Daisy Duke

[DocNrock]

Custom neck plate courtesy of DangerousR6.  Chambered black korina one-piece body and quartersawn maple neck.





She's a carved top Velocity.  Quilt maple top with washed blue dye.



Maple fingerboard with Azurite/Malchite dots, SS6115 frets.



And a matching pegface.



A couple of overview shots.





Hardware will be black with a TOM/STP.  The neck is a 24 3/4" conversion.  Pickups will be DiMarzio Area 58 for the neck slot and a PAF 36th Anniversary in the bridge slot.

I almost wish I would have gotten an ebony fingerboard, but the maple will do. 

This will easily take the place of the obligatory Les Paul slot in my collection, with a couple of twists, even though it is not a Les Paul.  :laughing7:

 

[pabloman]

She sure is good lookin Doc ccasion14:

I almost wish I would have gotten an ebony fingerboard, but the maple will do.

Always leaving the door open for another build :headbang:

 

[Surf n Music]

Right on Doc, you got it! Looks like it was worth the wait! What a stunner!

 

[DangerousR6]

That's awesome Brent....I like the maple with the blue dots... :headbang1:

 

[dmraco]

Amazing.  I will say it again....this body is REALLY growing on me

 

[bagman67]

Wowzers.  That is truly a lovely couple of parts.  I was thinking I'd eventually get around to doing a blue dye job on my VW body I've got laying around here, and now I'm convinced.

 

[Cagey]

ccasion14:

 

[DocNrock]

@Pabloman:  Thank you for the kind words, sir.  I need to NOT leave the door open for another build, lol!

@Surf n Music:  Yes, it finally got here!  I wonder if it was a lot of work to match the color to the dots, as it seems to match impeccably.  Thanks!

@DangerousR6:  Thanks, bud!  But you already knew all about it.  :laughing7:  Thanks for the awesome neck plate for it. 

@DMRACO:  Thanks, man.  I hope this one turns out as well as some of the ones you have build!  It's a pretty cool body, actually.

@Bagman67:  Thank you!  Regarding the blue dye job on the VW, it works!  Looking forward to seeing it done!

@Cagey:  :headbang1:  ( :laughing7

 

[stratamania]

Very nice combo of colours.

 

[DocNrock]

Thanks, Stratamania!  :glasses9:

 

[DangerousR6]

You're totally welcome Brent...Guitar looks amazing... :headbang1:

Now just be sure and put the maple neck on Abominable.... :icon_thumright:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

BLUE approves!!  :headbang1:

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Gorgeous, is one of those holes for a toggle?

 

[DocNrock]

You're totally welcome Brent...Guitar looks amazing... :headbang1:

Now just be sure and put the maple neck on Abominable.... :icon_thumright:

:glasses9:

I'm thinking I found a better neck for Abominable.  It's a canary neck with a macassar ebony fingerboard.  It is a Strat headstock, but I plan to cut it into an Ibanez-shaped one.

 

[DocNrock]

BLUE approves!!  :headbang1:

BLUE is awesome!  That is saying a LOT!  arty07:

 

[DocNrock]

Gorgeous, is one of those holes for a toggle?

Thanks, Tony.  Indeed it is.  Good eye.  I plan to enlarge the middle hole for a 3 way toggle. 

 

[Death by Uberschall]

BLUE approves!!  :headbang1:

BLUE is awesome!  That is saying a LOT!  arty07:

ccasion14:

 

[Great Ape]

Very cool...I suspect you may have kicked off any number of Velocity builds by folks who weren't yet
sure whether they liked the body style. It looks as if it's a relatively small body--is that so? And also,
it's always a bonus when the guitar's back is just as gorgeous as the front--and you've sure got one of those!

 

[DocNrock]

Very cool...I suspect you may have kicked off any number of Velocity builds by folks who weren't yet
sure whether they liked the body style. It looks as if it's a relatively small body--is that so? And also,
it's always a bonus when the guitar's back is just as gorgeous as the front--and you've sure got one of those!

Thanks, Great Ape, for all the kind words.  Agreed, the black korina turned out to be a nice piece of lumber.  The body is actually not that small.  It is about two inches shorter, lengthwise, than a Strat body, but it is the same width. 

It's a pretty cool body style, IMHO. 

 

[fdesalvo]

Oh boy oh boy!!

Can't wait to get mine!!!

Are you direct mounting the HB or going with Rings?