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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:31 am 
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Joined: Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:50 am
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First name: Steven
Last Name: Kujala
City: Quinnesec
State: MI
Zip/Postal Code: 49876
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
took me 3 months to make, most of the time was spent waiting for parts to come in!
total spent was around $1300 and the result shows! it is such a beautiful guitar.
enough of me blabbing, heres some pics:
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YouTube Demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8sk3GnKv1M

Specs:

Scale Length: 25 & 13/16"
Neck: set; Maple-Mahogany-Curly Maple-Mahogany-Maple
Tuners: Gotoh Locking SG38
Truss Rod Cover: Walnut, handmade
Truss Rod: Warmoth
Nut: Bone
Strings: RotoSound 46-10
Inlays: Dave Mustaine Vinyl
Fretboard: Ebony
Frets: Stewmac; Jumbo Nickel
Body: Mahogany with Tiger Maple Top
Strap Buttons: Schaller Straplocks
Strap: Gibson Lightning Bolt
Top Finish: Silver Gray Analine Dye
Back Finish: Ebony Analine Dye
Neck Finish: Oiled Satin
Pickup Rings: Gold; Warmoth
Pickups: Bare Knuckle Nailbomb; Alnico V; Nickel Cover
Switch: Planet Waves; 3-Way; Gold w/ Black Plate
Wiring: 18AWG
Knobs: Gold; Warmoth
Jack: Planet Waves Stereo 5-Point w/ Sheilding Cover; Gold
Jack Plate: Warmoth; Gold
Bridge: Gotoh Tune-O-Matic; Gold; 53mm Spacing
Stop Piece: Gotoh; Gold
Pots: CTS 500k; 2 Vol-2 Tone
Caps: .22uk
Back Plates: Curly Maple

Layers of Clear: 15; 4 Cans; wet sanded to 2000grit and polished


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:40 pm 
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Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:15 pm
Posts: 529
First name: Mark
Last Name: Sorrentino
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
I like everything but the lightning bolt strap and the phone camera pictures. Looks like you did a good job though, I like the inlay, looks like eyebrows kinda.

Fancy.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:31 am 
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Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:21 am
Posts: 668
Location: Philadelphia
First name: Michael
Last Name: Shaw
City: Philadelphia
State: PA
Zip/Postal Code: 19125
Country: USA
Focus: Repair
Status: Semi-pro
Nice job! When I first set out years ago to build a guitar because I couldn't afford a Gibson or Fender I would have quit before I got started if I knew it would have ended up costing me more to build the custom Strat style that I built 25 years ago. But the addiction set in and i still suffer from it. Well I wouldn't call it suffering. So have you started planning your second? :D

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:52 pm 
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Joined: Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:50 am
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First name: Steven
Last Name: Kujala
City: Quinnesec
State: MI
Zip/Postal Code: 49876
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Shaw wrote:
Nice job! When I first set out years ago to build a guitar because I couldn't afford a Gibson or Fender I would have quit before I got started if I knew it would have ended up costing me more to build the custom Strat style that I built 25 years ago. But the addiction set in and i still suffer from it. Well I wouldn't call it suffering. So have you started planning your second? :D


yea, i kind of want to make a 7 string ESP LTD F250


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:57 pm 
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Joined: Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:34 pm
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First name: Rob
Last Name: McDougall
City: Cochrane
State: Alberta
Nice job!
Love the sails and dots on the fretboard, and the relief for the control knobs.
The carve looks sweet as well.
Borrow a camera, those shots are not worthy of your massive effort.

Rob


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