Gigabyte Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 (edited) Thought I'd show you guys my first guitar. I basically just stripped all the parts off my RG220 and remade this guitar with the new body I made and a cuople of misc. parts I bought like push/pull pots. It's basswood with Duplicolor paint.... It's not exact as far as the body goes.. I had to make some revisions to the inner parts of the horns as well as the neck heal to accomdate the neck..... Anyway here's the link: JS guitar It's friggin Geocities so I apologize if it gives you trouble. If it doesn't let you see it because of bandwidth just try back later.............. Hope you like.... Fred EDIT: If the above link doesn't work try this one: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/shadowninja_x/ Edited October 6, 2004 by Gigabyte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 I think you did an excellent job, how does it play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigabyte Posted October 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Thanks! It plays excellent suprisingly. I've played real JS guitars before but never like the neck or the pickups.... I didn't think it was going to come out as good as it did being my first and all. The sustain is noticably better than the RG was too.. I opened a a photobucket account since Geocities sucks so here's a new link: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/shadowninja_x/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82DeanZ Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Well done! Wow, that's three JS projects in a row now! I like the color. Very nice. Best Regards, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt76 Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Hi Gigabyte Congratulations, excellent job, amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyunsu Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 wow.. good finish.. perfect... very.. good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 What's up with all these JSsssssss suddenly appearing out of the woodworks???? Very cool. I must say this one looks great Gigabyte, I also like the way you handled the back of the AANJ on this one. I was thinking doing something similar on mine. On JS/Radius plans this swirl comes from lower horn and ends at top of neckplate. With AANJ this solution wouldn't work (as there is no neckplate), so JEM style swirl works magic. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 The guitar is quite well executed, but what really got me was the finish. It looks truly pro in the pics; if you hadn't told me you built it, I'd've guessed you got the body from the factory! GOTM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Wow, very well done. Amazing carving, it looks so real. I love the AANJ on that body, and with that neck the guitar looks better. I never like the straight headstock on the real JS, so I love this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Amazing carving, it looks so real. Giga, what tools did you use to carve that body???? It looks better then some factory prototypes I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigabyte Posted October 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 (edited) Thanks for the kind words guys. The paint was a mother... I used 4 cans of primer (lots of sanding), 1 can of Gunmetal Grey (Metallic), and 3 cans of clear..... I went straight to 1500 grit (wet) and then finished with 3M Rubbing Compound.... ....Giga, what tools did you use to carve that body???? It looks better then some factory prototypes I have seen. As far as shaping what I did was just run around the whole body with 1/2 radius bit (except close to the neck pocket).. everything else I did with files, chisels and a spokeshave I think it's called.... I also used an orbit sander, sand paper and a sanding block... The most useful tool for me was the spokeshave. I just penciled were I wanted the line to end and then just shaved excess off like butter... Edited October 6, 2004 by Gigabyte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Well done! The contours could be a touch softer, but overall, you really nailed it! Really nice finish, too. You did a great job of marrying the 24-fret neck with the JS style body. Great to see more JS/Radius fanatics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 What's up with all these JSsssssss suddenly appearing out of the woodworks???? Very cool. If I can say this and don't get flamed by Jeremy... I think that JS is more beautiful than the RG style!! I guess that more people are realizing that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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