Project '58 - Full demo video

Here’s Doug at Mountain cat Guitars putting the ’58 through its paces with a few different amps.

Project '58 - video previews

Here are a couple of quick and dirty video previews of the ’58 model.  Doug at Mountain Cat Guitars quickly put these together after assembling the first two ’58s.  I think they sound great!

Project '58 - Out the door!

The first two ’58s are ready to ship to Mountain Cat Guitars!  Doug at Mountain Cat has a great setup guy who will do the final assembly and setup.

Project '58 - when life gives you lemons...

Well folks, a small change in plans has come up. I just wasn’t happy with the two TV yellow 58s I had in progress (I’m really anal about stuff like applying finishes). Since I apply colour to the raw wood for TV yellow, it’s really difficult to correct a paint job I’m not happy with.  So, when life ….

Ranchero Grande Korina videos

The body on this Ranchero Grande is korina (white limba) subtly finished with black grain filler. The neck is a stunning combination of an ebony fretboard on black and white ebony (also known as pale moon ebony). Two Lollar P90s provide the horsepower.  Thanks to Lance Keltner for the top-notch demos! Visit the gallery for more pictures of this guitar.

Project '58 - TV Yellow

So the plan calls for the first batch of four ’58s to consist of 2 cherry red and 2 TV yellow.  It’s time to start on the yellow ones.  For my version of an old school TV finish, I wipe white pigment right onto the raw wood.

Project '58 - Headstock logos

I just got the headstock logos for this project and they look great!  I’m catching up on build photos, so here are a few more quick snaps of necks being glued in and a quick intonation check before final sanding and paint.

Project '58 - It Begins!

If you don’t know what Project ’58 is all about, check out this post. I’m a bit late posting this so there’s a fair bit of progress that’s taken place.  A lot of the work to date has been in creating jigs required for this model.  In some cases, my exising ones were usable and some I had ….

Project '58 - Forensics

If you don’t know what Project ’58 is all about, check out this post.  Doug (in an AMAZING show of faith in his shipping guy) sent me his 1958 Gibson Les Paul Junior double-cut for me to have a look at.  Being the guitar geek I am, I had to play it first!  Having that kind of history ….

Announcing Project '58!

It’s fairly common knowledge that I love single pickup guitars, as I’m sure you can tell by looking at my work.  I was talking to Doug Myer of Mountain Cat Guitars one day and we discovered that we both were huge fans of Gibson Les Paul Junior double-cuts.  Doug has been in the New York vintage guitar business ….