V-man
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PART I - INTRO
My first Gibson V was that ‘02 Worn with crescent moon inlays on the ebony board. Great guitar, but ugly as hell. I was hell-bent on using that clay for a custom build given the board that worked with any finish and the horrible orangey-brown hue that was begging for a refin, but I couldn’t bring myself to deface a rare, original.
Somewhere around ‘09 in the midst of my guitar-buying mania, I picked up my first husk. An ‘06 I think I was going to drop the 02’s parts onto and flip. It actually had a nicer “proper” cherry color and attractive figure..
Suffice it to say, the pretty cherry husk (then a dime a dozen) became the recipient for my creative madness. I learned about the decoupage technique and had the wild hare up the arse to try. I quit drinking years before but was drawn to the idea of the smoky barrooms and went with a long-defunct brand, last brewed in NOLA back in the ‘70s or 80s.
I found NOS uncirculated beer labels and Fleabayed a special one from the 1930s as well as the original bottle tops (cork-lined). Thus, I created a one-off Jackson Brewery husk. The problem however was my labels were affixed with mod podge- a temporary agent that left the whole thing unsealed. In fact, it took years and a colab with a friend to finally tackle the project properly using bar-top epoxy sealant.
Pickguard sourced with a set of 57/BB2s, some locking tuners, pro PiO wire harness, and NOS MiG hardware, and the long-awaited project was finished, for better or worse the JAX V was put into action.
The guitar sounded great, the worn cherry neck (with a little touch of the scotchbrite pad) was frictionless and as nice as anything Gibson ever carved next to the Norlin V (and a close second at that). When I had to cull the Gibson herd (selling ALL Vs other than my Norlin and this) I knew I’d never see an offer I could live with for the work invested and we were stuck together for good. My last to go was my favorite ‘67, an ‘07 Alpine with ebony board, and the acoustic test between the ‘07 and the ‘06 JAX took much of the sting out of selling it. The JAX outrang the hell out of it and that was that.. my last two Gibson Vs, the two best players.
My first Gibson V was that ‘02 Worn with crescent moon inlays on the ebony board. Great guitar, but ugly as hell. I was hell-bent on using that clay for a custom build given the board that worked with any finish and the horrible orangey-brown hue that was begging for a refin, but I couldn’t bring myself to deface a rare, original.
Somewhere around ‘09 in the midst of my guitar-buying mania, I picked up my first husk. An ‘06 I think I was going to drop the 02’s parts onto and flip. It actually had a nicer “proper” cherry color and attractive figure..
Suffice it to say, the pretty cherry husk (then a dime a dozen) became the recipient for my creative madness. I learned about the decoupage technique and had the wild hare up the arse to try. I quit drinking years before but was drawn to the idea of the smoky barrooms and went with a long-defunct brand, last brewed in NOLA back in the ‘70s or 80s.
I found NOS uncirculated beer labels and Fleabayed a special one from the 1930s as well as the original bottle tops (cork-lined). Thus, I created a one-off Jackson Brewery husk. The problem however was my labels were affixed with mod podge- a temporary agent that left the whole thing unsealed. In fact, it took years and a colab with a friend to finally tackle the project properly using bar-top epoxy sealant.
Pickguard sourced with a set of 57/BB2s, some locking tuners, pro PiO wire harness, and NOS MiG hardware, and the long-awaited project was finished, for better or worse the JAX V was put into action.
The guitar sounded great, the worn cherry neck (with a little touch of the scotchbrite pad) was frictionless and as nice as anything Gibson ever carved next to the Norlin V (and a close second at that). When I had to cull the Gibson herd (selling ALL Vs other than my Norlin and this) I knew I’d never see an offer I could live with for the work invested and we were stuck together for good. My last to go was my favorite ‘67, an ‘07 Alpine with ebony board, and the acoustic test between the ‘07 and the ‘06 JAX took much of the sting out of selling it. The JAX outrang the hell out of it and that was that.. my last two Gibson Vs, the two best players.
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