Kirk's a guitar-playing pool shark... or a pool-playing guitar slinger. Either way, he's pretty danged good at both, and his wife wanted to get him something special, so she talked to me about building him something that combined both of his favorite things.
As with any themed guitar design, there's a fine line between tastefully themed and cringeworthingly cheesy. I think we hit the right side of that line with this one. We incorporated a felt green top with a rich mahogany back to simulate a high-end pool table and tied in a simple fretboard inlay with chalk blue side markers.
Here are the specs:
- Chambered ribbon sapele body
- Flamed maple top
- Maple neck and fretboard
- Hand-wound pickups
- Wilkinson bridge with compensated brass saddles
- CTS pots
- Switchcraft switch
- Kluson modern tuners
- Bone nut
