| Re: ET's Kustoms got loose in the backyard..! check em out [message #6355 is a reply to message #6353] |
Mon, 28 November 2005 21:57   |
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I had mine for quite a while playing lots of jobs with it. Thats why I noticied the pickups so fast. Too bad mine was trashed or I would have it back now. The way the pickups were mounted orginally mounted on top too was a very Ric like design. No other guitars on the planet used that concept to my knowledge but those two companies and to change even that one little item would have changed the entire guitar.
Thats why not only why the big humbuckers did'nt look right on it even if he (my drummer buddy or who ever he had put them in) had'nt cracked the wood between them. The guitar design was still messed up. Just by changing that one thing the way he did it messed up the entire guitar.
But looking at it even in its decripit state still gave me insights in the quality of it though. I could see where it had been cracked and bruised that it had a sanding sealer undercoat under the color coat. Meaning that it was a lacquer finish. One of the finishes that all guitar players and collectors all covet.
Yup Bud is first class. He created a company, a quality product, and image all from scratch thats still admired to this day. I think he means his guarrentee to be his lifetime anyway.
I like several things on my Kustom. Two of course was the way it played and sounded. But I liked the fret markers, that little metal plate between the neck pickup and the neck for the truss rod, and the way he used the same knobs as on the amps. Having that bigsby on there set it off too. That old guitar never disappointed me.
It just goes to show you that all of the little things do add up.
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