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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: PhilKing on October 16, 2010, 10:38:12 PM
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I've picked up a few guitars and parts recently and finally finished getting them together. The first is an Epiphone Oxblood Wraparound. It is really nice to play, but the hardware needed to be upgraded! I have a lot of old parts around and so replaced all the plastic and metal, and also put in a really old double cream SD JB (so old there is no embossing on the baseplate) and an old Pearly Gates:
Before:
(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af302/philking/Guitars/LPOX_then.jpg)
After changes:
(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af302/philking/Guitars/lpox_now.jpg)
I also got a new Strat neck & body (an MJT daphne blue body and a birdseye maple neck). These are the finished guitars (I reconfigured a few strats to get here!);
(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af302/philking/Guitars/Strats.jpg)
The blue has an Anagre/Pau Ferro neck and BK 62 strat set. Great SRV sound. The blonde has Slowhand/A5 Apache Neck/A5 Apache Bridge (in that order). It has some great clean sounds but can get a really great Hendrix tone and rock when you turn things up!
Here's a shot with the Epiphone:
(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af302/philking/Guitars/LPOXStrats.jpg)
And just hiding at the front is an acoustic. It is a Majestic, made in New Jersey by the guy who repairs a lot of my guitars here (especially my acoustics). I have wanted one of his guitars for a while, then this turned up second hand in my local guitar store. It is also mahogany back and sides (which I wanted). It is great to play and the workmanship is amazing. Here is a picture:
(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af302/philking/Guitars/Majestic.jpg)
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Nice, I really like those Strats! 8)
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Congrats. The blonde strat looks super.
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Awesome!!!
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Great!
Now when you gonna sell me that Tyler?
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Just looking at the Epi LP... it's very Jeff Beck isn't it?
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Lovely stuff :D
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Liking the Oxblood Wraparound! :D
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Nice stuff Phil.That birdseye maple neck on the Strat looks lovely.
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Great!
Now when you gonna sell me that Tyler?
Not me - Philly Q - I hate the Tyler headstock & logo.
Just looking at the Epi LP... it's very Jeff Beck isn't it?
Yes - it's their limited edition of the JB LP. $400 instead of $4,000!
Liking the Oxblood Wraparound! :D
This was one style that I've wanted a while, so when I saw the Epiphone at a great price, and knowing I had the SD's around, it was a quick decision.
Nice stuff Phil.That birdseye maple neck on the Strat looks lovely.
It's supposed to be made of 200 year old wood, though I don't know how you could prove that without expensive equipment. However, it looks great, and when I put it against the white body I knew they had to be together. It was originally meant to go with the blue body.
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OOh - nice new toys there Phil!
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love that blue!!
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Jesus dude, only you'd buy guitars 4 at a time!
Happy new guitar day!
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love that blue!!
+1 from me on that. They're all beautiful but the blue Strat is right up my street. Lovely stuff.
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All of those guitars will fit in nicely with me. Enough said! :D
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The Strats, they're not Fender, but what?
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The Strats, they're not Fender, but what?
The blue is an MJT body with a Warmoth neck. The white is an old Wood 'N Guitars swamp ash body, which I've had for about 15 years or so. The neck is from xxxoticwoods on eBay.
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Great!
Now when you gonna sell me that Tyler?
Not me - Philly Q - I hate the Tyler headstock & logo.
Just looking at the Epi LP... it's very Jeff Beck isn't it?
Yes - it's their limited edition of the JB LP. $400 instead of $4,000!
Liking the Oxblood Wraparound! :D
This was one style that I've wanted a while, so when I saw the Epiphone at a great price, and knowing I had the SD's around, it was a quick decision.
Nice stuff Phil.That birdseye maple neck on the Strat looks lovely.
It's supposed to be made of 200 year old wood, though I don't know how you could prove that without expensive equipment. However, it looks great, and when I put it against the white body I knew they had to be together. It was originally meant to go with the blue body.
Oh my that was my dumb moment, I thought it was the other Phil *doh