“gretschen “ 2 stringer . GRETSCH MOD BY SWAMP WITCH GUITARS
Was conjured up from an original gretsch bo diddly 5850 body . (The rare single pickup version . ) of the bo didley jrs , these are now obsolete and very hard to find, and pricy if you do find one . I lucked out and found the body on ebay .
Gretsch does not make this model anymore , and they are super rare . (unlike the double pickup jr. model that gretsch outsourced to china and you can get on ebay any day for $400 . )
Anyway , the knobs and pots are original gretsch ,, I replaced the pickup with an original gretsch LAP STEEL pickup instead . to give it a cool slide sound . also, in keeping with the raised design , I kept the pickup mounted low and raised the 2 poles .. thus omitting the mag field and going only off the poles .., resulting in a nice clean sound . you really gotta hear this in person . it’s a real cool tone .
The stiff mount whammy bar is made from cabinet parts screwed together and fitted to the original bridge bolts (thanx reeds ). with a wooden painted vine base from the same stock I make my swamp witch fretboards from. The whammy is not like a spring whammy .. and needs very little effort to get a “wow “ effect “ without the need to slam or pry . and it stays in tune!!
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The fretboard is a new tooled and colored leather belt , just dripping with sexiness .
Set up for slide only .
the nut is actually a cut tuner shaft . it fits this 2 string design nicely .
there is a metal topless woman figure , sitting on a skull , that covers the truss rod hole from the rough German made “shadow “ neck that I repurposed . (the back of the scarf joint is rough and looks like the excess was grinded roughly away with a hand grinder .. I left it like that to give it character . )
I added a block under the neck to fill in the original neck cavity to allow a top mount body design .
the body is kept all original , no extra screw holes or anything that can’t be removed and still have the original body unmolested . I used all existing screw holes and or . bolts . etc.. even the black rose vinyl decal is removeable . (I hand cut that from sign vinyl )
24 inch scale . side markers , 2 stringer slider .
Antique brass , leather , chrome , silver , red , black , a topless women , a skull , a black rose ….. , How can you go wrong with that ? ;-)
She’s for sale folks ;-) check ebay .
swamp witch guitars .
grab yours here ;
site http://swampwitchguitars.weebly.com
ebay http://stores.ebay.com/Swamp-Witch-guitars
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thanx bluesheart ;-)
Bad to the freakin' Diddley Bone!
Oh man do I hate the "LOOK", I can't fault ya none.
i had to wrestle with lettin this one go ,, its just so dam fun .. but the intent was to sell ,,, and the wife has that look in her eye ;-)
so.....
Trade secret lol :-D I wasn't going to let the cat outta the bag on fretboard finds, not my place to do so :-)
This git really is something special Pick, I believe I would have a hard time letting it go :-(
thanx maddog ;-)
here ... trade secret ..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WESTERN-COWBOY-COWGIRL-ROSE-EMBOSSED-GENUIN...
Nice work!
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