Guitar butchers

[SillyOctpuss]

Do we have a thread dedicated to guitar butchers yet? If not I'll start with a classic from John Birch. You can tell guitars he's worked on from a mile away.

@Eagle is bound to have seen some horrors.

1964 Gibson SG Standard John Birch modified + HSC

Here is something you do not see on a daily basis..This is a 1964 Gibson SG Standard that was sent to John Birch in 1974 for some customisation - to say the very least...! As you can see JB added (very neatly it must be said) a fuzz and a treble boost circuit which actually sounds kinda cool -...

www.atbguitars.com

 

[PLX]

Is this still available ?

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Amazingly yes

 

[FuzzyAce]

At least it's not neck heavy now?

 

[TSJMajesty]

Some people just don't get that you never get your money back for putting in a swimming pool.

Who the hell is John Birch anyway?

If you want to do that to your own guitar, that's one thing; But to think there's a market for that degree of customization, is, to put it nicely, short-sighted. IMHO

And 9 GRAND??? Gimme some of whatever they're smokin'.

 

[Eagle]

Yes some horrors

67 Tele anyone!

Floor varnish and “ contours”.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Who the hell is John Birch anyway?

An English Luther who's pretty well known for 'interesting' guitar mods. Mainly Gibsons as far as I'm aware. He would swop pickups out for his own models and lacquer fretboards. Also crazy shit like the one posted above. I think he was mainly active in the '80s.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Yes some horrors
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67 Tele anyone!
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Floor varnish and “ contours”.

Was that putty?

 

[Eagle]

An English Luther who's pretty well known for 'interesting' guitar mods. Mainly Gibsons as far as I'm aware. He would swop pickups out for his own models and lacquer fretboards. Also crazy shit like the one posted above. I think he was mainly active in the '80s.

70s as well. He built a lot of glam rock guitars for people like Slade .

 

[Eagle]

Was that putty?

Yes

 

[SillyOctpuss]

70s as well. He built a lot of glam rock guitars for people like Slade .

Mike from ATB actually name drops Dave Hill in the ad above.

 

[Eagle]

Wiring?

 

[SillyOctpuss]

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Wiring?

I'll bet it's really quiet and a breeze to troubleshoot.

The soldering looks like it was done by someone who had never held a soldering iron before.

 

[Sleezy E]

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Wiring?

Don't cut the grey wire

 

[TSJMajesty]

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Wiring?

I'm not a luthier, but if I was going to enlarge a control cavity like that, I would've at least made a jig that I could clamp onto the back, then use a router with a bit with a bearing to ride along the jig, so the cutout would look professional. Looks like it was widdled out with a chisel!

And what's with the red wire? Looks like it's just twisted onto the grey one, where some of the casing was removed. Am I seeing that right?

Looks like that "method" was used in a few places.

Whose work is that?

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

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Wiring?

Wow, I could look at that picture puzzle for hours.

 

[6CA7-A]

Butchering is a skill, Profession and hard work. Don't be knocking what you don't know.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Butchering is a skill, Profession and hard work. Don't be knocking what you don't know.

Please fuck off. You and everyone else who read this thread knows exactly what we're talking about. No one is taking the piss out of an actual butcher.

 

[PLX]

Butchering is a skill, Profession and hard work. Don't be knocking what you don't know.

Is this still available ?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Please fuck off. You and everyone else who read this thread knows exactly what we're talking about. No one is taking the piss out of an actual butcher.