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My first build.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:29 am
by karmataburn
I finally finished my first build. I ordered the body from Warmoth and threw a Jaguar neck on it. I put a Tv Jones classic as the neck pickup and a Powertron at the bridge. I am so happy with the way it turned out. A friend had a green metal flake strat when I was a kid and my entire life I have wanted a guitar this color. I was nervous that the color would be over the top and ruin the look of this guitar but I love it. I have not stopped playing it for the past 2 days!!
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:51 am
by h8mtv
That body is dead sexy
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:19 am
by ultratwin
Mean green sparkle machine. Love it!
Did you do the flake finish yourself? would love details.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:48 am
by mixtape
Everything about that guitar looks so right. Gorgeous.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:50 am
by karmataburn
ultratwin wrote:Mean green sparkle machine. Love it!
Did you do the flake finish yourself? would love details.
I had Warmoth finish it. But this is pretty addictive. I have bee looking at bodies all night and I think I may finish the next one myself. From what I read metal flake can be tough so I am thinking a basic red for my first attempt.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:58 am
by the_other_Adam
Awesome! Love the green sparkle. It looks like a speedboat.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:18 am
by Fran
What the PawnShop 'Stang could have looked like.
Looks great, love the metal flake
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:29 am
by BillClay
that's so fucking hot dood. It totally works somehow.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:10 am
by benecol
Great guitar - fantastic work/choice on the paint. And pickups.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:43 pm
by cur
super sexy guitar. Did you shoot the paint? If so give us some details.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:34 pm
by karmataburn
I had Warmoth shoot the paint. I was thinking of doing it my self, but after reading about spraying metal flake I realized it would come out better if I let a pro handle it.
Here is the neck and body when I first got them.
Here is my 1st attempt at wiring. I went back and cleaned everything up after I was sure it was going to work. I am going to change out the 3 way switches to ones that are threaded. I do not like having to use those nuts to hold them on, also I think I want white switches.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:54 pm
by sholkham
Whoa, that's really nice
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:33 am
by vierphoria
Looks like a dream from the forest. Or something.
How much for the whole guitar, all in all?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:17 am
by karmataburn
vierphoria wrote:Looks like a dream from the forest. Or something.
How much for the whole guitar, all in all?
Lol put it this way I could have bought a pretty nice genuine fender mustang for what this ended up costing. The thing that got me is how much necks cost. Anyways it was worth every penny to own something that I put together and picked every single part.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:57 am
by iCEByTes
extreme sexy.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:41 am
by Joey
You posted 3 pixs of it, and all 3 pixs look like a different guitar... love that about metallic paint
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:35 pm
by JohnnyTheBoy
Welcome Karma!
You should be very proud of that beauty!...Dont put it down EVER!...Especially Lovin the metal flakeiness...hope my jazzer project will be that kinda colour when ive finished it!...
this year!!!...honest!!
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:38 pm
by Fran
^
JohnnyTheBoys avatar cracks me up everytime i see it and scares me at the same time.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:07 pm
by JohnnyTheBoy
Fran wrote:^
JohnnyTheBoys avatar cracks me up everytime i see it and scares me at the same time.
I mean to have you, boy, even if it must be burglary....
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:34 am
by duosonic
warmoth does a great job on paint. Looks awesome!