Frankinstein Guitar Works Orange -T Custom

This was my first Frankinstein Guitar Works custom built guitar (I have since purchased three more custom pieces) made in May 2007. This guitar features a beautifully grained light one-piece Swamp Ash body (overall weight 7.4 lbs and that is with a Lollar humbucker) with a thin nitrocellulose and creme top binding and a rear tummy cut, a set USA Custom Guitars T-Style neck with a 1" C shape neck - plain maple with a dark rosewood fretboard with 6105 frets and no dot markers (the USACG necks are also used on Crook guitars which Brad Paisley uses extensively - and Tommy is also great to work with). After I had started on the other pieces I tried a Frankinstein with a neck hand-crafted by Seppo and it was exceptional (that guitar is now owned by Ian Thomas). Wilkinson Tele bridge and vintage tuners

This guitar is quite loud acoustically. Lollar Imperial Humbucker in the neck and Lollar single coil in the bridge bring out the true tone of this axe. I would sum it up as a warm biting growl with a noticable bloom when playing overdriven, clean tones can range from warm and jazzy to a slightly twangy zing (the rosewood board evens out some of the ash brightness). The versatility is maximized as the neck humbucker can be switched series/parallel with the push/pull volume pot, and a no load tone pot sending a "straight wire" to the amp when cranked to ten. Overall very full sounding!

Tangerine orange with creme top binding, satin nitrocellulose and carnauba wax finish - wonderful feel to the wood - never sticky, and maximizes resonance. I absolutely love the set neck heel carve Seppo creates - easy comfortable access all the up to the 22nd fret and it just feels right! The action was set very low and I just did a few minor tweaks to personalize it and plays wonderfully - I like it nice and low so not much adjustment was required.

Seems as solid as any guitar could be - its a T style made of maple and ash.

Seppo was very patient with all my questions and ideas and was really seemed to enjoy making this a learning process. I was lucky enough to live close enough to hand select the body blank and we really put some thought into it and I am convinced that help make all four (three guitars and one bass) better. I am sure Seppo gives the same support to more distant purchasers in choosing there right woods - he seems to really enjoy sharing his insights on the blanks he has in stock (and he usually has a wide array of beautiful and exotic blanks for those wanting to go beyond traditional tonewoods).

Simply put Seppo builds exceptional, custom guitars. These are Master-built Custom shop quality but with the personal interaction and support you cannot get with the big guys.