Tonight's Toy

[RVA]

Meet Sara Bellum. She is a "Gadow Set Neck"

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Wow that thing looks 3 D or somethin. .Its like half a Gibson Double cut and half PRS ,hummm. Nice Guitar there RVA

 

[RVA]

Wow that thing looks 3 D or somethin. .Its like half a Gibson Double cut and half PRS ,hummm. Nice Guitar there RVA

Yep, and with that pot belly carve on top, it has it's own thing too. It has a large "C" baseball bat neck and it is heavy as heck. It has a Seymour Duncan SH-2N Jazz in the neck and a Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB in the bridge. . It is a fat sounding guitar!

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Plus extra points for the wrap around bridge. I like it.

 

[syscokid]

Please, more details...
The woods...
New/Used?
Did you just get it?
A little Gibson-ish... a little PRS-ish... a little Hamer-ish...

 

[RVA]

Please, more details...
The woods...
New/Used?
Did you just get it?
A little Gibson-ish... a little PRS-ish... a little Hamer-ish...

Ryan Gadow is a small builder. I got this almost 2 yeras ago. It has a rather thick quilt maple top (3/4") and mahogany back and neck. The bridge is Tonepros. Gotoh tuners. Each pickup splits separately with the volume and tone push-pulls. It is a very well made guitar. I have another Gadow and they both play wonderfully. I got it used from Sam Ash, and they bought it in an estate sale as part of a large collection. It was virtually unplayed.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

I love the neck inlays, and the back of the guitar is gorgeous. The front has me spinning and needing to sit down... Has somebody, while on copious amounts of extra high grade recreational acid, attached a turtle to the mahogany then painted over it?

 

[RVA]

I love the neck inlays, and the back of the guitar is gorgeous. The front has me spinning and needing to sit down... Has somebody, while on copious amounts of extra high grade recreational acid, attached a turtle to the mahogany then painted over it?

There is certainly a lot going on! I will pull the pickips and check for turtles.

 

[Chubbles]

Wow, georgeous hunk of wood!

I dropped acid once, it burned a hole in my basement floor.

 

[syscokid]

Wow, georgeous hunk of wood!

I dropped acid once, it burned a hole in my basement floor.

Aliens have a habit of doing that, too...

 

[RVA]

Bump for picture restore. F Photobucket

 

[WavMixer]

That quilting is just drop dead gorgeous

 

[eSGEe]

bump for a gorgeous F'in picture!

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Amazing quilt.

 

[Hackmaster]

After looking at that, I'm drooling like that alien in post 10.
That is magnificent, Ray. Simply stunning.

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Wow! The depth of that quilt top is stunning!

 

[RVA]

Sounds nice too. It is a pot belly single cut!!