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Hi All, Here is my third entry, no my fourth I think anyway. This guitar is called the Revelation. This is the prototype for this model and has been in the works for several years and I finished it in Dec.07 The guitar was scheduled to go to winter NAMM in the AxeTrak booth. As I was doing the final set up on the guitar I noticed some small cracks in the ebony finger board not what a person wants to see three days before departure. I tried to salvage the neck but the glue joint would have nothing to do with that notion which left me one option. New neck. Luckily I had some blanks already glued up, and was able to finish everything up the day before I flew out. The finish is a three color burst starting with lemon yellow, vintage amber, and finally the cherry red. I hope you guys like her. Mike Revelation Specs. are as follows 5 piece curly maple/bubinga stripes Black headstock Ebony fingerboard 13 degree headstock angle 25" scale fingerboard 12" radius neck RSG logo inlay at 12th fret/MOP White side dot markers Jumbo frets Bone nut Sperzel standard tuners/ Satin Chrome Dual action truss rod Chrome Neck Mounting Ferrules /With stainless steel screws Mahogany Body with Curly maple cap Three color Cherry Burst / Nitro Finish Invader Seymour Duncan in the bridge /with chrome PU ring SH-2 Seymour Duncan in the Neck /with chrome PU ring TOM Bridge/ Chrome String through body design/ Chrome Shielded electronics cavity 1 Volume, 1 Tone Chrome Metal dome knobs Three way selector switch/ Chrome 9-46 gauge strings Here is a picture of Paul Gilbert the Revelation and Me Picture 5 Carrina Alfie Revelation and Me Picture 6 John "JD" Deservio bass player for Black Label Society Picture 7 Finally the link to the Revelation Page on my site http://www.rocksmithguitars.com/revelation2.htm

Glad to have you on-board I think I can speak for everyone in saying that any question you have you can post it in the correct category and the collective that is project guitar will do our best in helping you. Good luck on the first build we would love to see pictures when you get around to that part of your project. Mike

Well the first thing that comes to mind is that wood expands and contracts at a greater rate than shell, so you might run into a problem there. That said you need to have a very stable fingerboard IE. low moister content to start with. As long as your fingerboard is stable and you think it would make the project a hit why not try it. you just need to keep this guitar from moving from extremes temp and humidity and let it acclimate slowly when moved to a new location as you would any guitar, but this one more so. Ten years down the road you may see a little lifting here and there but nothing that is not a kwik fix. That's my two cents anyway good luck and have fun with it. Mike

Nice job really nice looking bass! Mike

My vote went to Marcovis. I have heard/read that some people on the forum think his guitars are a modified Les Paul. After seeing his instruments first hand, and I have to say that they are quite unique in many ways. The workmanship is awesome, very detailed work. I love his neck transition it is very sweet and extremely comfortable. Marcovis nice work and a great cause love the woods you used very unique. Mike

Thanks, http://www.rocksmithguitars.com/

I have been woodworking for lets see I just turned 42 and I started at 5 yrs old....... Dam thats a long time ! I have used so many different tools it's not funny. But I am impressed with the rigid line of tools. I have their 6" jointer and two of their plunge router sets. One I leave in my router table and the other I use for all of my hand held work. Much nicer then the porter cable router of the same specs. In fact I bought it first and the dam spindle lock broke after two weeks, so I returned it and got the rigid. It is very smooth in operation and has a handy light to see your work better. It comes with a fixed, and plunge base in a handy soft case/bag. The jointer has worked great and grizzly has a spiral cutter head for it that I would like to get for it. That would be sweet!!!!!!! Anyway thats my two cents. Ridgid router set Ridgid 6" jointer Mike [Edit: Had to make those first two pics into links; they're really hi-res and massive]

Really sweet job for the first go around. Great job I look forward to seeing the next one. Mike

it's the same burst i did on my Revelation. The carved top is going to get black hardware. Here is a look at the Revelation......... It's a three color burst / Lemon yellow center, vintage amber, and then cherry red... Hardware on Revelation will be chrome. Mike

sorry wrong path to pick............. Mike

Well after much debate with myself I finally decided on this as my color scheme. What do you think? Mike

Really nice work and very clean. Keep up the good work. Mike

Really nice work I love what you got going on some really nice projects. and I can see the pics yeah!!!!!!! Mike

Here is a strange one I had to do for a friend. It is a midget Michael Angelo Dean Evo. It is what it is.......... Mike

I just like the way it looks with the bridge recessed very clean look. Mike

It is extremely comfy very tight and light will be an extremely fun guitar to play! Mike

Thanks for all the great comments. I used tinted lacquers after about five coats of clear. Mike

Here are a few pics of one of the guitars I am currently working on. It's named "Revelation" . The first time a friend of mine saw this body design he said it looked like it was on fire, so I thought I would give it a finish to match. It has three colors in the burst. First it was shot with lemon yellow, then vintage amber, and Finlay cherry red to finish off the burst. I wanted it to be quite a bit deeper and darker than a traditional cherry burst. I think it came out very nice. The first three shots were int the shop spray booth and the last was outside. I will post a pic of the back which is all deep cherry red when I get a chance. All comments welcome. So tell me what you think. Mike Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4

I don't see any pics Mike

I think your work is awesome my Friend keep on building. Mike

I have to say that all the projects this month are awesome each with their own merits. The designs the woods the finishes and the overall composition of the guitars was quite divers. To me thats how we express our art of lutherie. If we all built the same or similar designs how boring would that be. This is truly a great place for the guitar/luther enthusiast. I hope to see more projects in the future from all of you nice job and well done everyone. Mike

Thanks all for the info it looks like HuntinDoug has the cross thing down or what some awesome looking stuff . Mike

i need to find a set of abalone inlays the same as or similar to this looked through the supplies section and looked on the sites and couldn't find any. Can anyone suggest a site or supplier. Mike

BB King Joe Satriani Steve Vai Randy Rhodes Richie Sambora Eddie Van Halen Neal Schon Vito Bratta(White Lion) Tommy Shaw Tony Palacios(Gaurdian) Oz Fox George Lynch Nuno Bettencourt Eric Johnson Jeff Beck Slash Michael Angelo This guy is a really great guy Went to dinner with him and John Puhl (Director of Sales)after the clinic he did at Blue Rock Guitars & More. Extremely nice down to earth guy who is big on education of music for kids. He was talking about not putting other people down and just do whatever you want to do and pursue it with all that you are. He wasn't opinionated or thinking he was God's gift to the music world just another guy, but with a great talent and ability to play the guitar. There are more but this will do. Mike

Hey here is an idea why don't you talk to your local nursery or tree dealer and see if they can give some help. Mike