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Topic: Custom made 6 strings! |
Jack Francis
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Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2010 11:55 am |
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A buddy...Mark Johnson (MJ Guitars) had a shop next to me in Cotati, CA.
I told him that I wanted a Tele that was also like a Strat...we designed this guitar.
Later I had him build another..paint it black and send it to me. I painted it with flames and sent it back to him and he finished it.
I had an old black Hamer..another friend saw it and said that it looked boring so he painted like the "Show Bikes" that he does.
Results...3 unique guitars.
Anyone else do this kinda thing??
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DESERT ROSE D-10 8/5...Joe Naylor "SteelSeat"...
Gallien-Krueger MB200 amplifier through an Alessis MicroVerb w/15'Peavey cab.
TELES & STRATS...
FENDER TWIN & SEYMOUR DUNCAN 50W tube amps...1-12" 2-12" & 4-12" cabs and a FENDER MUSTANG-3 |
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2010 3:55 am
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| Most of my six-strings are guitars I assembled and finished myself out of USA Custom & Warmoth parts. When you want a humbucker in the bridge and a single coil neck and a soft V neck tapered from .860" to .940", well, you're not gonna get it in a store - I have picky needs. I've been playing mostly seven string lately - jazz on a metal guitar, hmmm? I have one Warmoth seven, but they only have one neck size option there, so I'm "stuck" with Schecters because they're the biggest seven neck I can find short of paying an exorbitant amount for a full custom. That MJ Guitars has a great reputation, but $15,000 is a bit steep for me. |
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Bill Mayville
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Las Vegas Nevada * R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Jan 2010 10:29 am Jacks guitars
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Jack,what a nice picture of you.
Guitars also.
Bill
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Bill Mayville
06 Jackson Commemorative ,S 10
Black.For Sale . $18,000 Kidding |
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Jack Francis
From:
Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 4 Jan 2010 2:29 pm
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Bill.... when we lived in that area did you know Mark?? I had a shop in the same little complex as ZONE MUSIC...next door to my shop was Mark's...now Zone takes up the entire complex.
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DESERT ROSE D-10 8/5...Joe Naylor "SteelSeat"...
Gallien-Krueger MB200 amplifier through an Alessis MicroVerb w/15'Peavey cab.
TELES & STRATS...
FENDER TWIN & SEYMOUR DUNCAN 50W tube amps...1-12" 2-12" & 4-12" cabs and a FENDER MUSTANG-3 |
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Jack Francis
From:
Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 4 Jan 2010 4:04 pm
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VERY COOL!! You are a true "WESTERNER"! 
(At least the guitar is!!)
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DESERT ROSE D-10 8/5...Joe Naylor "SteelSeat"...
Gallien-Krueger MB200 amplifier through an Alessis MicroVerb w/15'Peavey cab.
TELES & STRATS...
FENDER TWIN & SEYMOUR DUNCAN 50W tube amps...1-12" 2-12" & 4-12" cabs and a FENDER MUSTANG-3 |
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Henry Nagle
From:
Santa Rosa, California
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Posted 11 Jan 2010 10:31 pm
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Isn't it Mark "Johnston"? I used to have a strat/tele hybrid that he built. If I recall correctly, it was shaped like a tele with a strat pickguard and electronics, light blue in color. Nice guitar.
What shop did you have there next to Zone, Jack? |
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Jack Francis
From:
Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2010 6:23 am
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HI...It is Johnson...he moved his shop to Belgrade, Montana. He is probably going to move back to your area though.
http://www.mjguitar.com/
I had a little sign shop next to Marks in what is now the shipping department of Zone Music.
Of all the places that my wife and I lived, we liked Sonoma County the best....just couldn't afford living there. |
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