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  1. supplebanana
    Looks like you've been performing surgery with that knife!!!! lol Fantastic work!
  2. supplebanana
    yeah but then it will bounce off the beanbag & ding the car...lol
  3. supplebanana
    looking stunning Lee.
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    it can be done on a curved headstock too - I did this a few weeks ago - I did this by soaking the veneer in a shallow tray of boiling water straight from the kettle. Leave it for about 5 mins to allow the hot water to penetrate through the veneer & then clamping it in position unglued & then leaving it to cool/dry out fully. Then when it was dry glue it in position using the same method as before.
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    Hey - I got a chrome bridge like that on the Explorer(ish) guitar I built years ago (currently stripped for a refinish too!). It's a single locking Floyd. IMHO - you've got two choices - relic the sh!t out of it (half way there already) & replace the dodgy electrics or go for the total refinish.
  6. supplebanana
    8 strings??!!?? I struggle with six!!! impressive stuff - as usual.
  7. supplebanana
    Well - if you think this lot is witch-craft & elec-trickery you'd better not see the stuff I work with in my day-job. High freq microwave radio transceivers..... now THAT is a Black Art - people have been burned for less, lol. I could tell you about it....but then I'd have to kill ya ;-).
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    the pickups came from a guy on evilbay in the states - he'd bought a joblot of them (OEM). I payed about £30 ukfg each for them. but if you want to buy them dimarzio or MM won't sell you them (Mr. VH is very **** that way) however after speaking with a guy that works for DM he told me with a wink what else would to the trick if I couldn't lay my hands on any more. Try DM DP155F's in zebra & you'll be buying "exactly" the same thing....
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    you ask nicely... very very nicely... and then you pay the man.... and then if he's feeling kind he may think about making you some.... is that right RAD?
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    interested in how this comes out - i have a neck & genuine pickups waiting for one of these & just need the time to actually start it! good luck!
  11. supplebanana
    wow...
  12. supplebanana
    looking good Muzz.
  13. supplebanana
    thx Scott - yeah Indian with Honduras f/b.
  14. supplebanana
    Here's a quick update. This is the flamed maple veneer for the headstock. I steamed & clamped it to get it to fit round the curved section. Veneered & machine holes drilles & then machines fitted. Test fit:
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    glad things are back on track Lee. looking good.
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    I managed to track the thread down here: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=41469&hl= - i think the 1st part was lost with a forum crash or something. There's some more picks on RAD's site here http://guitarlogistics.blogspot.com/2010/08/hand-of-doom.html
  17. supplebanana
    it doesnt i stand corrected - i knew it wouldn't affect the side dots but wasn't sure about the abalone
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    Lee - I think RAD will appreciate the effort & persistance you are putting in to this - remember his Hand Of Doom build? That was a guitar that also didn't want to be built & fought him all the way! Look how it turned out. I think this could go the same way. Personally I wouldn't dye the fretboard - I prefer it striped - and from what has happened with Bob Taylor & the supply of ebony we'd all better get used to it...lol. I don't think that the dye will affect the side dots but it may discolour the abalone.
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    Whoa - no "Stairway"!? I agree not a top 100 but still impressive view of guitar history... as far as a top 100 goes its virtually impossible to select an "ultimate" 100 - you could ask 100 people & they'd all have a different 100 - there would be some consistancies between lists but very few would be identical.
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    doesn't look genuine to me.... routes look like they were done with a rusty spoon! never seen an original decal bubble either. date looks authentic enough but I've seen plenty of fakes that also look authentic. a good relicer can replicate it better than this easily. its probably worth less in its current condition than if it gets a GOOD refinish. edit; extra pics - you've done a good clean up job but I've also never seen a decal as close to the edge of the headstock
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    spooky i was just thinking that very same thing when your post popped up!!! "do not adjust your TV - you have just entered the Twilight Zone"........
  22. supplebanana
    Welcome!
  23. supplebanana
    me likey!
  24. supplebanana
    i agree Lee - as much as the 'bolo looks good, it's too "samey". any way some great building weather we're having here - unfortunately it's turning more into "drinking" weather at my house not helped by the fact that it's allowing us to acclimatise a little before setting off for Greece on Tuesday! any way keep up the good work!
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    looking good as usual Amdy - curious tho' - is that another LP I see in the back-shot? was this the "template"?
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