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Cobalt Fall

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  1. I would protect the slots/rollers and go ahead and paint it. Just make sure the slots and all moving parts are protected from paint and you should be fine. Perhaps just run some toothpicks into the slots.
  2. Ok - i hope this idea comes across without a diagram...... I think your concept whereas the neck extends under the pickup cavity is a cool solution to what you are trying to accomplish. But that joint forward of the pickup cavity is definitely the weak point, as you already pointed out. But.... What if you WIDENED the neck just inside the body line, and also reduced the area of the body that is contoured to the neck. Let me try to be more descriptive..... First, you should be able to thicken that weak point by having less of the body contoured to the neck. In your rendering, it looks that the "tunnel" contoured to the neck is, maybe, 1.5" to 2" long at the bass side, and a little less at the treble. What about reducing that? Make that "tunnel" as short as possible - maybe even down to 1/4" on the treble side. That'll beef up that weak joint significantly. Another idea (one that can be used in conjunction with the above concept) would be to widen the entire joint area of the neck. Think of it as a "paddle", if you will. Make the entire area that lies inside the body as wide (or wider) than the pickup cavity. Again, this will beef up that weak joint. The body area of the neck could even contain the entire routing area for pickups. Think of a neck with a wide "boat" at the end for the pickups, instead of the "dip" you have now. As a side "benefit", it may allow the neck and pickups to become one assembly (pickups mounted directly to the widened "paddle" portion of the neck). If the neck screws could be accessible without removing the pickups entirely (perhaps the "paddle" is wider than the pickups, and the area is simply covered with a trim plate of sorts), the whole neck/pickup assembly could be moved to a different body (your plug-n-play compatibility) fairly easily. I hope at least some if this is clear - if not, I *might* be able to pshop something......
  3. With the way that computerized routers and CNC machines are used today to cut guitar bodies, I don't think a factory laser etch job would be hard at all. Ibanez would already have the exact body contours in digital format. Really just a matter of programming a different machine with the same information. Then a laser could easily trace the body contour and get a sharp image. Lasers also barely spread over distance. There might not even be a need to map the carved top in order to get a sharp laser etched image. Just my non-professional opinion
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