Pic addendum to - Gawd what a superb neck - thread

[yettoblaster]

Here's the '06 X-150D Corona Savoy (now my #1 gigger for "wallpaper" jazz duties: we're making TENS of dollars!):

This is the "Compton" brass bridge from The Gretsch-Talk pages that I find improves the versatility and "sack" over the stock straight wood Corona style bridge:

One of our haunts up the coast from Santa Cruz. I'm the fat bald guy with the blonde Guild (a bitter pill to swallow for a previously legendary never wuz Rock and Roller semi-pro with excess grandiosity and big loud amps):

 

[Steve Hoffman]

Heh, glad you're at least making "Tens of dollars" tax free...

Your Guild really stands out. It looks expensive even if it ain't. It really looks like a formidable weapon. Gonna have to get a 170 so I can leave the house with a jazzbox..

 

[chazmo]

Exquisite! Keep saving up those 10s of dollars for a rainy day!

 

[GAD]

Fabulous - thanks for sharing!

I feel your ex-rocker guy thing in spades.

 

[Default]

Very sharp!

 

[AlohaJoe]

Thanks for the pics Yetto... the guitar looks great! I'll bet the music is good too. I love playing with horns but don't get to do it as often as I'd like.

Did the Compton go right over the old foot? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[yettoblaster]

Yes, that's the Guild "foot."

It came with its own -which seemed to fit the top fairly closely- but I didn't want to get into the sanding it to perfection thing.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the stud span is 3" on the Savoy, vs 2&15/16" like most tune-o-matics. Don't quote me on that though as I haven't measured it.

To me the music sounds good when the trumpet and I double the heads on tunes like Take Five, Round Midnite, Road Song, etc. The two instruments together is a nice sound.

I love having extra chord players with us (the more the merrier) , as it allows us to do that more instead of me being stuck playing rhythm all night.