At first glance, it sure reminds me of Rick Turner's work post-Alembic. What a neat instrument! John | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4962 Registered: 7-2004 |
Old #10 also has 27 frets, but the logo on this "peanut guitar" looks newer. Bill, tgo | ||
| pace
Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 790 Registered: 4-2004 |
1) Accent laminates between the top/back and the body core~ Are there any other examples of this practice in 1-20 serial # range? 2) Pinstripe laminates in the neck~ Dittos.... ?!?!? 3) Single pickup, passive electronics..... Mica's comment suggests that the pup is not original, perhaps the rout isn't either...Did Rick ever wind a single coil hot enough for this application, trapazoidial or otherwise? Also, what is the need for the cavities leading into the neck? | ||
| dela217
Senior Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 1093 Registered: 6-2002 |
I have serial number 16 and mine has pinstripe maple laminates in the neck. Just sayin'. I love the core on that one. Zebrawood perhaps? | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1056 Registered: 5-2002 |
Anymore pix of #16? There's only one in the showcase thread and it doesn't show the neck pinstripes, etc. To get back to this (and other peanut guitars), how are the ergonomics? How is the balance? If it were a bass, I'd imagine some serious neck dive. I'm also wondering what the tone might be like. If this wasn't the original pickup (and I would kind of be surprised if it was), I wonder if the original was active. Ah, to be a fly on the wall back in the day. | ||
| johnboy
New Username: johnboy Post Number: 6 Registered: 9-2011 |
I have no doubt about this being the original pickup. It has a piece of stiff insulation glued to the back of it and I would'nt want to rip it off to look for a number. Both of the holes in the pickup base are drilled off center leading me to believe that it was'nt replaced. It does'nt look like anything has been altered in any way. The body is mostly chambered, perhaps to keep the weight down. Ohmite pots. Is that what they used back then? | ||
| gtrguy
Senior Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 403 Registered: 9-2004 |
That pickup kinda has that DiMarzio humbucker look, like on an old BC Rich. What a cool guitar! |
