Spider-Skot Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Hey, guys. How's it going? Well, I posted pics of the guitar I call TS2, (Thinskull 2) a couple of weeks ago, you know, the skull looking one with the wicked headstock... Well I also promised pics of his big grother, TS1. I actually finished modifying this one first, but the owner never took it to get it rewired. I finally made him give it back so I could rewire it myself TS1 is basically an old '80's Kramer. Not sure of the model though. It has a set of Seymour Duncan H/S/S with 5 way switch, 1 volume, 2 tones and a coil tap switch. Floyd Rose II double locking tremolo. Anyway, here are the pics. Hope you like this one I used razor blades and chisels to carve the black areas down, which left the other areas higher. I used wood putty to build up around the eyes and cheekbones, and also horns coming from the eye sockets up to the top of the skull. I got the crackled finish by painting the whole thing black, then clear coating it. I then used gray primer over the clear coat and it seperated leaving all these cool gashes in it. (It's something I did by accident once, but remembered the results.) Then a final coating of clear. The neck is also painted black and buffed to a good shine. For the headstock "Thinskull" logo, I printed out THINSKULL at the right size and font, then I cut the letters out. I used Elmer's glue and dripped it on each letter until it filled the letter to the edge. After that was dry, I glued it to the headstock and painted it red. I really like the contour of it. I'm really starting to dislike flat surfaces I had to do a bit more sculpting on this one because I had the 5-way switch and coil tap switch to make way for. On TS2, I just covered them all up Well, there ya go. Thanks for looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 JESUS CHRIST! Thats awesome! How long did it take you to scuplt it? You make some very origanal and cool guitars. Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Dude, that thing ROCKS! Very well done, I hope she plays as well as she looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Totally wicked bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalefish Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Whoa... Rocks, man, rocks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Skot Posted March 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Wow. Thanks for the nice comments! It took me probably 3 weeks or so to do the sculpting and another week or so for the paint job. Then it hung up in the owner's house for 2 years. This thing plays great. The neck is a little fat for my taste, but the action is good and the Duncans are sweet Thanks again Skot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem7RB UK Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Sweet work Bro, Gives me an Idea Rock on Dude Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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