Recent content by kevin_guitars

It is Balanced very well and the zbody shape sits very nicely in your lap and hangs just right off the strap. I mounted my top strap lock on the back of the upper horn vs the tip but probably no difference. The black limba wood is crazy heavy at least on mine. I have not put it on a scale but...

It plays amazing, strung up with 10s. SS frets are smooth as glass, satin nitro is very comfortable. Just solid all around. Love the blender configuration to dial in the right sounds. I play through a quad cortex so I have tons of presets that are edge of breakup, Klon, Plexi etc. Percect guitar...

I was going for a full on blues machine, SRV and Mayer tones, hopelessly stuck in the Pentatonic Box for this one. Hence it's namesake Showcase "screaming deal" Strat Alder body Flame maple top Hand Dyed & Nitro finish Showcase CBS Strat Neck Maple Shaft/Maple board Stainless frets 6505...

Z Body Body - Limba w/ quilted maple top Hand dyed blue burst and natural binding Nitro finish Neck - Goncalo Alves w/ Zircote Fingerboard 12"-16" compound radius Wizard profile 6105 Stainless frets and Nightswan inlay Neck Binding w/ abalone markers Hipshot Tuners & Bridge Bareknuckle Holy...

Wrapping up final assembly, setup, wiring, troubleshooting of two projects took me away from the forum for a bit but SHE IS DONE! I wired and rewired MANY different variations and finally landed on the PERFECT tone for what I was going for. Treble bleed circuit on volume knob Middle knob is...

Sorry I went dark for a while on this. Everything is all complete and she plays and sounds unbelievable. My buddy told me that the finish on it looked "underwater" so I named it Poseidon and had a metal badge made by an awesome guy on Etsy. Hipshot bridge, Hipshot open back locking tuners Neck...

Wow I’m jealous of that. I just got a Goncalo neck that isn’t even half as Striped! Good for you!

I had about an hour of free time after work last night to shield off the pickguard and screw in the pickups and pots and super switch. Parchment color pickguard and cream color knobs and switch tip. Pickups I went with a set of Bareknuckle '63 Veneer Boards with a zinc plate mount on the bridge...

Thank you!

Thanks so much. I really appreciate that.

I buffed out the front of the headstock and reamed out the tuner holes which were quite built up with lacquer. Gently tapped in the bushings and lined things up with a straight edge to mark my drill holes. I went with the trusty vintage style Gotoh tuners, I've been a fan for a long time of the...

Alrighty time went by fast and I got 3 1/2 weeks of dry time on the Nitro so time to get to work. Wet sanded from 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, and then 2500** Then got out my trusty Harbor Freight Drill with a buffing chuck adapter (I save my nicer drills for actual housework) and buffed it with...

That body looks amazing and I love the Ken Lawrence headstock design

My 2 cents here is to do a rear route for the ability to make lots of alligator clip leads to test some of these experimental tones before committing with the solder and putting the pickguard on. A wiring scheme as complex as yours is somewhat of a nightmare to troubleshoot and dial in/tweak if...

Much like the Strat project I'm building simultaneously I took to the frets on this last night. Taped off, leveled, crowned, sanded, and polished to a mirror shine. I think my technique on rounding off the fret ends is getting in the realm of passable and I'm very happy with it!