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ptirman
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Very very nice! Flamed Koa?
Almost as nice as......never mind............
Isn't wood on vintage white really cool!
June 13th 2010, I promise I never saw it!
I gotta tell you what happened. I just took it to a guitar tech to do the soldering (I can't, I'm completely inadequate). He said, and I quote, " Damn, that's the coolest f***ing guitar I've ever seen. Man Warmoth is really pumpin out some great stuff". "This'll be fun to work on". I think that says a lot. Want to put a chrome cover on the humbucker. Anybody agree or disagree?
Almost as nice as......never mind............
Isn't wood on vintage white really cool!
June 13th 2010, I promise I never saw it!
I gotta tell you what happened. I just took it to a guitar tech to do the soldering (I can't, I'm completely inadequate). He said, and I quote, " Damn, that's the coolest f***ing guitar I've ever seen. Man Warmoth is really pumpin out some great stuff". "This'll be fun to work on". I think that says a lot. Want to put a chrome cover on the humbucker. Anybody agree or disagree?
tomroffey666
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Oh man that is AWESOME! I've always wanted to get a zebrawood fingerboard! And +1 on the chrome pickup cover.
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ptirman
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Thanks Tomo! I didn't think I could get a ZW fretboard and I just asked and they said yes! How cool is that?
I am going with a chrome cover. It'll start out that way anyway.
Cheers!
I am going with a chrome cover. It'll start out that way anyway.
Cheers!
tomroffey666
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Dammit i should of asked when i did my zebrawood soloist build haha would of looked epic!
DangerousR6
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That's what she said.... :doh:nexrex said:Wow that is some unbelievable looking wood
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ptirman
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Oh man I could post some really good smileys right now but I must resist. Especially since I don't want this thread locked
Death by Uberschall
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Different and cool :icon_thumright:
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Thanks DBU, just like your guitars - different and tres cool
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That awesome Phil!!! Particullary I'd have put a matching headstock venner... But can't say you did it wrong, it's amazing! 
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Thanks Fernando! I wanted the birdseye to shine through so that's why I didn't do the matching headstock but I guess it is just personal taste - I wanted stripes and dots. I love it and am so excited (as if you couldn't tell).
To me the fretboard plays just like finished maple because of the clear gloss finish (I only have experience on one other guitar with a zw fretboard and it too is finished and it feels exactly like the maple boards of Fenders from the 80's and 90's to me).
I want to know what you guys think of the powertron in neck position? Kind of a Strato Paul Gretsch Cabronita hybrid? We'll see how she sounds. I just hope there isn't too much discepency in the pickup's power.
To me the fretboard plays just like finished maple because of the clear gloss finish (I only have experience on one other guitar with a zw fretboard and it too is finished and it feels exactly like the maple boards of Fenders from the 80's and 90's to me).
I want to know what you guys think of the powertron in neck position? Kind of a Strato Paul Gretsch Cabronita hybrid? We'll see how she sounds. I just hope there isn't too much discepency in the pickup's power.
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Thanks Cagey, got the body laminate from ebay. I asked Ken if possible to do that because I really wanted flatsawn and he told me that it is really hard to get so if I found a piece AND it was kiln dried, he'd consider it. Kudos to him for doing it then telling me when I asked that he'd find a fretboard that I would like. Man did he. I couldn't be more pleased.
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Yeah, that's really unique, and not only that, it's beautiful!
I'm kinda surprised (although I've never really looked for it) that zebra can be bent for a Strat top (for the forearm contour). My experience with the stuff is that it's pretty brittle. Even thick pieces tend to snap fairly easily. I'm also surprised they'd use it for a fingerboard as the grain is pretty open, moreso even than mahogany. Does your 'board have a finish on it?
I'm kinda surprised (although I've never really looked for it) that zebra can be bent for a Strat top (for the forearm contour). My experience with the stuff is that it's pretty brittle. Even thick pieces tend to snap fairly easily. I'm also surprised they'd use it for a fingerboard as the grain is pretty open, moreso even than mahogany. Does your 'board have a finish on it?
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Yep it has a clear gloss finish much like the Fender maple boards of the 80's and 90's. Seems the finish is a little thinner on todays Fenders but I'm not sure about that. I like that feel where you have to kind of "wear it in" a bit like gloss finished Maple.
I can't wait to put it together and play the thing.
I can't wait to put it together and play the thing.
That's insane - the good kind. I have a Q: about #2 - the six strings on a seven neck, was it just to have lots of extra room up top? Who drilled the peghead tuner holes? The R: I'm asking is because I have this odd idea that a fretless guitar would work very, very much better if you had only 5, all WOUND strings. I've made a few and played a few other fretless sixes done the conventional way - fret nipper fury, epoxy-fill the gaps - and the unwound strings always die on the vine, so to speak. With five, you could go all wound, about 22-30-42-54-66 or so. A five-string bridge would be a minor problem - it needs to have the right curve, but not dead-perfect intonation, you get used to fretless pretty quickly that way. Did you have to really flatten out the bridge radius on your 6>7?
(I too, like the weird ones....) :hello2:
(I too, like the weird ones....) :hello2:
