Ultimate Rhoads

I have wanted one of these for years and finally decided to build my own after the success of my '58 Les Paul. Great guitar to play, real RnR, plus it's light...!!



Peace.

This is what it sounds like clean..... Then full blooded gain.....Yessssssss....!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utNPkMr4NdE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW9oj_RmRYs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMLtKBbiAkk

Hi Pete

Sounding good! Do you make guitars to order?

Matt

nice new avatar Matt

Looks and sounds fantastic, great job!!!!!!!!!

Whipper wrote:Looks and sounds fantastic, great job!!!!!!!!!

Thanks very much Whipper.... It is quickly becoming my "go to" guitar for faster playing...!!

Hi ptate,

Could i ask what pickups you went for, and is the body mahogany or korina?

Also refresh my memory if you could; the moderne's fingerboard is slightly flatter than a LP right?

cheers and well done!

Rob

Hi Rob,

Thanks very much.

The pups are 30 year old Gibson PAF's and the body is as the "originals" (if one actually exists) and Futura; meaning it's lightweight Mahogany. Korina was used as well, but by all counts most of the prototypes were made of the "red" wood, with Korina spec'd on production models (the V and Explorer).

Moderne fretboards are an unknown, unless they are reissues (1982-3), but should be similar to the LP overall.

I've made mine slightly wider, thicker and "D" shaped in section (along the lines of an early 50's LP), as I believe (just a personal guess) that they were built more on that basis.

Funny, I have owned and played many "shredder" neck guitars, but can play faster on these "tree trunk" necks by far....!!?

ptate wrote:Hi Rob,

Thanks very much.

The pups are 30 year old Gibson PAF's and the body is as the "originals" (if one actually exists) and Futura; meaning it's lightweight Mahogany. Korina was used as well, but by all counts most of the prototypes were made of the "red" wood, with Korina spec'd on production models (the V and Explorer).

Moderne fretboards are an unknown, unless they are reissues (1982-3), but should be similar to the LP overall.

I've made mine slightly wider, thicker and "D" shaped in section (along the lines of an early 50's LP), as I believe (just a personal guess) that they were built more on that basis.

Funny, I have owned and played many "shredder" neck guitars, but can play faster on these "tree trunk" necks by far....!!?

Ta for the info, i haven't read an article about Moderne's in years.

Gibson do have a way of keeping traditional don't they? Even with a modern instrument.

I have to agree, thick necks are counter-intuitive when it comes to speed. Always seems to defy logic.

Rob

There's a great book by Ronald Lynn Wood strictly about the Moderne (yes, I have a copy) and is well worth buying, just for the read.

I look at decent guitar companies as having an ethos of "if it ain't broke....."