#014 SoulBelly BBQ

Finally I started building again. Starting a new job, building a new home, moving back to Vegas and dealing with a raging pandemic wasnt easy. Most days i’d come home and sleep and start all over again. I had all the tools i’d need to get back into things but had zero motivation to actually do what i love-Building guitars. Got hospitalized for Covid late 2020 and thought that I may not get to see my family or build another guitar ever again. Two years later im back and have a new guitar to add to the list of completed builds. This one is hanging out at SoulBelly BBQ in Las Vegas. Its actually one of my favorite BBQ places and I was super stoked to see it rest on stage after presenting it to the chef. I’ll list the Specs below and a bunch of pictures as per usual. The original body was supposed to be roasted swamp ash using a body blank I’d saved but I messed up on it and had to use what I had on hand. Swamp ash nowadays is nearly impossible to get without paying an unreasonable premium.

  • Specifications:
  • Swamp ash body
  • East Indian rosewood neck and fretboard
  • 24.8in scale length
  • Koa fret dots
  • Brass side dots
  • Epoxy soul-belly logo
  • Jescar evo gold fretwire
  • Hipshot hardware
  • Freeway switch
  • Graphtech TUSQ but
  • Custom knobs by Clayton Corrillo of Archipelago Glass
  • StringJoy Custom Gauge strings 11-52
  • McNelly Pickups Stagger Swagger V2 with a 10% overwound Bridge and Black foil covers
  • Finished with Odies Oil and Wax including the new Super Duper Oil

2 thoughts on “#014 SoulBelly BBQ

  1. Oh wow! Am I glad you’re back in action.
    Congratulations on surviving Covid and getting back in the building game.

    Looking forward to more.

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