Project for a friend

Post by **Doog** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:29 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:

FINALLY got around to finishing this. Pics to come tomorrow. Gifting to my friend on Saturday. I went with a slightly darker blue (almost LPB) to offset the ugly a bit. It's still atrocious.

RIIIISE FROM YR GRAVE

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:56 am

Should be good!

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:39 pm

i found another maestro LP jr in my room whilst moving, and almost pm'ed you to see the status of this! so stoked for pics.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:19 am

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND, after rocking out with it for an hour, here it is. I've already scraped up the pickguard for that pre-worn in feel.

It's sorta hard to see, but the paint is metallic almost LPBish.

Comparison to Reece's shoop.

astro · Post by **astro** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:26 am

WHOA!

That came out really nice!

How would you say the quality is of the guitar, comparable to Epiphone I'm guessing? I imagine they are made in the same factory as Epiphone, but these tend to cost less to buy new for whatever reason. Plus I noticed the Maestro seems to have a true Gibson headstock shape. I've been tempted to get one like this and transform it into a "proper" junior with a P90 pickup.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:41 am

Comparable to an Epi Les Paul special. Cheapo hardware, decent electronics. Body wood seems to be decent quality. Tuners stay in tune and the action is a bit high for me but very playable. The neck is lovely actually. For what I see these go for second hand, it's a great starting point for a proper LP Jr. project.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:43 am

that looks great dude. did you paint the neck?

love the neck though, indeed.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:46 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:that looks great dude. did you paint the neck?

love the neck though, indeed.

I didn't actually. I actually really liked the look of it as bare wood. Looks great with the LPB paint job.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:50 am

Funny story, I put a bridge Loud Mouth in it at first... but didn't like the super power sound from it. So I put a neck Loud Mouth in instead and I really like the way it sounds. You can get some good diversity out of it now by splitting the bucker (the tone is actually a spin-a-split) and rolling off the volume a bit. Goes almost stratish.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:36 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:that looks great dude. did you paint the neck?

love the neck though, indeed.
I didn't actually. I actually really liked the look of it as bare wood. Looks great with the LPB paint job.

good man.

i've always wanted to put a neck pup in the bridge of something.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:48 am

guitar gifted. He loved it.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:54 am

nice!

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:11 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:

Awesome skills man ; )

What are them two pedals with the white knobblies btw? I've never seen them before

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:18 am

A Webmaster's paycheck.

Project for a friend

Best base guitar for project?