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June 7th, 2011, 05:12 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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NGD: She's so beautiful, she's just so beautiful.
Well a while ago I decided to get myself a Gibson SG Standard, but tough financial obligations meant that I had to pay it in a couple of terms until I had paid off the full 850 Euro cost price.
Well today was the day that I paid the final term and that I could take her home.   And here she is with the Bastard son of Fido.  And since I made that guitar using a template made using my previous Gibson SG, I was wondering if the "son of Fido" would fit the Gibson case and yes, it does. 
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June 7th, 2011, 05:39 PM
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she's a beauty all right! congrats Blazer!
i do like Fido Jr, though. that guitar has a lot of character.
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June 7th, 2011, 05:41 PM
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Nice one!
I once had a SG special in ebony. I used to like humbuckers back then. Then I somehow switched to the singlecoil side and sold the SG. Don't miss it. The neck was really sticky.. but now, when I see your SG... 
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June 7th, 2011, 06:36 PM
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Friend of Leo's
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Very awsome collection. I like that Kahler looking tremolo, never seen one mounted in a SG before.
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I assume you mean this one? I love how HUGE that Gretsch White Falcon looks on Malcolm, is he such a small guy? I'm actually thinking of putting a cream switch ring on there like Angus' guitar.
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June 7th, 2011, 08:11 PM
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Really nice man. I never got turned on by SGs until this past winter when I got a really good deal on a used Epi g400 and that led to me buying a 60s tribute 2 weeks ago. I wish I knew what I missing a long time ago, but I never even picked one up to try until this year.
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June 7th, 2011, 09:27 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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 ...to this.  You'd be amazed how much difference the placing of the pickup makes. I made several SG's over the years with the "Fido" (Named after Fido Dido, the 7up mascot of which it had a pin glues to the headstock) being the first.   Then there's the 12 string I'm in the process of building, it's made entirely of scrapwood, it has a 24 fret birdseye maple fingerboard (not yet installed when I took this picture.)  And last but for from least here's the second body I made from the same plank of walnut I made the Son of Fido from. It'll get the full SG custom treatment with three buckers and an ebony fingerboard but with a Fender-style 25.5 scale length.   And then there's the banger...  Which I bought to take apart and use the parts in the build of my 12 string.
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June 8th, 2011, 12:36 AM
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I always liked the SG shape. About 40 years ago I owned one. There was a time when almost nobody was playing them. Enjoy it!
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June 8th, 2011, 07:12 AM
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Beautiful SG Blazer. The black,white and chrome look awesome the way they contrast each other. Thanks for the other pictures and the backstory. I've said this a bunch of times but you should write a book or tie a guitar business into a blog. You have some very interesting stuff that you have worked on.
Congratulations!
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June 8th, 2011, 07:15 PM
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