mailman

You can strip it without damaging the binding, it just takes a lot more work.

how much work we talking here? considering its just the back and not the top that would need to be stripped

I think I just vomited.

I think I'm about to do the same thing. Might be breakfast bothering me though.

Anyway.. You should go get your guitar and strip the paint off it then redo it clear. I don't know why you would want to paint such a pretty guitar anyway.

not gonna happen because of the binding

Oh no....say it's not pink....what's the damage?

i was gonna go with trans-black back and classic white top, with black/brown bursting around to look like a burn. not sure if i posted the rendering.

but yeah, they went ahead and painted solid white and were planning on putting some sort of silverburst on it.....yikes

Oh ****.

Wired crossed and it was just painted the wrong color. Damnit...

Man, awesome work on the binding getting all those joints to line up.

haha, I want to give Vadim a big hug for all the hell I put him through on that

Why was the guitar finished before all of the routs and holes were drilled for the tuners, pickups, and controls?

It wasn't finished. 1st layer of lacquer to fill in grain, it'll likely be sanded back down to wood tomorrow.

Lookin' Great! Without intentional spelling errors, it's "Sentinel" btw...

i know, i made a typo when i started the thread and can't edit it

PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_7196.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_7197.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_7198.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_7199.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_7200.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_7195.jpg

The binding job to for-freakin-ever to finish but I'm glad that hurdle is over and they can continue on to the rest

how about angling though? do you see any potential benefit from angling a pickup so certain strings are further from the bridge (or vice versa)? obviously it's done more frequently on neck pickups but I'm wondering how that would play on the bridge

On a single pickup guitar, with all that space to work with between the bridge and the fretboard end, what would be the optimal placement for a pickup?

assuming the pickup is blade style (e.g. bill lawrence, duncan blackout, etc.) and pole spacing is of no concern, would angling the pickup be of any benefit?

considering you only have one to work with for both leads and rhythms, if you had carte-blanche on how to pick a spot how would you do it?

:)thx

where is the finished product?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_6451.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_6452.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_6456.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_6457.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_/CS-1986_6449.jpg

Charvel sold (to me )

dont like it at all sorry matt

looks way out of proportion

Now go build the thing!

I'm sorry...I'm.....just...not ready for that kind of commitment

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/4062/suga...alfront1ak3.jpg

final render, black hardware

i dunno if thats such a good idea..

do thinner stripes but follow the outside contours of the body? Ive never seen that done before. Maybe even try morphing the stripes so that as they get closer to the middle

i have no idea what you just said

as for a "dirty" look, i was planning on making the white "messy" like dripping and grungy like that dean zakk one posted

i just didnt want to bother wasting his time make me a complex design for the top. figued id leave that to the real painter.

im thinking of going with black now...

any suggestions? the guys been fielding ideas and showing them to me for a few days now. nothing i've liked more than the stripes so far.

That 3d model is fantastic!

hes been doing mock up of ppls customshop ideas on the dean forum for a few weeks now, thats how i found him. i cant believe how quickly he was able to model the entire guitar and hardware and everything though. guys good at what he does.

i just bought a korina jackson KV with no paint, all natural, so ive got my fill of natural grain for now

KV1? They kick ass!

KV2 i believe

just as kickass

this is with black hardware, for all those who want to convince me to do black hw

MAN I love how that looks but man why paint it like that keep that sexy wood showing

meh. the back is showing, i wanted a solid painted top

i just bought a korina jackson KV with no paint, all natural, so ive got my fill of natural grain for now

black hardware would also look good, but as a Pittsburgh sports fan, im stickin with the black/gold/white scheme

no, its not dead yet!!!

lol

in the long wait for this, i was talking to a friend whos great at 3D modelling and he whipped this up in a matter of no time:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/278/sug...rotosidejn7.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8885/su...rotobacklm1.jpg

well the luthier that did it is pretty highly reccommended at the jackson/charvel forum and they said the dealer is good

so i figure getting it and repainting it would bring it back to new looking and sounding

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

thinking of making a bid since its USA and all

but how does this damage look to you pros who deal with this more often than someone like me?