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Quite like the look of this although the neck could be more classy. He appears to have teh skillz looking at that body and i'd like to hear how it sounds.

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Fucking doooooooooooooooooo it. Teh Levenez etc.

Was about to offer to go and grab it for you (the borrowed GPS has rendered me fearless) but for £15 posted you can't go wrong.
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I saw this and a couple of details put me off. There are no rear shots which also means there is no picture of the neck joint. It's probably fine, and there's probably a neat control plate for the controls. That's not outrageous but when the guy says in his description he intends to start a small company building these you'd think he'd be proud enough of his craftsmanship to show off the details.

Also the bridge pickup mounting ring is missing two screws. Again it's not enough to cause alarm bells to ring but considering he is the guy who built it, it shows a lack of attention to detail that could mean there are problems elsewhere.
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Post by Fran »

PIL indeed :wink:

Well spotted on the screws James. He seems to have pride though, large pictures, already a V owner... i thought the neck joint looked extremely tidy from the side shot.
If I was in benecol's location i'd go and try this thing out, its cool as fuck. The pups are worth £150+ on there own.

What do you guys reckon, worth a gamble at sub £120?
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Just asked for some rear shots and some other details like the source of the neck, tonal properties (bright i imagine), etc.
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The headstock looks completely wrong to me.

I'd say do it, though.
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Post by Sloan »

Don't like the headstock, but the aluminum is killah
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Post by Asher »

I think a split headstock or a normal flying v one would look pretty nice.

Did he make the neck himself or just the body?
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Fran wrote:What do you guys reckon, worth a gamble at sub £120?
Colossal yes.
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Post by Fran »

I'm in agreement on the headstock/inlays.
I emailed him late last night but he's not got back to me yet. Will update when he does.
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Post by Bacchus »

It looks like it might just be a standard neck from somewhere cheap, like GFS or somewhere, so maybe it' replaceable?

hmmm, GFS hare overhauled their site a bit.
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Post by Boab »

Classier looking than I would've thought actually. Definitely worth going for if it stays fairly cheap, a la the £120 you stated.
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Post by astro »

If it sells for less than the cost of the pickups, then DOO EET! At worse, if it sucks, you can part it out for profit and put the body in the recycling bin.
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Post by Fran »

Still no reply from my email. Either the back looks like dogshite or he thinks im trying to steal his ideas (i told him i'd built a few geetars myself..) :roll:
Either way, its jumping up in price now.
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Post by Dave »

Fran build one out of the bones of your enemies covered in molten IRON.

other than that if you can afford the end price deffo go for it!
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I reckon this is what Mike's bidding on.
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I'm gonna Ally up my Aria Pro II
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£185 with one day six hours to go :shock:

Count me out.
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Post by Fran »

Mysteriously ended early with bids at £185. Weird, even weirder he never replied to my email. :?