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copy/paste from www.sevenstring.org

Yeah right!

I just purchased a Ibanez HRG7 in Flat Black and it's already full of finger prints and stuff. Is there any official product/way to clean flat finishes? No way to buy any crap that will gloss up the matte finish. Can I use Dunlop Formula 65 with satin finish anyway?

Any cues?

So what's been the problem with the other builders you've contacted?

One word : Backlogged.

Too much work,don't take new orders 'till???? I've dealt with a UK builder, but man, I'm in canada, and The British Pound is errrm... pounding me!

Yeah right!

I've been searching for some time now... I try my luck here.

Here are the specs for the Unfinished parts :

Body :

-RGA7 with AANJ if Bolt-on, no monkey grip or any UV related stuff

-Swamp Ash or Ash, not sure- I'll probably make a Trans Dark red satin finish with that one, so errm... maybe it's better to have at least a top that is one piece???

-Routed for EMG707 sized humbuckers H-H

-Back routed control cavity, 1 volume hole, one 3 way blade switch slot

-Routed for TonePros Tune-o-Matic bridge with strings thru body (no damn floyd for me!) with Diagonal string holes. (Low B would be the lower and High E, the higher)

-An independant battery cavity would be nice

-Recessed jack input (like Jem's and UV's)

Neck :

-Reversed Ibanez Headstock with traditionnal tilt and headstock angles

-No truss rod cover

-Graphite or Earvana Nut

-Blank black Ebony Fretboard, 24 frets with thin fretwire to minimize fretbuzz (Thick strings user)

-Side dots would be nice

-Hard maple with purpleheart or wenge laminates, as long as it makes a damn solid neck. Do you do 5 or 3 pieces neck? Which means 1 or 2 laminates?

-I'll have the neck Tung Oil finished and the headstock front probably matching the body

I don't care if it'S CNC or Handmade, but I'd want good quality and specs as close as possible to an original RG7

Thanks for giving a damn

JP

p.s. for final color, think Schecter Jeff Loomis signature and for switch and volume positionning, think Ibanez Mick Thomson signature