Half-moth Upgrades/better pics (Warmoth blue quilt, BGP neck, Ebony/bone bridge)

[LushTone]

25" scale conversion neck with a strat heel
quartersawn maple, rosewood board
fatback profile
1 11/16" nut
12" radius
22 stainless 6105 frets
no inlays, side dots only
matching rosewood headstock overlay (cherry on top)
DIY burnish to 2000 grit and hand-rubbed with BLO
(Gotoh 16:1 tuners)


The body is a mahogany Warmoth chambered strat with a quilted maple top, finished with a clear to blue dye gloss. Loaded into it are an Emg HA in the neck and an 85 in the bridge (volume/tone/tone). I love Emgs.

**LATER UPGRADES: I later replaced the GraphTech bridge (though better than Gotoh) with a custom ebony/bone bridge that further improved the tone and is my favorite part. Also, I changed all bridge mounting hardware to black.

Anyway, here's the pictures!

 

[Cagey]

Beautiful! I like that a lot. Definitely a showpiece.

 

[LushTone]

Beautiful! I like that a lot. Definitely a showpiece.

Thanks! I think so too.  :guitaristgif:

 

[DangerousR6]

WOW... , that's bad ass... :icon_thumright:

 

[LushTone]

WOW... , that's bad ass... :icon_thumright:

Thanks, just what I was going for!  :laughing7:

 

[Updown]

  WOWZA LushTone .... that's another Quilt beauty to your stable.

I needed my sunnies on to view it  :glasses9:

 

[LushTone]

  WOWZA LushTone .... that's another Quilt beauty to your stable.

I needed my sunnies on to view it  :glasses9:

Thanks Updown!  ccasion14:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

BLUE approves!!  :headbang1:

 

[DangerousR6]

BLUE approves!!  :headbang1:

Blues long lost cousin... :icon_biggrin:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

BLUE approves!!  :headbang1:

Blues long lost cousin... :icon_biggrin:

I always wondered what BLUE would have looked like as a Soloist, now I know. When I ordered BLUE and BURN UNIT, I almost swapped the colors between them.

 

[LushTone]

BLUE approves!!  :headbang1:

Blues long lost cousin... :icon_biggrin:

Thanks!  :headbang1:

I did take a few pointers from BLUE. Once I saw that the maple neck looked good with the mahogany body, I chose it over a matching mahogany neck.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

I like it.  ccasion14:

 

[JCizzle]

I bet she plays like a dream, too.

 

[LushTone]

Thanks, I definitely think so.  ccasion14:

 

[LushTone]

I must say....this bridge puts this guitar on a whole other level for me. Wow. I called Mike Lull yesterday to thank him and employee Tom for the amazing bridge. I've played many high end guitars, including archtops, but I've never heard a guitar sound like this. Finally, I love this guitar.

 

[Updown]

:icon_thumright:

Whenever I see this Blue Quilt of yours, it reminds my of my Black quilt strat. 

.... and just quietly, ya got my vote this month  :icon_biggrin:

 

[LushTone]

:icon_thumright:

Whenever I see this Blue Quilt of yours, it reminds my of my Black quilt strat. 

.... and just quietly, ya got my vote this month  :icon_biggrin:

Thanks man, I like your Wild Zebra too.  ccasion14:

I'm just glad I got at least one other vote!

 

[LushTone]

I removed the old pictures and added all the updated ones... :headbang1:

 

[LushTone]

Ok I fixed the oversized pictures... :doh:

 

[Surf n Music]

Nice work! Beauitful  :icon_biggrin: