The inside of a Celebrity

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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby Haole Jim » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:13 pm

Sarah, that was brilliant. Thank you for the tour of the raw wood part of the guitar.
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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby handbrake » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:30 pm

I thought I'd add to a terrific thread by Sarah by pointing out a major departure in the Celebrity import bodies. My A-series Celebrity does not have a block beneath the bridge. The photo below (also iPhone) shows two supports running parallel to the strings and just outside the bridge. You can make out one of those supports in the upper foreground, the bridge pickup on the left, one of the bridge bolts near center, the second support behind it and wires converging at the controls on the right.

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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby Sarah93003 » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:12 pm

Wow, that is very interesting. I think this is what they mean by "Tressle" bracing. Some Gretsches have a tressle type, for example, some Falcons that this. Cool picture!!
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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby oipunkguy » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:09 pm

sarah this is so cool, I love how you are adding more to this forum. u kick butt! :D
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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby Sarah93003 » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:24 pm

oipunkguy wrote:sarah this is so cool, I love how you are adding more to this forum. u kick butt! :D


Why, thank you Aaron. I like to contribute if I can. I learn SO much here. I picked up the motor from the shop for my motorcycle today and as soon as my roommate's boyfriend puts it back in my bike, then I'll be kickin' some major butt! :mrgreen: I've really missed riding Suzy. My roommates boyfriend got a bit intoxicated a couple of weeks ago and I had to ride his VMax home for him. That thing is not an ordinary VMax so you can imagine how BAD it is. I feel pretty cool on it though! :D
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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby oipunkguy » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:35 am

now all you need is for someone to engrave a mosrite logo on it somewhere ;)
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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby handbrake » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:38 pm

A couple more pics in the interest of understanding Celebrity construction. From 1973, no. 2DL0060.

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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby MWaldorf » Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:34 pm

Handbrake,
How big is the route in the body for the input jack?
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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby Sarah93003 » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:28 pm

Hi Handbrake,

very interesting pictures! There is a lot more bracing inside your guitar than in mine. I am curious about the round hole directly under the pickup. Does it serve a purpose?
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Re: The inside of a Celebrity

Postby juan_10 » Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:41 pm

I just dread the day we see some animal has made a home in your guitar ! hehe .. the big spider in my guitar :-) jv
Pretty sure, some parts of the world ,they'd move right in ! jv
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