Spuds27

i was actually gonna get it like a dark gray bandaged kinda look. i have the hardware, back plates and trem cover all in chrome for it. im not much of a fan of gold on guitars

Steve-Mo

I see, that'll look really cool. Do you think this guitar will look okay with silver hardware? Because I'd prefer not to have to buy all new stuff right away and an curious.

Emoishboy

Well, if you're looking for something cheaper,
you could look on www.dragonfireguitars.com
They have a set of active pickups which are supposedly really close to EMGs. I, personally, haven't tried them. You could also look in to guitarheads active pickups.

Have a sizzlin' day,
AJ

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Peavey Supreme 100W head
Crate 4x12 cab
Epiphone Les Paul Standard+
Modded Johnson Stratocaster

Spuds27

i think silver hardware looks good on dark guitars but for me personally, i like black on just about anything

Steve-Mo

Yup, i know of em and considering all options at this point. the GFS ones seemed rather interesting, but i've heard of long wait for orders.

Steve-Mo

Cleared and buffed.

blindsagacity

super sexy. good job!

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Shinozoku

I've heard to stay away from the GFS Rails, but their VEH is actually the shit (like that paint job)

Great work! I can't wait to see the whole thing done

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blindsagacity

oh, you mean the rail full sized hums I assume. idk about those...

but the SC sized are great

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Steve-Mo

Yeah, I'm interested in the Crunchy Rail humbuckers they got, I'm definitely going to read into them some more. I only want something like that for the bridge, I'm not sure about the neck yet.

Little update on the hardware: Picking up a super cheap BC Rich Warlock, body is in rough shape (another project body most likely though), but has the hardware I'll need, all in great shape. Black LFR, 500K pots and dome knobs. Getting it way cheaper than the price of a new LFR, so what the hell.

The body is a fun future project though. I'm thinking red, with a maple neck with black sharkies, silver hardware.

Spuds27

cool

divinorum69

Great!

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Steve-Mo

Better shot at the finish:


It's not super glossy, but that's what I wanted. In the light you can see the difference of layers of the black and red giving off the appearance of actual rips, which I love.

Steve-Mo

Here's the some new shots of the current progress. Guy who I'm getting the other stuff off of is being a turd, so I'm probably going to just set this up with the current trem once I get my locking grovers in the mail. I don't think it looks bad with the silver anyway.





(Still using my phone, sorry for the shit pictures)

distortion896

schweet!!! i think i may try something similar. how much did that all cost?

Shashing

Looks pretty awesome, man.

Edit: now that I look at it again, that headstock looks great with everything, much better than the usual 6 in-line imo.

Steve-Mo

Getting it painted cost me $30, but professionals charge way more than that. Everything else is totaled to about $100, that's the body, neck, tuners, and bridge. I had the pups laying around, somehow I forgot about em.

Clodex

Raring with Uber Awsomeness

Steve-Mo

Small update:

I'm low on funds at the time being so this is taking longer than expected. I decided to go with a Duncan '59 in the neck and a Bill Lawrence L-500XL for the bridge. I've got the '59 in the mail and am ordering the graph tech nut and the Bill Lawrence this weekend. Also, I acquired Grover locking tuners and have them installed. So this project should be done in a week or two.

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