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SWAMP WITCH SPECTRUM 50H GUITAR TEISCO TRIBUTE TEST
SWAMP WITCH SPECTRUM 5 POINT OH (5.0) A TEISCO SPECTRUM 5 TRIBUTE .
(JUST SHOWING YALL THE SWITCH TONES HERE )
As some of you already know , I went a different direction than using the regular swamp witch elder body for this spectrum tribute . The elder body Had to be changed too far from the sw look to accommodate the deeper pups etc ..
So I used an old carved body I got off Low Budget Luthier a while ago on a trade , and put it to use . and added the red painted accents .
As you can see , THIS BODY was perfect for this guitar .
I used the guts , parts , and neck off a swamp witch Familiar 6 string model and converted it to 3
The custom mirror “Spectrum5.0” name badge is from a guy that makes wedding cake toppers ;-)
The 6 3 square pole pups ,, used to be impossible to get .. but a new supplier is re-poping them now .
The punched out star pennies I got on ebay . they have crosses , angels etc .. too.
This thing is awesome .. I just love it and all the tone choices it supplies .
Obviously this one will be one of a kind .. and I will probably keep it .
Will I sell these, or something similar ?
If anything .. I may start selling a similar guitar without the carved body . depending on interest ,, (let me know if interested ) but it will cost about $ 400 + .
We shall see . anyway hope ya like this one .
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Comment by the anonymous pick on July 3, 2014 at 5:42pm
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thanx guys .. ;-)
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Comment by Primitive Acoustics on July 3, 2014 at 5:36pm
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Man, that is some kind of special guitar! A ton of creative thought went into that design!! Very cool.
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Comment by Slow Slough Guitars on July 3, 2014 at 5:24pm
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Holy Hannah! That thing has a lot going on visually and technically. Impressive. I've spent far more on less in the world of guitars.
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lol ,, thanx piht ;-)
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Comment by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) on July 3, 2014 at 3:25pm
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holy hell !
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thanx Mr Duck ;-)
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Comment by Thomas "Duck" Petry on July 3, 2014 at 12:37pm
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Wow Mr Pick, you hit it out of the park on this one.
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the 6 pups are pared and the wiring is a strat regular setup with a 5 way .
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Comment by eK on July 3, 2014 at 12:05pm
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Nice and growly! And some very interesting tones.
Out of curiosity, how is the switch set up?
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