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Hahaha thanks. Was also wondering if the clear coat would darken the color at all, or would I have to get that nice brightness with the stains. Jani is one of my heros, along with Herman Li and Emppu (I'm a power metal head) I told myself I'm gonna get a Kelly, and then I was looking around and none of them were what I wanted... And then I saw a DVD of one of Sonata Arctica's concerts and I'm like "That settles it!" Found out what guitar he uses, and said he was custom. All I saw was a natural wood color (Ugly I might add).

I'm new to building a guitar, but because I can't find the guitar I really really want, I have to make it. It's going to be a DT200 Destroyer, with a modification to the lower front horn on the right handed model. And I've just recently seen Jani of Sonata Arctica playing that guitar, with a nice stain job on it. And I'm trying to find out how you would get a stain job like that. It's really beautiful except for that little notch on the horn which I am removing. I'm just going to try to get an Ibanez neck for it. Since the original is an Ibanez model. If you can tell me how I would go about getting that nice bright red, I would be much appreciated.

Darn lol gonna be a pain to put the spot in the body. I guess the things you do for what you want in a guitar Thanks for the info. I guess I should ask if the distance the bridge is from the neck matters, and if so, what is the distance used?

Dude that is a beautiful guitar. I'm really curious about how many hours it took you to go from start to finish (not including the color tests) to actually build that. Also how many days did you work on it? Great guitar, I think this summer I'm gonna try this and I'm wondering how hard it is to put a Floyd Rose inside a body?