Anyone tried one of those kits to convert your strat to a 12 string?

axisus

Richardrichard

Pretty good work. Possibly a couple of odd string break angles here and there. 7/10

ICBM

Ah well... at least it wasn't anything good to begin with, just one of those crappy 70s ones that aren't worth anything anyway.



I'm curious as to what the other end looks like too!

DrJazzTap

That poor guitar.

rossi

Thank God it wasnt a Harley Benton.

merlin

Why did they stop at 12...?

Stuckfast

Is that a rare early MD Phillips Cleartone Conversion?

JohnS37

rossi said:

Thank God it wasnt a Harley Benton.

Steady on old chap!  You do know I’m working on an HB 12-string conversion, don’t you?!  (See my thread for another crowded headstock . . )

Philly_Q

Stuckfast said:

Is that a rare early MD Phillips Cleartone Conversion?

The nut looks too well cut.

JohnS37

Stuckfast said:

Is that a rare early MD Phillips Cleartone Conversion?

Could someone please enlighten me regarding Mr MD Phillips?

thermionic

Enjoy.

Kittyfrisk

JohnS37 said:

Stuckfast said:

Is that a rare early MD Phillips Cleartone Conversion?

Could someone please enlighten me regarding Mr MD Phillips?

He has an idiosyncratic approach to guitar modification that polarises opinions here.
https://reverb.com/shop/gear-locker-1236

axisus

Kittyfrisk said:

JohnS37 said:

Stuckfast said:

Is that a rare early MD Phillips Cleartone Conversion?

Could someone please enlighten me regarding Mr MD Phillips?

He has an idiosyncratic approach to guitar modification that polarises opinions here.
https://reverb.com/shop/gear-locker-1236

Polarises? I think we are pretty unanimous. This headstock is a good example, shaky felt pen logo, wonky style tuners ....

drofluf

Kittyfrisk said:

JohnS37 said:

Stuckfast said:

Is that a rare early MD Phillips Cleartone Conversion?

Could someone please enlighten me regarding Mr MD Phillips?

He has an idiosyncratic approach to guitar modification that polarises opinions here.
https://reverb.com/shop/gear-locker-1236

Someone please reassure me that it's a joke site!

Philly_Q

axisus said:

Kittyfrisk said:

JohnS37 said:

Stuckfast said:

Is that a rare early MD Phillips Cleartone Conversion?

Could someone please enlighten me regarding Mr MD Phillips?

He has an idiosyncratic approach to guitar modification that polarises opinions here.
https://reverb.com/shop/gear-locker-1236

Polarises? I think we are pretty unanimous.

Yeah, I think we're like polar bears.  All at the same pole.

JohnS37

Either the Chuck Norris, or the Donald Trump of luthiers, depending on your POV it seems

JohnS37

thermionic said:

Enjoy.

O . . kay, I had thought he might be a man after my own heart, because I love improvisation and originality, but then again . . .

boogieman

axisus said:

Kittyfrisk said:

JohnS37 said:

Stuckfast said:

Is that a rare early MD Phillips Cleartone Conversion?

Could someone please enlighten me regarding Mr MD Phillips?

He has an idiosyncratic approach to guitar modification that polarises opinions here.
https://reverb.com/shop/gear-locker-1236

Polarises? I think we are pretty unanimous. This headstock is a good example, shaky felt pen logo, wonky style tuners ....

Clearly one of his masterbuilt deluxe versions! 

ToneControl

Stuckfast said:

Is that a rare early MD Phillips Cleartone Conversion?

wrong ratio, he'd reduce the number of strings

Pabcrane

Holy shit! That's s lot of machineheads.

Well, 12 I suppose. But it certainly looks a lot.

Do Rickenbacker have some kind of rights over the perpendicular method of second-course stringing? It's very neat (once you get used to it!) and yet no-one else seems to use it.

ICBM

Pabcrane said:

Do Rickenbacker have some kind of rights over the perpendicular method of second-course stringing? It's very neat (once you get used to it!) and yet no-one else seems to use it.

Knowing what Rickenbacker are like for trademarking everything and then keeping their lawyers well-employed, I think they may well do.