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I kind of have a hard on for this kit, but I need another HH guitar like I need a hole in the head.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 4090wt_885

holy shit that is fucking sexy.

I especially love the pickguard.

Honestly if the neck were metal as well, I'd have bought it already.

You could try to find one of those old Kramer aluminum necks on the bay as well if you are trying to go all metal. I think I have seen a couple for not too much money.

analogsystem wrote:You could try to find one of those old Kramer aluminum necks on the bay as well if you are trying to go all metal. I think I have seen a couple for not too much money.

those necks are 25.5 scale, these bodies are gibson scale. That would be super fricking awesome though.

I've wanted an aluminum neck guitar foreeeeeeever.

Timhulio had an aluminium neck guitar, was awesome, don't know if he still has it.

Thom wrote:Timhulio had an aluminium neck guitar, was awesome, don't know if he still has it.

If I could find one in the 400 dollar range I'd buy it immediatley. But it seems like the market starts at about 800.

Don't recall if it was Tim but someone did a piezo pickup jazzmaster that had a metal neck. The whole neck would warm up as he played and the metal would expand. Would never stay in tune.

analogsystem wrote:You could try to find one of those old Kramer aluminum necks on the bay as well if you are trying to go all metal. I think I have seen a couple for not too much money.

i have never seen just a neck listed.

they are also extremely expensive.

http://www.baileycustomguitar.com/

there was a thread on here using one of those necks, good quality but communication wasn't the best from what i remember.

beautiful.

thread.

Something I just thought about with a metal neck. What are the frets made of? If they are just bumps on the neck, wouldn't you have to buy a whole new neck when they wore out? Wouldn't they wear out faster if thy were made of a softer metal, like aluminium?

well that particular neck was made out of aluminum, I'm pretty sure that there were slots cut and then steel frets were added and most likely glued in and set up they way any other neck is. If they're just bumps then that's ridiculous, I'd be so surprised if companies that made aluminum neck guitars did that shit.

Gavin wrote:Something I just thought about with a metal neck. What are the frets made of? If they are just bumps on the neck, wouldn't you have to buy a whole new neck when they wore out? Wouldn't they wear out faster if thy were made of a softer metal, like aluminium?

frets in aluminum necks are stainless steel.

Looking at that hollow Les Paul all I can think is that it's going to have an ugly resonant frequency and you'll know about it when you play it.

Use tin foil!

As an Apple user, I approve. There's got to be something that can be done with electronics in a metal guitar that would scare people. You could fill it with onboard effects. Jack White plays a custom Gretsch with a built-in retractable microphone, and a theramin next to the Bigsby. Oh, you'd need to put a Bigsby on that thing.

The cherry neck is a terrible color though. It would be a chink in the armor. Mapplez or even walnut would be better, but black might be okay.

finboy wrote:http://www.baileycustomguitar.com/

there was a thread on here using one of those necks, good quality but communication wasn't the best from what i remember.

Fuck my face... if that guy can make the neck brushed aluminum... I'm all in.

EDIT: GODDAMNIT! why did you go and show me that site? This totally enables me to make a metal neck guitar close to my price range... damn you all...

endsjustifymeans wrote:

finboy wrote:http://www.baileycustomguitar.com/

there was a thread on here using one of those necks, good quality but communication wasn't the best from what i remember.

Fuck my face... if that guy can make the neck brushed aluminum... I'm all in.

EDIT: GODDAMNIT! why did you go and show me that site? This totally enables me to make a metal neck guitar close to my price range... damn you all...

DO IT! YOU WON'T!

finboy wrote:

endsjustifymeans wrote:

finboy wrote:http://www.baileycustomguitar.com/

there was a thread on here using one of those necks, good quality but communication wasn't the best from what i remember.

Fuck my face... if that guy can make the neck brushed aluminum... I'm all in.

EDIT: GODDAMNIT! why did you go and show me that site? This totally enables me to make a metal neck guitar close to my price range... damn you all...

DO IT! YOU WON'T!

Don't bet on it... I just emailed him to see if he can do brushed aluminum to match that body.

I'd have to separate the two purchases by like a month, but I'd totally do it.

Guess that's what it's based off of. pretty damn close repro.