Post by TerribleCj on Feb 17, 2012 9:17:46 GMT -5
Just finished and old, dilapidated Gibson "The Hawk" that has been sitting around for probably 10 years or more....It was originally wine red but came to me with a very poor black paintjob with most of the original red still intact underneath....they even painted the headstock...the wraparound bridge was broken and unusable, the tuners were long-gone and the pickups and electronics all went into other projects years ago...and so it sat...and sat...and sat...until....
It has a rotary switch that changes the p-ups around and a .022 orange drop at the moment....The pickups came out of my uncle's Washburn from the 70's and they are incredible. I've been saving them for something special since the Washburn's neck is done-for....The only spare mounting ring I had was cracked so some pics have hardware for mock-up purposes but I finished the wiring this morning and worked out the intonation a bit. Sounds great! Light as hell...maybe like 6lbs? 12 coats on the body/headstock and I even buffed the front of the headstock and found the Gibson logo!
It has a rotary switch that changes the p-ups around and a .022 orange drop at the moment....The pickups came out of my uncle's Washburn from the 70's and they are incredible. I've been saving them for something special since the Washburn's neck is done-for....The only spare mounting ring I had was cracked so some pics have hardware for mock-up purposes but I finished the wiring this morning and worked out the intonation a bit. Sounds great! Light as hell...maybe like 6lbs? 12 coats on the body/headstock and I even buffed the front of the headstock and found the Gibson logo!
