Recent content by detroitace

Hi, I have a Love Rock II in blue quilt. It's a beautiful guitar with the best sounding pickups in my collection. However, it's never quite felt right while standing -- too heavy and my shoulder gets bothered. I recently stumbled on to a change that made it my #1 - I moved the upper bout...

Hello, I have this parts-caster with MIJ pickups in it that I love. However, it's got staggered pole-pieces that have always annoyed me because of the drop in volume from the G to the B strings, especially on the neck pickup. The B pole is significantly lower than the G pole and the...

I went for the worn honey burst and its great. I haven't done any mods to it, yet. I'm waiting a little. I'll probably put some orange drops in soon, though. The tailpiece looks like its ready for wrap-around usage so I may try that to see if sustain increases, but I use a compressor and...

Hi, I just picked up one of the 60's tributes and it's very nice. Aside from the neck, the other difference is the electronics -- the 60's doesn't have the orange drop capacitors. It just has these regular small ones. And the cavity cover isn't see-thru. I may put them in, but I'm not...

Hello, Here are some pics from inside the pickup cavities. The pickups have no markings on them. They do have braided wire, which is cool and they sound good; I'm just surprised there's no sticker on them even. They're supposed to be MK-2's, I think, made by Keiyo?. The tenon is very...

Excellent! Thanks for the links. That's exactly what mine is like, although the knobs are in a different spot. I absolutely love the guitar. The only thing I wasn't ready for was the weight .. around 9.75 lbs. I just need a wider strap, I guess. ;) -- Ace

My new love rock II in quilt top blue! Beautiful color.... :D By detroitace at 2010-05-05 By detroitace at 2010-05-05 It's 9.5 lbs, heavier than I expected. But, it sounds really nice in the little time I've had to play it. It's not an SEB model, nor are the pots push-pull. I'd like...

Here's mine: Guitars: 63 Gibson Les Paul Junior (had since '78 ) 81 Greco Space Sounds Black Strat 87 Fender Seafoam Green Strat Plus (w/ Clapton neck) 93 PRS CE24, emerald green flame 98 Fender Korean Telecaster (covered in Wacky Pack Stickers) 99 Peavey Predator Strat copy 01 Diodati '58...

I looked under the strings between the bridge and the neck. :wink: Just Kidding! I haven't played it that much, but they sound good. The bridge seems a little weak compared to the neck, but it does deliver a good full guitar raunch. I've got a couple of other P90 guitars so i'll be able...

LOL. It's my first branded Tokai. I've got two Diodatis, which were made by Tokai and a Fender Japan telecaster that was supposedly made by Tokai, but this is the first one that says it on the headstock. I'm psyched. It plays excellently. I have an Edwards LP and while that's a really nice...

Here are some pics! By detroitace at 2009-11-26 By detroitace at 2009-11-26 By detroitace at 2009-11-26 By detroitace at 2009-11-26

Beautiful top on that. The body shape is very similar (if not identical) to the Hamer echotone. The 'ears' are more round than a Gibby 335, etc. Because of this, I'd bet it's Korea (or maybe even Chinese).

Well, the top looks a little thin to be a full cap and the tunnel looks a little big and rectangular.

From the tenon shot, it looks like it's is a chambered one. Is that the case?

You know come to think of it, maybe it can be expressed in two dimensions, one for 'accuracy in reproduction' and the other 'intent to deceive': --