Full scale pdf cutting templates for the gibson flying v, as well as cad files for. Erics melody maker was originally a 2 pickup version in pelham blue but he painted it white,rewired it with humbuckers and added a new pickguard. Its in good condition for its age, and everything works except the tone knob. Buy f34 custom melody maker sg guitar pickguard, 3ply black. Upload music files, import youtube videos or record your instrument. Four controls two volume, two tone plus threeway selector switch and jack socket, all on pickguard. These pdf files may not reflect the exact pickup configuration you are looking for but should give you a pretty good idea if the guard will attach correctly to your guitar. The melody maker was introduced in 1959 and was gibson best selling guitar in the companys golden era. Gibson joan jett signature melody maker electric guitar worn. Comes with measurements mm and should fit on a standard 8.
I recently bought an old 60 s fender stratocaster guitar and one of the three pickups had a new cover. Chandler music has been making pickguards since 1980, supplying some of the largest guitar manufacturers in the world. Rare guitar parts find and buy vintage rare instruments for sale at rare guitar parts on vintage and rare. Pick guards free delivery possible on eligible purchases. In celebration of its 120th anniversary, gibson has rolled out a whopping 28 models, many of them with distinctive new pickups, features and finishes. Pricing may vary based on material availability, complexity and modifications. Two melody maker singlecoil pickups with nice, balanced outputs of 6. Copycat gretsch build page 5 telecaster guitar forum. This pdf features every body and neck component construction from front and. Print out at 100%, double check the 1 inch reference mark and compare the shape, pickup location if applicable, control hole and screw hole locations. You can right click and save target as to to save the outline to your hard drive. Gibson melody maker for sale in uk view 38 bargains. Vintage guitars info gibson solidbody vintage guitar. These pdf files may not reflect the exact pickup configuration you are looking for but should give you a pretty good idea if the guard will attach correctly to your.
This is a late 1965 or early 1966 model, dual pickup, with vibrato, in cherry red with very limited use. Please read entire description before bidding for your consideration today is a 1963 gibson melody maker pickguard. What tricks can i do using the volume and tone controls on my telecaster. White 3 ply loaded prewired pickguard for gibson flying v. The single coil pickup design gave a special tone to the mahogany body and neck. Melody maker pickups now available from lollar posted on march 16, 2009 by admin we now have a p90 replacement pickup and pickguard for original melody makers that requires no modification to the guitar. Online designer guitars so were half way there with these. Hello gibson forum, i am a new member and would like to pick the brain of some of you, i have an original 1965 melody maker with double pickups and tremolo bar, i have had this since i was twelve years old, it was brand new then, im positive it is not a. Vintage gibson melody maker pickguard 1 ply cream, slight, typical pick marks no cracks, corners clean.
Melody maker single coil seymour duncan custom shop. The rounded 1950sstyle neck profile is a great throwback to the early years of the melody maker series, not to mention a pair of p90 pickups descended from the original 1946 p90s. A cool scaled down melody maker, this 34 model features a mahogany body with a sunburst top, a mahogany neck, and a brazilian rosewood fingerboard. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. We asked jason to describe his motivation for creating a dropin replacement pickup and pickguard assembly for the melody maker a feat that.
The melody maker was gibsons most inexpensive solid body electric model, slotting below the junior. More than anything else, the gibson melody maker name is pure and simple truth in advertising. The melody maker was essentially a budget version of the les paul junior with a thinner body, a narrow headstock without the wings, and a thinner pickup with no pole pieces. The wood and build quality of these instruments are comparable to everything else in the gibson line in short, excellent. Modified gibson 1965 joan jett inspired melody mak. Discussion in tele home depot started by iansmitchell, apr 3, 2009. Body edges more rounded, horns point slightly farther away from neck, cherry finish. The affordable melody maker became gibsons bestselling solidbody guitar by the mid1960s.
Melody maker d refers to the double pickup model of any vintage but is often mistakenly used. This is a direct dropin replacement to beef up your old melody maker without having to do any mods. Gibson melody maker sg100, sg200, sg250 pickup cover. Some of these customers are still with us after all. The good reverend explained that it was the cheapest guitar that gibson makes and this one was his very first guitarever.
F34 custom melody maker sg guitar pickguard,3ply black. I sized this down to body width in illustrator and checked it against a known image. Christian towners interview with the tonequest report. Interesting that he points out that the pickguard assembly will not retrofit to a reissue type of melody maker.
This changed to the double cutaway les paul style in mid1961. Uncut pickguard material great for custom pickguards. Im going to start with the melody maker neck first because. A few things about the 59 reissue i owned one in 2007 when they came out and i have owned a few vintage 59 and 60 singlecuts. We saw zz top tonight in denver and he used his melody maker for the lions share of the concert.
The melody maker bobbin is make of nylon and the alnico bar magnet slips into. It is also 1 of 2 products in our urban music theory collection. View download, a non reverse version of the firebird, 125k, v. Gibson melody maker guitar templates electric herald. I had it in my vintage 65 double cutaway the joan je. These pickguard material blanks are suitable for most smaller pickguard applications where a full sheet is not required. The ceo of gibson said in reference to the new melody maker that it could almost be considered a reissue of a 1959 gibson melody maker. Gibson 24 34 inches and the nut width is just over 1 916 inches. A 34sized melody maker debuted the same year as well. Melody maker pickup cover pickups gibson world renowned purveyor of fine vintage instruments offering rare, new and used guitar parts. Pickguard template downloads by downloading or printing the pdf files on this page you agree that the files are to be used for personal use only. Home gibson default sorting sort by newness sort by title. Front, side, neck, neck pocket, pickup and electronics routing positions.
