kevin_lindsay

The guitar is a steel bodied tricone style. The instrument was bought by myself from someone who owned it for a couple of years. It is a Vintage AMG-3 model. This has an aged "dull" finish. I buffed this to a semi gloss look which looks kinda cool. The standard Vintage headstock is black with a white "Vintage" logo. However, I decided to change it for the logo you can see in the pics below - I think the new headstock looks a bit better? The guitar is in great condition and there's a hard shell case included to keep it safe whenever it is transported. The original resonator cones were rather uninspiring and "clunky" sounding. I ordered a replacement set of Delta Resonator Cones, hand spun by Colin Oldham. These provide a brighter tone for that resonator "banjo style" sound. Before installing the new cones, I dressed and cleaned the pan to ensure the best transfer of sound to the body, I also had the guitar set up for fingerstyle playing. So, you can play along to Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet" without hurting your fretting hand! The guitar was also restrung with D'addario resonator strings. Here's some pics: [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/National%20tricone/F26D80CC-D22B-48F3-8DDC-A7DDAD301973-245-00000035D0D370D7.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/National%20tricone/BA1C2F52-429F-4AF5-BEC2-6877C3595D4A-245-00000035D87893A6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/National%20tricone/64B04124-3E76-4A91-9DCF-A1E366B3ECE4-245-00000035E10E08B7.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/National%20tricone/2DCF5AED-3D13-4317-9E0C-A4F550D9CABF-245-00000035E924420E.jpg[/IMG]

Here's a chance to grab a Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickup for the single coil "Tele" style P-Bass. I've got it fitted in my Shell Pink P-Bass and its great, but due to the very lightweight swamp ash body, I need a pickup that has a really deep fundamental tone. I had the same pickup as this in my alder bodied Bravewood relic (which I sold on this sure a couple of years ago). It sounded fantastic in that format. Anyhow, I'll have Chris McIntyre remove it on Friday when I'm st his workshop in Edinburgh. If anyone fancies giving this a go, here's your chance to grab a bargain!! £30 posted in the UK. Some pics of the pickup in the pink bass [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/116F2DDB-BC2C-481F-A2A8-DA77DD06B20D-451-0000003932069B4D.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/5305847E-FE57-4B44-B1ED-5F0A54492E5B-451-0000003937BB508E.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/252DC769-5666-4EDE-B1E9-5D55BF2DDE7A-451-000000393C64D6E6.jpg[/IMG] You can't see the wires in those pics, so here's a pic of the control plate to show the cloth covered wires that lead from the pickup [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/73f171ed.jpg[/IMG]

Well, I think many of you will have seen the thread I posted about this guitar. It's the nicest Strat I've ever played, but, as I'm a bass player, it mainly sits on its guitar stand. This instrument needs to be played!! When I bought it (from a USA Army Sargeant in Alaska of all places), I had it sent to New York and I brought it back to the UK during one of my return journeys. The finish was originally Medium Palomino Metallic (that's "jobbie brown" to you and I). Also, there was a few dings in the finish, most noticeably on the forearm chamfer. I decided to refinish it it in nitrocellulose Surf Green. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the dings were only in the lacquer and hadn't impacted on the wood of the body. Here's a link to the thread I started which documented the refin: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/163365-refinishing-fender-strat/page__fromsearch__1 Haimesy on this thread bought the refinished Shell Pink USA '62 Jazz Bass I did, so he knows how the refinished look. He's pretty happy with his instrument. Here's a link to that one for your further info: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/168089-shell-pink-fender-usa-62-reissue-jazz-bass-l900-delivered-in-the-uk/page__pid__1538791#entry1538791 If you want any more info from me, just drop me a PM. Thanks for looking guys. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/Fender%20Eric%20Johnson%20Strat%20refinish/F435B38B-E603-4862-BB3E-6475AE5544DB-201-000000125D7D9B8C.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/Fender%20Eric%20Johnson%20Strat%20refinish/2A1FF1AE-B12E-4483-BFA4-E083386F0061-78-0000004A1CE910BD.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/Fender%20Eric%20Johnson%20Strat%20refinish/E152B01F-B53C-400C-B104-B7CF28010BE4-78-0000004A182A118D.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/Fender%20Eric%20Johnson%20Strat%20refinish/4C9DACF7-5070-4B76-BD82-4C25D99D67F8-78-0000004A368F4C76.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/Fender%20Eric%20Johnson%20Strat%20refinish/5814ACEA-89CA-4D8C-821D-5B019371BC58-78-0000004A3F32279A.jpg[/IMG]