The Oak Floor

Furtive said:
And to conclude today's update - Bernie. My first venture into PRS Singlecut territory. All stock, just... wow. The Bernie lives up to it's hype in terms of feel. Perfect weight, great neck. They must have picked nicer veneers for the Bernies; I haven't seen a bad one yet. Also have a pair of untested 1979 T Tops that might go in here.
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A huge +1 on the Bernie. Just an outstanding guitar.
 
Nice "Harem" you have there!! And I concur...those oak floors look great and can lost a loooooong time!
 
Great stuff man! I've got heart pine upstairs. Not sure if I can get the light how I want it for guitar pics, but you might've inspired me to at least give it a try! I already use it as my backdrop when selling pedals, pickups, etc.
 
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What's the story on this one? Making some pot changes or have you deleted them completely from the circuit?
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The guits with pots missing are assembly works in progress. Going to do electronics on several guitars at once, haven't ordered pots yet (going with CTS). I do have a few of the Alco 3-way toggles for the USA models. Didn't find the `88 CE wiring diagram on this site until a few weeks ago :). That last detail was the big holdup for me.

And thank you for inspiring this thread of mine with your Harem thread :). No shortage of guitar porn fans here.
 
garrett said:
Great stuff man! I've got heart pine upstairs. Not sure if I can get the light how I want it for guitar pics, but you might've inspired me to at least give it a try! I already use it as my backdrop when selling pedals, pickups, etc.
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Pine floors look great (and even better when used as a photo backdrop)! Don't see them much around where I live. And yeah, I realized I get best results early in the morning with the natural lighting. Good luck and please share some pics.
 
Furtive said:
And to conclude today's update - Bernie. My first venture into PRS Singlecut territory. All stock, just... wow. The Bernie lives up to it's hype in terms of feel. Perfect weight, great neck. They must have picked nicer veneers for the Bernies; I haven't seen a bad one yet. Also have a pair of untested 1979 T Tops that might go in here.
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How about replacing the pickups with a little more Bernie? Recommendation: http://www.crazyparts.de/area59/the-beast-bucker/index.php
 
Maertl513 said:
How about replacing the pickups with a little more Bernie? Recommendation: http://www.crazyparts.de/area59/the-beast-bucker/index.php
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Those look like some fine pickups, and first mention I've heard of them - thanks for the tip. Unfortunately they cost about the same as what I paid for Bernie (thanks to a GC coupon). Only plans for Bernie at this point are the Mann bridge and maybe add covers to the hbs. For stock pickups, the G&B SE 245 sound great to my ears. In addition to the spare T Tops, I also have a pair of covered Burstbuckers on hand to try if I swap pickups.
 
You´re welcome. Crazy Parts´ office is nearby my parents in law village.
Put in the word "Harsum" in google earth or something else and a location between German federal country Lower Saxony capital Hanover and the city of Hildesheim.
Musically the area has been the cradle of some very famous "children". I did my General Qualification for University Entrance at a Grammar School where the composer Georg Friedrich Telemann sat on the chairs in class room.
Grammy Award Winner Thomas Quasthoff did his General Qualification for University Entrance there aswell.

But the most prominent musicians are Rudolf and Michael Schenker, born in Hildesheim, raised up in Sarstedt. There they founded the Scorpions. Being a teenager I spend my SAT nights in the Rock/Metal Disco Peppers in Harsum.

Having still relatives there I took the opportunity in end of 2014 visiting Crazy Parts personally for buying spare parts for my PRS. They produce and deliver the PS Division with that well known wooden spare parts.

From my point of view covered humbuckers will give the Bernie a more noble and vintage outlook.
 
Maertl513 - very cool, I've seen the Crazy Parts stuff online. I've got the PRS factory about 120km away from me, thinking about making a factory tour in the spring. Last time I was there was in 1997. I agree that covered hb make nearly any nice flame top Les Paul appear to be more vintage correct; if I keep the stock hbs they're getting covers.
 
Very nice collection and beautiful floor!

On a side note, I was just thinking yesterday about why you don't see any guitars made out of oak? Is it too heavy? I think it might look really nice.
 
Spikedog007 said:
Very nice collection and beautiful floor!

On a side note, I was just thinking yesterday about why you don't see any guitars made out of oak? Is it too heavy? I think it might look really nice.
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I will pass along your compliment to the owner of Bogart Flooring here in Delaware. He matched the finish to a tiny piece of original flooring that sat untouched under a kitchen cabinet since the house was built in 1948.

Oak guitars has been done, I had an Aria Pro II SB1000 years ago. I think those were built by Matsumoku. There is a 100 year old red oak in my yard that's coming down this spring; I'm going to be saving wood from it to built furniture. Might as well save a 30" section of the trunk to quarter saw, see if it'd be any good for an oak top.
 
Happy Friday, folks. This will be the final update until The Great Moonbird God extends his blessings again (tends to coincide with payday).

2004 SE EG, in my favorite early 60s Fender color combination: olympic white with a tortoise pickguard. Old repair job on a cracked neck joint, and the top tuners need to be replaced, but it's stable. Stock pickups are great on the amps I've tried so far. Nice fat neck, profile is the same as that of the Soapbar II Maple. It is an interesting example of a PRS with strong Fender genes... and has quickly turned out to be a favorite. This guitar also represents a marker in my collection: the first Korean PRS modeled directly after a (retired) USA model.

In my best Telly Savalas impression: "Sergio baby - this ones for you!"
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Dear PRS Guitar Forum,

It has been a while, but I've been busy. Allow me to begin with SE Singlecut and Singlecut Korina, along with their mate Bernie:

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I never thought I'd like the SE Singlecut 245 due to it's thin body and light weight, and ya know what? I was right. I don't like it.

I LOVE IT. I think of them as petite. And Korina matches my 1950s mahogany bedroom furniture set.
 
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