Quick update on the Brutal Legend V project.

[anorakDan]

Today, my Warmoth V body arrived from Tonar. I am at a loss for words. It is so black, and so smooth and shiny! Fantastic job, Greg, thank you so much.

If anyone reading this is maybe thinking about a Tonar finish, DO IT! The man is a complete professional. I would have no idea there was a pinhole that gave Greg some fits, if he hadn't confessed and shown the pics. I know I could never have produced a black lacquer finish this impressive.

I got the neck back from Cagey a few weeks ago. He dressed and polished my frets and polished the raw Padouk neck, as well as installing threaded inserts to allow me to use machine screws rather than the traditional wood screws for the neck-to-body joint.

If you're thinking about having Cagey do some neck work for you, DO IT! Again, a total professional job that I won't hesitate to repeat for my next Warmoth project.

I have almost all the parts I need to complete this project; pickups, bridge, pickguard, jack etc. I am going to try to shoot pics as I proceed with the build. I had to just post a quick rave about two of the many talented people on this board. Great jobs, guys and thanks a million!

 

[Glimmer]

WTF – no pics??? :icon_scratch:

 

[stratamania]

Now we are all curious AnorakDan. Lights, camera, action lest we pine for the fjords  ccasion14:

 

[mayfly]

Dan.  With a tease like that you need to give us SOMETHING 

 

[anorakDan]

Jeez, guys. I'm blushin' from all the attention.

Apologies, but I have no phone or digital camera to shoot with and the roomie who does have one wasn't home until late (I presume.)

I'll bolt the neck to the body tonight and try to get him to snap a couple so I can post 'em.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Jeez, guys. I'm blushin' from all the attention.

Apologies, but I have no phone or digital camera to shoot with and the roomie who does have one wasn't home until late (I presume.)

I'll bolt the neck to the body tonight and try to get him to snap a couple so I can post 'em.

Go to the library, use the webcam on their pc's. 

Geesh, Dan, people are waiting... :glasses10:

 

[fdesalvo]

You are one mean sonovabish, AD.

 

[anorakDan]

I tried to post this last night. Don't know why it didn't post, but here's another try. Note the threaded brass inserts in the neck heel for machine screws instead of the traditional wood screws. GFS Mean 90 pickups and a GFS chrome Wilkinson tremolo bridge. The Angry Skull chrome UFO knobs are from Q-Parts and the chrome skull tuners came from a forgotten seller on Ebay.

 

[Tonar8352]

It looks beautiful!  ccasion14:

 

[anorakDan]

D'oh! Sorry about the oversize pics! I complain about those all the time!

 

[Glimmer]

Lookin' mighty nice! :icon_thumright: That is going to be one fine FV.

Wish we could see a bit of detail on that finish. Against that bright background it's a solid 2D black shape. Might be difficult to capture.

 

[stratamania]

:kewlpics:

 

[BigSteve22]

the chrome skull tuners came from a forgotten seller on Ebay.

Nice start you got going. I like those tuner knobs, what kind of tuners are they attached to?

 

[anorakDan]

the chrome skull tuners came from a forgotten seller on Ebay.

Nice start you got going. I like those tuner knobs, what kind of tuners are they attached to?

Thank you. They're just cheapie tuners from Ebay. I think the total cost was $15 with shipping. They'll be good enough for now at least. I'm pretty sure I can swap 'em out to use on better machines in the future if they prove problematic.