GPOTD 5.8.20

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Backlund Rockerbox DLX Red

Specifications

Body Material - Semi-Hollow Maple
Neck Material - Mahogany
Fingerboard Material - Ebony
Finish - Polyurethane
Neck Shape - Soft C
Scale Length - 24 3/4"
Fingerboard Radius - 12"
Number of Frets - 21
Fret Size - Medium Jumbo
Nut Width - 1 5/8"
Position Markers - Dot
Neck Pickup - Custom Wound Double Coil
Middle Pickup - Custom Wound Double Coil
Bridge Pickup - Custom Wound Double Coil
Pickup Switching: Five Way
Controls - 3x Individual Volume, 1x Master Tone
Hardware Finish - Chrome
Bridge: Floating Tune-O-Matic
Tail: Custom Trapeze, OPTIONAL Bigsby B-30*
Pickguard - Plastic with a brushed metal-looking finish

https://reverb.com/item/33532910-backlund-rockerbox-dlx-red-worldwide-s-h

 

[wok]

I remember him from the HC days. He used to post some of his sketches and prototypes.

Not my bag, but I am happy for him he managed to get into the business of building

 

[Flamencology]

Love this one. It’s gorgeous. Backlund always had a great eye.

Was he bullied out of these forums like Doug Kauer was by certain insecure wanker manchildren? Or did he simply just disappear or decide that he’d be more at home at TGP or somewhere like that?

 

[Chicken Man]

That's neat. A little too stylized for me, too genre-specific, but I like it.

 

[bsman]

I prefer some of his more esoteric models:

But, yeah - I'd take the Rockerbox!

 

[bsman]

Love this one. It’s gorgeous. Backlund always had a great eye.

Was he bullied out of these forums like Doug Kauer was by certain insecure wanker manchildren? Or did he simply just disappear or decide that he’d be more at home at TGP or somewhere like that?

Don't know - but he still posts at TDPRI.

 

[frunobulax]

That's cool.

 

[frunobulax]

But the black/teal pattern is the fucking balls.

I'd open the wallet for that.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Rockabilly people are weird as hell.

 

[bsman]

Rockabilly people are weird as hell.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

I like it.

The port holes are a bit too Buick-y for my tastes, but I could live with them.
That Black/Teal one is even better.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Not my style but I can appreciate the concept.

 

[Tralfaz]

That's pretty neat, though it wouldn't be my first choice for a Backlund.

(But I only vaguely remember the guy being on HC, even though I started back in the hypernews days. If he was driven away, it wasn't my doing!)

 

[Guitar Heel]

Always liked his stuff, never so much so much as to pull the trigger though.

 

[sleewell]

 

[jp_nyc]

Was he bullied out of these forums like Doug Kauer was by certain insecure wanker manchildren? Or did he simply just disappear or decide that he’d be more at home at TGP or somewhere like that?

I think he gave up on HC when the rest of us did. I have no idea if he’s still online somewhere. IIRC he doesn’t actually play guitar, so he might have gone back to focusing on his industrial design work.

 

[Rick 381]

Part of me says I want. Part of me says run away.

 

[DinoMikeSr]

Love the back.

 

[Knox in Box]

But the black/teal pattern is the fucking balls.
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I'd open the wallet for that.

Yes!!!

Lose the middle pup and I'm game.

 

[Dudeman1967]

Pretty neat but I’d have to own a LOT of guitars before that made it to the top of my list.