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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:23 am 
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Joined: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:57 pm
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First name: Joe
City: Shawnigan Lake
State: BC
Zip/Postal Code: V0R2W1
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
I'd appreciate your thoughts, suggestions and opinions if you please.
Build list:
Body: Honduran Mahogany
Neck: 100% Rosewood, jumbo frets
Tuners: Sperzel locking
Bridge: Floyd Rose lo-pro
Pickups: Front-Dimarzio Virtual 2, Bridge-Kent Armstrong Motherbucker
Volume: 1 meg audio taper pot
Selector: 4 pole, 6 position: 1-neck, 2-motherbucker, 3-neck, motherbucker, 4-neck, middle humbucker, 5- neck, bridge humbucker, 6-off
Strings: DR Black Beauty extra life

Tone Control: 4 pole 6 position Vari-tone (Still waiting on the caps)
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:35 pm 
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Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:47 am
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Location: Wauwatosa, WI, USA
Thats some crazy carving. What on earth is that figure?

Are you happy with the sound?


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:52 am 
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Joined: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:43 pm
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Location: Philadelphia, USA
First name: Michael
Last Name: Shaw
City: Philadelphia
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro
I think it may be a Japanese Samurai. Though i could be wrong. Nice carving job though.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:40 am 
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Joined: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:57 pm
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First name: Joe
City: Shawnigan Lake
State: BC
Zip/Postal Code: V0R2W1
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
naw it's actually a rendition of the death dealer by Frank Frazetta, but it kinda goes along with the Celtic signs on the brass guard.............kinda lol.

The sound is as you could imagine kinda dark as well.........mahogany, sperzel tunners, 100% Rosewood, a heavy Floyd Rose Bridge...........you can feel the body vibrate forever as well. The Motherbucker actually does quite well in the upper registers, with the way I have it wired I can "tune" in most of the guitars I hear on DVD's, that and with the tone controls I have on my amp.

I'm really curious about the vari-tone and how that will affect the sound as well.................


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:54 am 
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Location: UK
First name: Julia
Last Name: Parker
That's a crazy Carving wow7-eyes [:Y:]

I'm really curious about the vari-tone and how that will affect the sound as well.................

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:12 pm 
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Looks pretty darn cool... love the carving job. Did you make the neck yourself?


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:21 am 
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Joined: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:57 pm
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First name: Joe
City: Shawnigan Lake
State: BC
Zip/Postal Code: V0R2W1
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
No I purchased that since it was my first build I thought I'd minimize the potential for mistakes.

On my next build I'll do it all.........actually thinking about building a CNC machine to help make the building more exact.

For some reason I feel more comfortable trusting expensive wood to a computer than my hands.....lol.


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