THIRSTYGUMS

hi matt, no im not on the sevenstring forum that im aware of?! anyway heres a wee update, i did an ash and black line veneer today on the back of the headstock to beef it out and add alittle more support, (then thought of 8 strings tuggin on that thing while being thrown around on stage gave me the willys!) i also like the look! I like the look of anything non-standard in fact- but heres a couple of photos: and less blurry, the ash which will match the grain on the body:

Though i like the headstock it's irrelevant as its the choice of my customer. He wanted something with a bit of attitude, as well as being big enough to comfortably support 8 tuners. But yeah, cheers for the input!

(This is a duplicate of a thread i have started over at Talkbass.com but ill post it here as well for the hell of it.) 8 string Guitar for Conner brown of Putrefy heres what were going for ultimately: 8 string, 30" scale, Baritone guitar with one custom built Seymore duncan Invader pick up and one aluminium 8 string bridge made by E.T.S guitar hardware in Germany. Maple purpleheart neck-through, ash body with flamed maple top. Green stain with burst, high gloss on top natural wood and satin finish on the back and sides. 24 Jumbo frets, wenge finger board with a large pearl 'PUTREFY' inlay. yea boiii! http://www.putrefy.co.uk/ mock up of the inlay: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...rtionlarger.jpg http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2004.jpg http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_1997.jpg the happy camper himself: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2016.jpg neck profiled, volute carved and headstock cut today, shes shaping up nicely and we have decided to use a different more gooderer top i found on evilbay: hunk o' tree: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2086.jpg cut down and sanded: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2093.jpg http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2097.jpg better shot of the headstock, a sort of Ibanez/E.S.P hybrid on steroids for extra badness! : http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2100.jpg and the new improved top: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THIRSTYGUMS/KD68A.jpg ONE PIC PER POST RULE ON THIS FORUM