Monday, August 25, 2014

MACANUDO PORTOFINO CAFE serial no. 13


I finally finished my 13th build after a year hiatus. For this 3-string build I scored a vintage Teisco single coil pick-up off eBay. I wanted that dirty blues sound heard often from the Delta regions of Mississippi circa late '60s/early '70s. Many of those players had cheap Japanese guitars equipped with similar pick-ups. Just add some overdrive and you're in business. The box is a deeper MACANUDO like the one Shane Speal started with and swears by. Nicely figured poplar neck fretted with medium frets available from C.B. Gitty. The video shows the low end twang with a treble bite this thing is also capable of.