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LustandFury · October 16th, 2009, 10:43 AM

Just picked this guitar up for $370 Canadian. HAs a replacement Warmoth neck and looks like the pickups are a mixed bag but the hardwear is all original and there except the tone knob. Any idea what type wood this is? I'm thinking Walnut...

LustandFury · October 16th, 2009, 01:23 PM

Well I actually ended up emailing Tom Anderson and he emailed me back in under 30 minutes! Straight from the horses mouth:

hi mike,looks like claro walnut from california to me. we used a fair amount of that back then.
tom

Roli · October 16th, 2009, 05:02 PM

Cool! Is it heavy?

LustandFury · October 22nd, 2009, 02:47 PM

It's quite heavy. At first I was thinking "It's not THAT heavy" but have been wearing it for a bit and it's Les Paul heavy for sure. Sounds great even though it needs some work done to it. The pickups that are in it now are made for a Gibson string spacing so the outside E strings don't get picked up well (one's an old '83 Bill Lawrence L500 with the chrome housing so hopefully I can get some $$ for that, not sure what they're worth). I have some Harmonic Design Z-90's I won of ebay last week that I'm waiting to arrive so I can pop in them. I hope I don't have the same issue with string spacing. I thought of it after I won the auction...

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October 16th, 2009, 01:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
LustandFury TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Toronto Age: 33 Posts: 21	Well I actually ended up emailing Tom Anderson and he emailed me back in under 30 minutes! Straight from the horses mouth: hi mike,looks like claro walnut from california to me. we used a fair amount of that back then. tom

October 22nd, 2009, 02:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
LustandFury TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Toronto Age: 33 Posts: 21	It's quite heavy. At first I was thinking "It's not THAT heavy" but have been wearing it for a bit and it's Les Paul heavy for sure. Sounds great even though it needs some work done to it. The pickups that are in it now are made for a Gibson string spacing so the outside E strings don't get picked up well (one's an old '83 Bill Lawrence L500 with the chrome housing so hopefully I can get some $$ for that, not sure what they're worth). I have some Harmonic Design Z-90's I won of ebay last week that I'm waiting to arrive so I can pop in them. I hope I don't have the same issue with string spacing. I thought of it after I won the auction...

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