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NedRyerson

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Just placed my first official order with WM for the mahogany K-V body out of the Showcase. Also included the Strat-style boat jack plate because I want to mod the jack hole ( :laughing7: I'm such a juvenile...) so the cable isn't sticking straight upward out of the lower wing. I saw some pics of that V-style with the boat plate and thought that looked much better than using an angled cable.

Working on the body will take enough time to save up the cash for the neck!
 
That is cool. I have wondered about using a strat jack on those, or in my case, a potential Switchback body. Have any thoughts on a neck at this point?
 
Oh, plenty!  Tons of mockups in my graphics application.  I've settled on the ebony fretboard with gold frets and Supernova inlay in black pearloid. The wood and the headstock are still toss-ups, though.

Originally, I was going with maple neck and Arcade, since I was planning on painting the neck back the same satin black as the body.

But now, I'm back-tracking and considering flame maple with a lighter application of black dye instead.  Not sure yet, but have plenty of time to waffle back and forth on the decision! :)

And for headstock, I saw a design on another guitar builder site that I really like, and doesn't look like a Jackson clone.  From the design work, it looks like the only way I'd be able to replicate that is to carve down a CBS Strat, but I don't like the straight angle of the Fender headstock.  The tiltback Strat was better, but with it being thinner than the CBS, I wasn't sure.  But before I do that, I'm thinking of picking up a $35 neck off of eBay and practicing.

Better to ruin that than a $400 custom neck!  Might need to go with the paddle and cut that down if I can do it right on the practice neck.

 
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