Dirty Girl Update

WavMixer

Tone Rooms Founder

Administrator

• Mar 27, 2023

• #1

Around a decade ago, I did some major overhauling of a Lotus guitar named Dirty Girl as she was a hopelessly unloved and abused yard sale acquisition in Florida that found her way to the west coast in an exchange with another member . When I was finished with "Dirty Girl" she looked like this...

I have since gifted Dirty Girl to my wife's cousin pictured below...

 

Inspector #20

Ambassador of Tone

Fallen Star

• Mar 27, 2023

• #2

Awesome!!!

 

LiveeviL2000

Ambassador of Pentagonal Pentatonics

• Mar 27, 2023

• #3

That's pretty cool!

 

Session 5

Ambassador of Strings & Wings

• Mar 28, 2023

• #4

I am sure he is happy!

 

TVvoodoo

Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung

• Mar 29, 2023

• #5

He does look pleased! I have an old Lotus too, a singlecut LP special. Oddest duck guitar... thin plywood body married to the fattest neck I've ever held. Almost more mass in the neck than the body. Goofy thing, but I love the weird and wacky

 

Mitch Pearrow SJMP

Ambassador of Recruitment

Moderator

• Mar 29, 2023

• #6

Looks as though he is happy with it.
Nice resurrection of dirty girl.

 

OP

WavMixer

Tone Rooms Founder

Administrator

• Mar 30, 2023

• #7

When I first received Dirty Girl, she was covered with the original black paint including several chips and buckle rash. After stripping her down to bare wood I could see the black mold looking stuff on the top horm. I also could see where the 4 planks glued together to make the body. I over emphasized the connections to make it look more like a wooden ship style. Pick guard was handmade and all hardware is brass.