The Zappa Baby Snakes SG replica

[Megalodoon]

Amazing project and result! Very inspiring! I was wondering what circuit you used for the 18dB boost? I want to build a boost into my guitar, but have been having trouble finding simple schematics for that.

Thanks!

[bramverbeek2]

@Megalodoon

Hello Megalodoon, sorry for the late response.

I used an EMG PA2 booster/pre-amp. I will send you a private message with the link to their website :)

[LesterPaul01]

Dude, that is insane!. I own 54 FZ albums. I was sixteen wnen a an older cat in hood turned me and my friends on to FZ. He had to grow on me. The love I had for the guitar made it easy. He is why my first desent guitar was a SG Standard. Back of Roxy and Else. did it. I would like to hear your SG. You know your shit. I would have saved a lot of coin if I learned how to swap pups out.. Incredible work. You know what's bizzare? FZ passed away on my 33rd birthday. Black napkins FZ. Rock on!

[TheMonkeybutler20]

PLAYYYYYYYYYYY ITTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pdhoed]

Kan jij mij zeggen welk type preamp je hebt ingebouwd en waar gekocht?

Ik ben n.l. ook met een zelfde project bezig. Ik ben benieuwd hoe hij klinkt.

Heb je al een video van deze gitaar?

[casestudyification]

Awesome.

[lisasim]

Oh, that's so very cool! LIKE!

[HumboldtMike]

The Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers approves!

[thequagmire421]

this is amazing, great job

[fishboy1424]

whats the name of this song?

[bramverbeek2]

@fishboy1424

The song is a guitar improvisation by FZ and other musicians in 1991 in Prague. It has never been released by Zappa or his family, instead it can be found on a cd called 'Pražský Výběr - Adieu C.A.'. Which has the whole concert on it. The song is called 'Improvizace V A Dur S Frankem Zappou'.... Which probably means 'Improvisation in the key of A by Mr. Frank Zappa'

[fishboy1424]

@bramverbeek2 thank you very very much sir and i shall start my quest of finding this cd somewhere. Thanks for all the help:]

[fishboy1424]

@bramverbeek2 are you gonna do a vid on how your sg sounds?

[azzhyle]

what website did you get the knobs from?

[bramverbeek2]

@azzhyle

I got the knobs from a german site called 'banzaimusic' .... But no need to search that far around the world for the knobs.. :) The knobs are actually just regular Boss pedal knobs, as found on a lot of Boss pedals like the DS1

[azzhyle]

@bramverbeek2 thank you ever so much.

[azzhyle]

@bramverbeek2 thanks a bunch man in 3 years i

ll put some on my Epi. SG G400.

[azzhyle]

@bramverbeek2 thanks a bunch man in 3 years i'll

put some on my Epi. SG G400.

[TonyTheBassPlayer1]

Hi my name is Tony,

I build my own guitars and have been a guitarist and FZ fan forever.

Would you consider building me a wiring rig to make a two pickup guitar that utilizes this setup? I am open to whatever you see to be worth your time to make it for me.

Please contact me ASAP at pittbluesman@aol.com or at Tonythebassplayer1 on Youtube.

Thanks and great job by the way! I'll bet she sounds great.

[billycat1965]

wow is all i can say,

[Grandwazoo67]

Nice work! you should do a vid on how it sounds.

[bramverbeek2]

@Grandwazoo67

Thank you:) I'll try to begin making a video in a couple of weeks... But all I can say for now is that there WILL be a video about the sound, but I'm not quite sure when....

[guysapire]

How much did all of this cost?

looks kinda expensive...

[bramverbeek2]

@guysapire

Let me think.... The guitar itselfs was 750 euro, the electronics all together about 250 euro (including a lot of stuff that I didn't use) so lets say about 1000 euros, That is about 1370 dollars total. AND it cost me A LOT of time :)

[guysapire]

@bramverbeek2 Wow... Thats really cheap! I don't know about you, but doing something like that looks to me kind of fun. So I guess "lot of time" is good :)

[bramverbeek2]

@guysapire

It was really fun to do :), a bit frustrating sometimes... but totally worth it :)

[deathcardfilms]

what does the green ringer do?

[bramverbeek2]

@deathcardfilms

The green ringer is sort af an octave/fuzz effect. When you play it creates a note that is an octave higher than the note you're playing. You can still hear the original note, but with the octave up sound in the background. It also produces fuzz. FZ described it as 'a middle-eastern sounding fuzz'. And thats probalby the right description :). Also when you play more than 1 note at at time, it produces an afwul sreaming sound, which is awesome :) and the reason why FZ liked it

[spacewanderer1]

Brilliant! 

[TheGargoyleLives]

please do a video for this guitar!

[bramverbeek2]

@TheGargoyleLives

Thanks for watching :) I'll try to make a nice video about the sound of the guitar, and how all the switches work... but I'm currently very busy with school, so I can't promise that the video will be uploaded shortly. But I'll make one some day :)

Regards

[WITHDASAUCE]

that guitar is a thing of beauty.

[bramverbeek2]

@panapanel

Lol :D

[WolfmanToldmeToBilo]

What do you people think of Dean guitars I bought a really nice Dean Z Im kind of beginner especially in the knowledge dpartment. I think my guitar sounds great but I know jack shit about it. I believe mine has a floyd rose thingy.

[bramverbeek2]

@WolfmanToldmeToBilo

I don't know about Dean guitars... never played one. But a Floyd Rose tremolo sure is nice :)

[WolfmanToldmeToBilo]

@bramverbeek2 thx for reply.. dimebag got something out of the dean so woo!

[JackKapral]

We demand THE SG SOUND! :D

[TITS1021]

it looks great

[TSOguitarist1993]

a video of the guitar in action please? like a ten minute demo?

[TVBarlinek]

good job;) guitar in this configuration certainly surprising number of colors;)

[bramverbeek2]

Thanks for the replies everyone!!! I'm on vacation now, so I'm not sure if I can reply, but I'll try my best :)

Thanks again, enjoy the vid :)

[48perkins]

that ia a awesome guitar....

[dopeurwhatuuse]

love the guitar and solo playing.

[tragabicholapues]

That's a grrreat guitar there! Why not submitting the idea to the guys over at Gibson? It's worth a try, methinks.

[bramverbeek2]

@tragabicholapues

Thanks :) I will think about that...

[CosmikDebrisFZ]

Very nice!

[bramverbeek2]

@CosmikDebrisFZ

Thank you very much :)