Coden for Canterbury

[ash]

Some of you may remember the guitar I built in 24 hours of $US100 in materials for that challenge that also yielded Calling Card's coolio Tele...
It was going to be auctioned for charity back then, but it was never quite in a satisfactory sellable state. then....

BAM!!!

Canterbury gets the bash and it all becomes quite clear, I have to finish it properly and use it for good and not evil.

So, here it is:



How to use it for good? Well, I tried all kinds of avenues over the last month with disappointing results, but the people at Trade Me have agreed to waive their usual fees and so there it shall go:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... 18&ed=true

One Dollar Reserve!

(BTW, please don't make any "helpful" large bids if you don't plan to take it all the way. That just kills interest early) Make lots of little bids!

[ash]

Yeah, so the deal is that this is for sale on TM (with BG's everblessed approval of co-spammage) with 100% of proceeds going to the NZ Red Cross Canterbury Quake Appeal.

Specs:

Ash Coden Custom
Body: NZ Kauri - recycled from the Jansen building in Newmarket - a piece of NZ music history.
Neck: NZ Tawa - recycled from the old Yamaha organ factory gear in Onehunga - more NZ music history!
Trim/knob/pickup: NZ Puriri - recycled from a fencepost.
Frets: 22 Jumbo frets, 16" radius
Nut: hand-cut bone - recycled from a cow!
Tuners: Kluson, nickel plated
Bridge: Tonepros Wraparound, nickel plated
Pickup: Ash J90 ALNICO V single coil, tapped for fat or jangly tone.
Finish: Gloss lacquer with a suble amber-burst on the body and natural satin lacquer on the neck for silky smooth feel.

Here's another pic:

[ash]

Thanks to Simon for the body wood and Bender for the bridge and Pakehendrix for finding Stan the carver who did the top.

[Capt. Black]

That's awesome Ash!

Out of interest, about the pick up. When you say tapped for fat or jangly, how is that done on a single coil?

[ash]

If anyone wants to cut a Youtube clip with this thing for promotional purposes, give me a yell. You'll need to be good and have clean hands.

More pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashcustomworks/

Also if anyone wants to sort out some kind of syndicate bid, let me know. A team effort might buy this thing for NZG or Tony's School of Rock or an art gallery or whatever.

Oh, and comedy Q&A on the auction would be great

Share this around with EVERYONE!

[ash]

That's awesome Ash!

Out of interest, about the pick up. When you say tapped for fat or jangly, how is that done on a single coil?

Chur

About 2/3 of the way into the coil, there's a tap, a wire coming out of the coil in addition to the wires at zero and at 10,000-turns. Take signal from between zero and the tap and it's like a slightly twangy tele pickup. From zero and 10k you get the full monty in glorious J90 technicolour.

Some people will have heard it at a Hamfest a while ago where it was quite edgy and snarly. I've tamed that tone with some capacitor trickery, so it sounds quite lovely now. Snarls, but through a muzzle.

[mop]

That's awesome Ash!

Out of interest, about the pick up. When you say tapped for fat or jangly, how is that done on a single coil?

I could be wrong but I thought a tap was when you wind the pickup to a point, run a wire from that, then wind some more and run a wire from that too ie/ a lower output and a hotter output which you can switch between.
A coil split is when you cut one coil from a humbucker, possibly what you're thinking of as coil tap?

Like I said I could be wrong

[mop]

Ah I was almost right haha

[ash]

No, you're exactly right. Tapping is for single coils, splitting is for humbuckers

Although lots of people call both tapping.

[Capt. Black]

No, you're exactly right. Tapping is for single coils, splitting is for humbuckers

Although lots of people call both tapping.

Yep, that's exactly what I been mis-thinking all these years.

Thanks Mop, thanks Ash. You know my tastes Ash. Would I like it?

[Polar Bear]

I think that this may be my favourite ash build. I really like the recycled wood, brilliant. Wish I had enough coin to buy it outright.

[jeremyb]

Thats really cool, I like the simplicity of it, very niiiiiice

[Cdog]

good on ya adrian
i'm gonna bid on it

[hamo]

Shared with my small cohort of Facebook allies and mass following of Twitter minions.

[SammyD]

Very nice Ash. Hope it goes to a good home (who has lots of money)