I've got a few of the proverbial irons in the fire. I have enough, if not too many, guitars. So, the plan was for a new body or a new neck here or there, a new body and neck and just use the hardware from an older build, and be open to whatever magic might happen to strike. Only thing is, I've been so freakin' busy at work, I haven't had any time to sit down and work on these. I'm doing a few things this weekend, though.
WARNING: photo overload, below. :icon_biggrin:
I had built a Strat a few years ago that was loosely inspired by the Jackson Adrian Smith Strat. The only similarities, really, are that it has the same pickups and it's a Strat. If anyone has seen my thread about "Stranger in a Strange Land" (http://unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=24946.0), I plan to make one that looks a bit different than his sig model, but virtually all of the defining features will be incorporated. This is the guitar I have now. The body and neck will be going up for sale after I get the new one built, as I'm using the hardware off of this one. After it is built, this body and neck will be for sale if anyone is interested. :icon_thumright:
Green Super Strats bring back the 80s. Another interesting bit of trivia is that Motley Crue was originally going to call themselves "Christmas." Anyway, I got some humorously negative feedback about this combo. Words like "garish," and "Christmas ornament" were posted. After seeing that, this guitar had to become a reality. Not done building it yet, but it shouldn't be too much longer. This is "Great Balls of Fire."
The hardware for GBOF is coming off of this guitar. Again, the body and neck will be for sale after the guitar is done.
Some of DangerousR6's awesome work will segue into the next ones. For some reason, no matter how I hold the phone, the picture comes up rotated 90 degrees. Sorry about that. :tard:
Stranger in a Strange Land obviously goes with the not yet ordered or build Adrian Smith sig Strat build. Daisy Duke goes to a build I am waiting on. It is a chambered, carved top Velocity made of black korina with a quilt top finished with washed blue dye...the blue jean look. The neck is a W headstock quartersawn maple neck with azurite malachite dots. The carved top with the blue jean look made me think of what curves look good in jeans... :laughing7:
I ordered this one almost three months ago, so I hope it will ship any time now. And it is a TOM/STP, not a Floyd. :dontknow: All the hardware for this build came from my parts bin.
I have two VIPs, both with made from black korina and with camphor burl tops. One is chambered, and one is not. The one that not chambered is fairly heavy. I wanted a completely different VIP, so I have one coming that is swamp ash and has a flame maple top being done in washed black dye. The neck is birdseye maple with black mother of pearl dots and black binding. The whole concept reminded me of a black and white photo, which reminds me of Ansel Adams. So, that is Ansel. This is the VIP that is donating hardware. The body and neck will be for sale.
This next one is somewhat special to me in an odd way. I have mexican (Iberian and Native American) ancestry on my father's side. For many generations, my father's ancestors lived in New Mexico. They were descendants of Hernan Martin-Serrano, a Spanish conquistador who was second in command to Onate, who led part of the colonization of Mexico by the Spaniards. They landed in Zacatecas from Spain and their descendants migrated North to New Mexico. The New Mexico flag plate needs to be cleaned up. Doug engraved the sun symbol of Zia into a brass plate, so the color wouldn't fade. I am painting in the engraving with red. Once done, the paint cleans off of the non-engraved parts with a fingernail. I'm going to clear coat the plate, after that.
This guitar is a Star body and a modified Arrow headstock. The hardware will be black. The body is swamp ash and trans yellow.
The neck is q-sawn maple with bloody basin jasper dots, to carry the yellow and red New Mexico flag theme. I didn't care much for the Arrow headstock in it's original form. But I think I fixed it. :laughing7:
And, done!
Finally, I have an Iceman baritone that I never play and a metal'd-out WGD that I also never play. The baritone won't stay in tune and the WGD weighs a freakin' ton.
So, I got a sweet standard-scale birdseye maple neck for the Iceman and had a swamp ash WGD body made with a camphor burl top to replace the one-piece black korina one.
But then magic happened. The new WGD body and new neck for the Iceman were sitting next to each other on the coffee table. Those two are perfect for each other!
So, now I have to take the new neck into my local guitar guy and have him put a Floyd locking nut on it. I guess I'll used the neck off of the current WGD for the Iceman and sell off the baritone neck and the black korina WGD body.
In coming up with a neck plate, I remembered Garcia's guitars are Rosebud and Tiger. I don't know which is which, but my WGD is more built to play metal, with a Floyd and it will have some sort of high-output pickups in it. So, it is Metal Tiger, which is a fairly cool thing in the Chinese Zodiac. http://www.futurescopes.com/chinese-astrology-zodiac-signs/tiger/8454/metal-tiger-chinese-astrology
Anyway, I gave this info to DangerousR6, who came up with yet another killer neck plate. It is "Metal Tiger" in Chinese with tiger stripes in the background. Sorry the photo is upside down. :icon_biggrin:
Oh, and look at the birdseye in that neck!
