daveq Posted October 10, 2003 Report Posted October 10, 2003 Does anyone happen to know if the skull inlay (available in the download section here) or the ones on ESP guitars actually have the eyes cut out and filled with wood or are they just grooves filled with something else? Quote
Brian Posted October 10, 2003 Report Posted October 10, 2003 Frome what I've seen they were filled with something black, probably just drilled down a little and paint added then filled with epoxy or something. Quote
Pushead Posted October 11, 2003 Report Posted October 11, 2003 Yes, it is filled with black epoxy Quote
rsera Posted October 11, 2003 Report Posted October 11, 2003 Hi Pushead, are you the guy that does the cool metallica artwork? Quote
Pushead Posted October 11, 2003 Report Posted October 11, 2003 Nope, I.. uh.. borrowed his name. Quote
feylya Posted October 12, 2003 Report Posted October 12, 2003 Hey, aren't you Fil, the bloke that used to do the Metallica tabs for Encycmet.com?? Quote
daveq Posted October 12, 2003 Author Report Posted October 12, 2003 Thanks - hey Pushead, is that a pic from a guitar you own? I was looking at Kirk Hamett's KH-2 and it looks like the inlay may be cut by hand? Each one looks a bit different (not just scaled down in size). I guess it would be difficult to get a machine to handle small pieces like that. If you have any more pictures of that inlay, I'd really like to see them. Thanks again, Dave Quote
Pushead Posted October 13, 2003 Report Posted October 13, 2003 feylya - yes, but that was a long time ago. Dave - Yes, I own that guitar. It was a very early release similar to the KH-2. It is NOT a KH-2 however. The headstock says ESP Custom, and it had a EMG 85 at the neck when I bought it. The serial number puts it at a 1993-1994 guitar. I don't believe that the signiture series came out until 95 or so. I've got other pics, lemme do some digging. Quote
Pushead Posted October 13, 2003 Report Posted October 13, 2003 Here we go. Not great, but hopefully good enough. You can see "grain" in the epoxy around the inlays, but that's probably more from the sanding. Under normal lights you can see it's black. Quote
daveq Posted October 13, 2003 Author Report Posted October 13, 2003 Wow, awesome pictures - thank you so much. Quote
feylya Posted October 13, 2003 Report Posted October 13, 2003 feylya - yes, but that was a long time ago. That's cool. Those tabs taught me how to play guitar. Cheers man. Quote
Pushead Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 feylya - thanks Dave, I was looking at the JH-1, and noticed that the 4M ninja star logo they use at the 1st fret does have the fretboard wood in the center. Quote
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