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My new guitar project~
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:39 pm
by Maverick
The body is 25 year old alder and custom cut and finished to my specs by a friend:
Re: My new guitar project~
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:31 pm
by Roe
nice! tell us how it turns out!
Re: My new guitar project~
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:15 pm
by Maverick
The neck, not sure if I wanna use chrome hardware or black....
Re: My new guitar project~
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:21 am
by Maverick
DONE!
Re: My new guitar project~
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:13 am
by Tone Slinger
Nice ! Looks like an old Kramer Pacer a bit.
Re: My new guitar project~
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:57 pm
by TONGA
Looks great,, I am digging the red,, how about a little info on the finish process and the build? And yea once again looks outstanding.
Re: My new guitar project~
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:29 pm
by Maverick
TONGA wrote:Looks great,, I am digging the red,, how about a little info on the finish process and the build? And yea once again looks outstanding.
I appreciate the comment, The finish is nitro-cellulose laquer, mormally the die (if you want a translucent finish) is applied in 15-20 min. thin coats and rubbed, then the laquer is applied, Phillip who is the guy that actually cut, routed and finished the body, has his own secret way of application (really there is no secret, just a different way of doing it) I think he pours the die into the laquer and does 1 coat and then sprays another coat of clear, then lets it dry and buffs.
Another unique feature that you don't normally see on a Floyd Rose body is 3degrees of neck tilt, also the neck heel bottom is milled down some to sit down further into the pocket, and some of the other features that I like are 525-535k volume pot(Ibuy some and measure the resistance, and I use teflon 20 gauge wire for all grounds.
I am building these for around $750.00 and they just kick ass, I have played some guitars that are over $2000.00 and can't see where the extra money is!!!!!!!!!!