Unfollow gibson melody maker to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Gibson has revealed its full guitar lineup for 2014, and its made big changes across the board. I purchased new from wardbrodt music in madison wisconsin. Lollar loaded pickguard p90 set for vintage gibson melody. Each joan jett signature melody maker comes with a gibson usa hard case. It wasnt until late 1966 or early 1967 that it finally adopted the sg bodystyle. Unique tuners as these were one of the first parts that gibson used from their manufacturers newer overseas satellite plants companies that continues to this day. The weekly melody maker newspaper, more so than any of the other music pictorials, was essential reading. I believe its somewhere around a 1960s model, but im not sure.
Hers is a 1965 that used to belong to eric carmen when he was in the raspberries. Melody machine is a library for the kontakt 5 engine. We offer quality repair, setup, and customizing services for guitars and all other types of fretted instruments. They are a single coil pickup with a alnico bar magnet down the center of the bobbin. Download melody maker font free in ttf format for windows and mac.
Melody maker pickguard pickguards gibson world renowned purveyor of fine vintage instruments offering rare, new and used guitar parts. If you do not see your specific model of gibson melody maker listed here, or would like additional modifications not available online, speak with one of our. In 2003, gibson finally recognized the les paul design of the melody maker and introduced a single cutaway, single pickup model called the les paul melody maker. We are located in atlanta, georgia serving the united states and beyond. But, make no mistake about it original melody maker pickups are shit.
Apr 03, 2009 prs custom 2224 actual size one more version. Does anyone know if the routing on the mm reissue pickup is shaped correctly to accept the specially shaped lollar p90 we see here without extensive mods. Enclose zachs note in sidebar box hello zach, im hoping you can provide me some information about my gibson melody maker guitar. It now has a smaller singlecoil pickup than the p90, a wraparound bridgetailpiece unit, a mahogany neck, and a pickguard similar to the original melody maker. We buy, sell, and trade high quality used and vintage guitars and parts. Pickguard heaven custom pickguards for guitar and bass. Kluson, the kluson logo, kluson stylized k, kluson.
Confirming pdf outlines laser cut mock ups pick guards electric pick guards acoustic pick guards bass pickup adapters tremolo covers truss rod covers truss rod covers engraved material samples graphic pick guards engraved pick guards perri ink graphic pick guards pick guards, pickguard, guitar parts, guitars. Selection file type icon file name description size revision time. Lollar loaded pickguard p90 set for vintage gibson melody maker. Tell me about the single pickup gibson melody maker the. Its equipped with 1 single coil pickup, a 1ply black pickguard, and 3onaplate open gear tuners. Rare guitar parts instruments for sale rare guitar. Melody maker software xilisoft iphone ringtone maker for mac v. Intown guitar repair is the website of jeff rice, luthier. I have what ive been told is a 1960 gibson melody maker that ive owned for the last 15 years. The headstock is definitely a mm from all the pics ive seen in my research thus far and the truss rod cover plate is also definitely the exact. My name is mike quick and i love building pickguards. You agree that you are not using them for commercial reproduction. They are in good condition, with the gstring post slightly bent.
American made and handcrafted to order, we manufacture aftermarket pickguards for many of the mass produced guitar models manufactured over the last 70 years including most limited edition instruments. We currently have the following plates on file in addition to the scratchit. Templates for the construction of the gibson sg custom guitar model perfect 1. Wd, the wd logo, and logo artwork designs, are registered trademarks of wd music products, inc. These templates are published for you to check against your existing guards or body if youre missing a guard.
Sold originally in 1959 as a student guitar, the melody makers unique feel and sound quickly found its way into the hands of young beginners and professional musicians. Fantastic set of lollar p90s with one of their pickguards, wired up with 500k cts pots and some copper foil shielding tape. It was originally introduced in 1959 with a body shape similar to the singlecutaway les paul junior. The ones from the early 1960s have that fantastic neck shape, and are super lightweight honduras mahogany. If you want to take it a step further and get a pdf file with some exact specifications then contact us for further information. Please browse quick guards catalog and have fun with it. Sg body style with pointed horns, white pickup covers, enlarged white pickguard that covers most of body, knobs mounted into top, vibrato standard, fire engine red or pelham blue finish. Im 72 and retired now, and played it some when i was very young. All kinds of pickguards for all kinds of guitars made in usa by chandler music. Dec 16, 2008 the single cutaway melody maker did not appear in the gibson catalog again until 1986, and by then the specs had changed considerably.
The gibson melody maker is an electric guitar made by gibson guitar corporation. Complete plans and routing templates for all variations of the gibson les paul custom, 59, plus les paul junior. Buy white 3 ply loaded prewired pickguard for gibson flying v guitar worldwide. Very thorough fullscale templates of the gibson melody maker guitar model. Singlelayer white plastic pickguard with inlaid silver epiphone epsilon and eight screws.