I need more hours in the day and more energy to make use of those hours. :glasses9:
:headbang1:
WARNING: photo overload, below. :icon_biggrin:
I had built a Strat a few years ago that was loosely inspired by the Jackson Adrian Smith Strat. The only similarities, really, are that it has the same pickups and it's a Strat. If anyone has seen my thread about "Stranger in a Strange Land" (http://unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=24946.0), I plan to make one that looks a bit different than his sig model, but virtually all of the defining features will be incorporated. This is the guitar I have now. The body and neck will be going up for sale after I get the new one built, as I'm using the hardware off of this one. After it is built, this body and neck will be for sale if anyone is interested. :icon_thumright:
Green Super Strats bring back the 80s. Another interesting bit of trivia is that Motley Crue was originally going to call themselves "Christmas." Anyway, I got some humorously negative feedback about this combo. Words like "garish," and "Christmas ornament" were posted. After seeing that, this guitar had to become a reality. Not done building it yet, but it shouldn't be too much longer. This is "Great Balls of Fire."
The hardware for GBOF is coming off of this guitar. Again, the body and neck will be for sale after the guitar is done.
Some of DangerousR6's awesome work will segue into the next ones. For some reason, no matter how I hold the phone, the picture comes up rotated 90 degrees. Sorry about that. :tard:
Stranger in a Strange Land obviously goes with the not yet ordered or build Adrian Smith sig Strat build. Daisy Duke goes to a build I am waiting on. It is a chambered, carved top Velocity made of black korina with a quilt top finished with washed blue dye...the blue jean look. The neck is a W headstock quartersawn maple neck with azurite malachite dots. The carved top with the blue jean look made me think of what curves look good in jeans... :laughing7:
I ordered this one almost three months ago, so I hope it will ship any time now. And it is a TOM/STP, not a Floyd. :dontknow: All the hardware for this build came from my parts bin.
I have two VIPs, both with made from black korina and with camphor burl tops. One is chambered, and one is not. The one that not chambered is fairly heavy. I wanted a completely different VIP, so I have one coming that is swamp ash and has a flame maple top being done in washed black dye. The neck is birdseye maple with black mother of pearl dots and black binding. The whole concept reminded me of a black and white photo, which reminds me of Ansel Adams. So, that is Ansel. This is the VIP that is donating hardware. The body and neck will be for sale.
This next one is somewhat special to me in an odd way. I have mexican (Iberian and Native American) ancestry on my father's side. For many generations, my father's ancestors lived in New Mexico. They were descendants of Hernan Martin-Serrano, a Spanish conquistador who was second in command to Onate, who led part of the colonization of Mexico by the Spaniards. They landed in Zacatecas from Spain and their descendants migrated North to New Mexico. The New Mexico flag plate needs to be cleaned up. Doug engraved the sun symbol of Zia into a brass plate, so the color wouldn't fade. I am painting in the engraving with red. Once done, the paint cleans off of the non-engraved parts with a fingernail. I'm going to clear coat the plate, after that.
This guitar is a Star body and a modified Arrow headstock. The hardware will be black. The body is swamp ash and trans yellow.
The neck is q-sawn maple with bloody basin jasper dots, to carry the yellow and red New Mexico flag theme. I didn't care much for the Arrow headstock in it's original form. But I think I fixed it. :laughing7:
And, done!
Finally, I have an Iceman baritone that I never play and a metal'd-out WGD that I also never play. The baritone won't stay in tune and the WGD weighs a freakin' ton.
So, I got a sweet standard-scale birdseye maple neck for the Iceman and had a swamp ash WGD body made with a camphor burl top to replace the one-piece black korina one.
But then magic happened. The new WGD body and new neck for the Iceman were sitting next to each other on the coffee table. Those two are perfect for each other!
So, now I have to take the new neck into my local guitar guy and have him put a Floyd locking nut on it. I guess I'll used the neck off of the current WGD for the Iceman and sell off the baritone neck and the black korina WGD body.
In coming up with a neck plate, I remembered Garcia's guitars are Rosebud and Tiger. I don't know which is which, but my WGD is more built to play metal, with a Floyd and it will have some sort of high-output pickups in it. So, it is Metal Tiger, which is a fairly cool thing in the Chinese Zodiac. http://www.futurescopes.com/chinese-astrology-zodiac-signs/tiger/8454/metal-tiger-chinese-astrology
Anyway, I gave this info to DangerousR6, who came up with yet another killer neck plate. It is "Metal Tiger" in Chinese with tiger stripes in the background. Sorry the photo is upside down. :icon_biggrin:
Oh, and look at the birdseye in that neck!
I need more hours in the day and more energy to make use of those hours. :glasses9:
:headbang1:
