(Non Warmoth) PVX kit build

[Scythes]

Okey! my next project is under way..this time a kit from PVX Guitars. It´s a set-neck with a onepiece mahogany back and a flame maple top.
The kit (special request order) including the  Floyd Rose tremolo set me back about 900 USD..more then worth it. The kit is delivered in a more rough shape then Warmoth, so finish sanding is required.

Here are a few pictures - the first one taken by PVX after the kit was finished and testassembled. The second taken by me after I drilled the holes for knobs and switches.

I´m currently finishsanding thee body, getting it ready for stain. The neck I repacked into a sealed bag after inspecting it so that it won`t be affected by humiditychanges before I can get finish on it.

 

[DangerousR6]

Pretty cool... :icon_thumright:

 

[croquet hoop]

I really love this shape. How do you plan on finishing it?

Btw, is that a 22 or 24 frets neck?

 

[Scythes]

I really love this shape. How do you plan on finishing it?

Btw, is that a 22 or 24 frets neck?

The shape is killer!! I plan on staining the top straight green...no black base is I did with my Warmoth. All PVX guitars have a 24 fret neck.

Here is a pciture og the guitar wet with alcohol to really show of the grain figure. The guitar body is also completly finishsanded at this point.

 

[Cagey]

That's a nice body. Reminds me of a pre-lawsuit VIP, which is to say, a PRS Custom 24.

 

[Scythes]

That's a nice body. Reminds me of a pre-lawsuit VIP, which is to say, a PRS Custom 24.

That would be correct. The kit is a PRS inspired guitar. The only things setting it apart is the headstock is slightly different and the carve around two cut aways and the tummy cut is a little different. Based on pictures I have seen of early versions of the kit also PVX was forced to make changes to set it apart from gje original PRS.

 

[Kuro Uma]

All PVX guitars have a 24 fret neck.

Their single cutaway has 22 frets. I've been kinda thinking about getting one actually. But they won't do a rosewood neck.

 

[Scythes]

All PVX guitars have a 24 fret neck.

Their single cutaway has 22 frets. I've been kinda thinking about getting one actually. But they won't do a rosewood neck.

Then I stand corrected! The double cutaway is at least a 24 fret model
Have you asked Paul about a rosewood neck? I´d bet if he could get the wood for it he would make you one. He was super cool about helping me out with a floyd rose and I have seen him do special request wood options too.

Anyway! Here is the top all stained and pretty!

 

[Kuro Uma]

Have you asked Paul about a rosewood neck? I´d bet if he could get the wood for it he would make you one. He was super cool about helping me out with a floyd rose and I have seen him do special request wood options too.

I have, on multiple occasions. I even offered to buy the rosewood blank and send it his way. He can do just about anything else but that it seems.

Yours is looking good by the way  :icon_thumright:

 

[Scythes]

Grainfilling complete. Picture taken wet with alcohol to show how it will look after the clear laquer on later.

 

[ThePhilosopher]

That sure is a pretty finish.  ccasion14:

 

[alterbridgefan]

I wonder if these can be made just like PRS guitars. I might have to make one.

 

[DangerousR6]

I wonder if these can be made just like PRS guitars. I might have to make one.

The fact that you build it yourself and it has an option for a Floyd....C'mon, that makes it 10x better than a prs.. :icon_thumright:

 

[alterbridgefan]

I wonder if these can be made just like PRS guitars. I might have to make one.

The fact that you build it yourself and it has an option for a Floyd....C'mon, that makes it 10x better than a prs.. :icon_thumright:

No floyd for me.  :confused4: I've had 2 guitars with floyds, and both sucked. I'd rather have a wilky or something. I was asking because I want to make a lifeson-ish guitar. I don't remember if his prs has a floyd...

 

[Cagey]

No, PRS doesn't use Floyds; they use a variation of Fender's 6-point vibrato bridge, which is a mechanically inferior design that can be a real problem child. As overblown as Floyds are, you'd be better off with one. It's a glaring deficiency in what are otherwise very nice guitars.

 

[rapfohl09]

These seem like pretty cool little kits. How did gluing the neck in go? I have always wondered how you get good glue coverage in the tenon when it is one of those super long ones and the maple cap is on already.

 

[Scythes]

These seem like pretty cool little kits. How did gluing the neck in go? I have always wondered how you get good glue coverage in the tenon when it is one of those super long ones and the maple cap is on already.

I haven't glued the neck yet..but it should not be a problem. Just spread the glue good on both maple and mahogany before sliding it the neck and it should be fine!

I wonder if these can be made just like PRS guitars. I might have to make one.

The fact that you build it yourself and it has an option for a Floyd....C'mon, that makes it 10x better than a prs.. :icon_thumright:

Lol, but the Floyd is still a prototype on special order from PVX. They don't have it as å standard option yet. But Paul Vogt said they are working on it...probably gonna be a standard in the near future.

 

[croquet hoop]

The price shown on their website is actually way inferior that what you said you paid for your kit; is that because of the custom work you asked (FR trem), or did I just look at the wrong kit ?

Because $400 for a standard kit makes it very appealing.

 

[Scythes]

The price shown on their website is actually way inferior that what you said you paid for your kit; is that because of the custom work you asked (FR trem), or did I just look at the wrong kit ?

Because $400 for a standard kit makes it very appealing.

Yes, the price I paid is including the custom work and Floyd Rose it self. 400-450$ is the right price for the standard kit depending on the choice in frets and inlays etc.

 

[Scythes]

Got a few coats of clear on, staring to shine a litttle. The color ended up å bit darker then i wanted, but can't do much about it now.