#1
Lector wrote:
Don´t know really.
One possibility is that the brand new guitar hasn´t been “played in” and won´t work as well as some that´s been played a lot.
One is that it´s not quite good. Even I can make mistakes. ;)
Mr. C. told me that the guitar was great and it was used a couple of times during the tour.
I saw some pics here at wall of mouths taken in Oslo and there it was in use.
But who knows. Maybe we will be informed more in the future.
Posted on Wed, 7 January 2004 at 11:46
#2
MarkoJii (Ukko Perkele) wrote:
I assume that you are the maker of Lector..?
Was there any special specifications from Andy (colour, questionmarks, Gemil in head) or did you made it from you “own head”? Or are those just between the customer and the maker?
We saw them at England and I forgot to ask Andy that why he didn’t used that guitar… At Tavastia I noticed that one of the strings “slipped” from, don’t know what it is in english but in finnish that thing is called talla.
Hopefully it just needed more playing… Nice piece of work!
Posted on Wed, 7 January 2004 at 12:56
#3
Lector wrote:
Yeah that´s me, The Lector and the maker of the guitar named the same.
I came up with the guestionmark inlays on the fretboard and Gemil on the headstock. I was kind of pain in the ass asking every single detail for the guitar but Andy trusted in my advice on many things. He wanted the colour to be black as he said:
“I don´t wanna fuck with the classics.”
Originally it was ment to be a Les Paul style guitar, but then Andy came back playng SG´s again so he preferred that model.
There was some troubles with the bridge (talla).
Andy´s using a very heavy set of strings and he really doesn´t play with a gentle touch so one string slipped over.
As the holes on the pieces of the bridge that the strings come over (huh!) are quite small, that happened. I saw what was going on and ran backstage and used some needle files to make the holes a bit larger. And also missed a part of the show. :(
But the guitar made it back on stage for couple of the last numbers. And as Andy has told me the guitar has survived the tour and found a home at his place. Big thanks for that to Arto at Smartcase, who made a great flightcase for the guitar.
Posted on Wed, 7 January 2004 at 14:43
#4
ctrlaltdelete (chris) wrote:
Excuse my ignorance, but is Lector a Gibson SG with modifications?, what sort of pick-ups does it have?
Posted on Thu, 8 January 2004 at 13:35
#5
Vemmy wrote:
With modifications… I quess so… ;) Perhaps Lector will give us full details of that beautiful hand-made custom guitar, including the pickup specks (EMG, if I remember correct)… :D Antway, cool it is, as I’ve seen it quite closely.
Posted on Thu, 8 January 2004 at 14:31
#6
Lector wrote:
It´s not a Gibson. It´s Lector, SG style handmade guitar. Mahogany body, maple neck, ebony fretboard. Pickups are EMG HZ´s with ceramic magnets.
Some pictured details at not so pro site:
http://p2to.werk23.org/lectorhumusindex.html
Posted on Thu, 8 January 2004 at 15:51
#7
Billy Blue wrote:
I think your guitar is fan-fucking-tastic mate. You should be proud!
Posted on Sun, 11 January 2004 at 21:27
