doing it , and Gibson ’ s doing that now in some of their reissues , and that ’ s all fine . I ’ ve done that , but I ’ ve also found that the fish glue ’ s every bit as resonant and transfers tone from the neck to the body well . It works great .
I was listening to Gary Moore ’ s Peter Green tribute record last night as I finished up this Burst Standard and plugged it in , and man , it sounded just like it .
[ WM ] That ’ s wild . Tell us about the neck and body – what is it made of ?
[ Joe ] The neck is made of Mahogany . And the body is Mahogany and a figured Maple top . They can be ordered in Korina , so we can get creative with that too . You could do a Maple top or solid Korina . Limba is what it ’ s really called . Korina ’ s just a name that Gibson came up with to brand Limba in the ‘ 50s .
[ WM ] The fret markers look nice and vintage as well .
[ Joe ] Yeah . It ’ s the way that I do the finish and the way it wraps around half of the binding and the other half that ’ s right next to the Rosewood , the finish is worn off completely .
[ WM ] I like that .
[ Joe ] It ’ s an old technique . The celluloid fret markers are aged as well .
[ WM ] Standard control knobs ?
[ Joe ] Standard , yes . 500K pots . They are essential .
[ WM ] What are the output on the pickups ?
[ Joe ] They measure in the high 7 ’ s usually . I kind of give John Carlson ( my pick-up winder ) some freedom there . If somebody wants something real specific , he can definitely hit it . We ’ ve made really low wind PAFs that are right at 7K .
[ WM ] Again , the beauty of a custom-made guitar . Tell us about your Riggio logo ?
[ Joe ] That ’ s the Riggio logo , the same as all the other guitars get , but that ’ s a pearl inlay on this model .
[ WM ] Wow . That ’ s gorgeous .
[ Joe ] Real mother of pearl .
[ WM ] So you have been making your own electric guitars since 2011 . What is your approach to making guitars ? What are you shooting for with each one ?
[ Joe ] I ’ m always shooting for satisfying the