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The John W. Bloomquist Fretless

Posted by ron carlson on November 8, 2012 at 1:21am
Finally completed my first build and it actually plays. Hickory neck thru body, ruler fretboard and bridge, oak tailpiece and Staron nut. I was that the pup came out of a Epiphone something or another. Volume pot only.The action turned out a little higher than I wanted but it plays well. For slide anyway. I'm pretty pleased overall!
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  • ron carlson November 11, 2012 at 8:58am
    I saw the new ones he's making. Very nice!
  • Dave Lynas November 10, 2012 at 2:21pm

    I have four Elmar pups now. Two "bugs", and two 6 strings. I've been working up to using them. Great expectations... I love what he's been doing. And now i'd like one of his etched models, wow!

  • ron carlson November 10, 2012 at 12:09pm
    Hey, thanks Dave! Beside the fact that I wanted to have fretless in the mix, I figured that I would be a good idea to start off with something like this so I could learn and work the bugs out of my build approach. I learned a lot building this and am sure that will make the next one go a lot smoother. I have one of Elmar's 4 string pickups that is going to be used for something refined but decided not to use it on my first build just in case I butched up the box and neck ;) I feel a bit more comfortable using it now on my next one.
  • Dave Lynas November 10, 2012 at 11:26am

    Good job, it looks great and i'll bet it sounds good too. Everything is where it should be.

  • ron carlson November 8, 2012 at 11:30pm
    Thanks Jim! It's a section out of a wood yardstick.
  • Jim Morris November 8, 2012 at 10:32pm

    Nice one Ron. Is that yardstick wood or metal?

  • Maddog November 8, 2012 at 10:07pm
    Now it makes sense:-)
  • ron carlson November 8, 2012 at 7:30pm
    Here's a pic.

    [IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l220/dou1/DSC08062.jpg[/IMG]
  • ron carlson November 8, 2012 at 7:30pm
    Ha! I never thought about it when I posted the photo's but none really showed the ruler fretboard. The yardstick came from a large Hardware retailer right in town that was on Payne Ave. (St. Paul's East Side) around the late 40's-50's. That company was John W. Bloomquist. I'm not big on naming guitars or anything for that matter but figured that seeing as how it said it right on the fretboard, I best as soon call it the John W. Bloomquist.

    When I build another, I'll more than likely name it something even more exotic. Probably something like "Guitar #2" ;)
  • Maddog November 8, 2012 at 12:58pm

    OK Ron, I have thought about this for a while so now I gotta ask. Who is John W. Bloomquist?

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