Hack Jobs!

[mathias]

Thanks! I’m not sure what the screw spacing is but these look like what I need!

[Dandolin]

cool cool - you're welcome!

[Chankgeez]

From now on I'm only gonna post in this here hack job thread:



https://reverb.com/item/36376116-vintag ... r-pick-ups

[Dandolin]

there's enough, really

"I think good intentions here went astray"

[MrNovember]

I kind of dig that one

[Dandolin]

yeah, well, some hacks you can't help but admire a little (some of us some of the time, anyway)
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[dubkitty]

there's enough, really

"I think good intentions here went astray"

more like "went ASHTRAY."

[Chankgeez]

Good thing you bumped this thread, dubs:



https://reverb.com/item/36588835-kay-k-1

[Dandolin]

why not wear your Kay id with pride? why throw such crap pickups on there? so many whys....

Also - i love Kays/Silvertones like this, but the price seems outta whack. Whatever your views on that kind've pin-striping, it doesn't enhance the value of the thing, let alone the whacky faux Gibson headstock which, open-book aside, is shaped more like a pre-Gibson Epi than anything either Gibson or Kay...not that you could tell for sure with the paint job....

oof, this is surprisingly enhancing my foul mood merhumblegrumble

[dubkitty]

why use what looks like a neck from an L6S?

[Dandolin]

ya think so? the heel isn't really common on anything *but* Gibsons - but that inlay is more like an Epiphone Blackstone?

If it's an actual Gibson neck, then...maybe it's worth a little more, until you get to the refin abomination....

Here's an Epi hackjob to complement that:
https://reverb.com/item/33682245-epipho ... 39-archtop

[dubkitty]

i'm not sure which concerns me more: the DIY cutaway, the general body condition, or those god-awful cloud inlays.

[dubkitty]

i think you're right about the Kay inlays...they're also similar to the blocks on a Casino. i wouldn't feel real confident about the way that neck is mounted, given that you can see the body contour distorted on the bass side in the rear photo.

[Chankgeez]

Another good idea, right?



https://reverb.com/item/36629056-smith- ... tar-w-case

[Dandolin]