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That said, some of my other musical influences would include D. I am influenced by things outside the world of guitars, be it cars, furniture design or Brutalist architecture. The more I build, the greater my admiration of design and designers. Influences within the guitar world would definitely include Florian at Millimetric, a massive innovator and generally lovely guy. Matt Proctor at M-Tone guitars has also been a long time influence as well. One of my closest friends within the business is Jon at Lateral Sound pedals. We live fairly close to each other here in the South West of England, so we actually get to see one another on a fairly regular basis.

Odessa guitar

Cart 0. Guitar Straps RightOn! My Odessa Guitars Deadbeat Baritone build It's been a while since my last blog post about my Odessa, and there is a little reason as to why that is and I'll get to that later in the post, but for now accept my apologies if you were following since the original build update article! We left off at the finishing stage, where the neck and body were undergoing numerous coats of Livos natural oil, looking rather nice it was too. There wasn't a great deal left to do, with the final stages being decal applying, final hardware installation, and general set-up tweaks once assembled. It was very exciting to see it altogether for the first time I must add, seeing it with the pickguard powdercoated felt like the final piece of the idea puzzle and I was over the moon with the aesthetic result. This was the stage that drove home for me how happy I was with the clean, unpolished nickel Firebird pickups visually, for me anyway, it seems to compliment the shape and styling points really well and it was a huge sigh of relief! Whilst we're on a similar subject, you may remember from the previous article on the build, about my choice of tuners. I was heavily influenced here by Millimetric Instruments, and the Hipshot 'Industrial' tuner buttons Florian uses on his guitars.

Back to the Deadbeat baritone build, seeing as is the main subject matter for this article series!

User Name Remember Me? Odessa guitar?? I acquired this guitar, but know very little about it. The top appears to be solid. The back not so sure? It seems to be in decent condition.

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Odessa guitar

About this model:. This is where it all started for Odessa. An offset body shape that evokes the golden age of guitar design but with thoroughly modern appointments. The DeadBeat combines no-nonsense aesthetics with precisely planned practicality.

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It doesn't appear to have ever been used much, if any. I was rather smug indeed seeing it sat in my home after seeing it come together by Mike's hand. The wood of the inside of the back, as seen through the soundhole, appears to be luan, often sold as "Philippine mahogany. Once my drawing is complete I simply transfer to a template and start chopping! So choosing Odessa as a name comes from its geographical location in Ukraine coupled with the aesthetic sensibilities I associate with the area. User Name Remember Me? A little background on the Degenerate, this was the prototype build whilst Mike was working through the design ideas. I acquired this guitar, but know very little about it. All times are GMT But whilst checking out my new baritone, Mike went to the other room and came back with another of his builds, the prototype standard A thinner body profile, shallower arm contour and of course, shorter scale than the baritone give it a noticeably different playing feel despite similar looks and neck profile too. Over the moon with the tuner and bridge choice, both Hipshot products are incredibly well made, look very fitting with the guitar's design and boy, are those tuners damn good indeed. Hope this helps. It seems to be well made, tuners are decent.

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I have very much enjoyed having this guitar at my disposal, continually drawing my attention and bringing out new sounds which I'm grateful to be making. Thanks, Wade. If you're interested in Mike's work, you can check out his website and social media via the links below. Hearing it for the first time was an equally great feeling, and the McNelly firebird pickups handled the low tuned big strings very well indeed considering they were standard wind models. I bought an Odessa a few years back, pictures and info are on here if you do a search. This particular Odessa Guitars featured in this article is a different company, Mike is a UK based guitar maker only making electric guitars, making them only within the past few years. M - The early phase of having nothing more than a couple of planks of wood, gluing them together and cutting from that blank the initial shape of the guitar would be my favourite part of the process. I do think this guitar was born for P90s for sure, they suit it very well and it begs you to play and enjoy doing so which is the important thing. Here's a few photos I captured a couple of days after it's arrival with me, enjoy. In some ways putting pencil to paper is the very start of the build process, coming in just before the gluing together of the body blanks. Remember Me?