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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: juansolo on September 26, 2013, 05:35:08 PM

Title: NGD: WezV SuperStrat
Post by: juansolo on September 26, 2013, 05:35:08 PM
This was essentially somewhere to put a pair of pickups (MM bridge CS neck) that were without a guitar to go in :) I floated the idea passed Wez of a mahogany superstrat with a wraparound and here it is!

It's also officially the most bar-steward hard guitar to photograph ever. I think this is the best out of over 100 attempts. I'll have to have a go in natural light later...

(http://www.juansolo.demon.co.uk/misc/Guitars/super.jpg)
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Post by: Lew on September 26, 2013, 06:15:53 PM
love it. clips!
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Post by: Philly Q on September 26, 2013, 06:52:53 PM
Nice, I like the Music Man-ish contouring.
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Post by: Telerocker on September 26, 2013, 06:59:06 PM
Nice! Good shape and I like the headstock too.
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Post by: 38thBeatle on September 26, 2013, 07:23:04 PM
Very nice indeed- a beast of tone no doubt.
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Post by: Kiichi on September 26, 2013, 07:27:06 PM
Classy but simple. Looks like a sleek and powerful workhorse.
It ainīt here to show off. It just says "I am here. I kill. Deal with it."
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Post by: gordiji on September 26, 2013, 08:03:38 PM
Looks great, love the bridge.
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Post by: blue on September 26, 2013, 08:26:53 PM
Very nice indeed.  I would imagine it sounds just as good as it looks
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Post by: Mr. Air on September 27, 2013, 09:40:42 AM
Really sleek and cool looking guitar. No bling on this baby. Makes me want to buy a dual humbucker strat-tupe guitar...
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Post by: AndyR on September 27, 2013, 09:41:34 AM
That looks pretty darn good
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Post by: gwEm on September 27, 2013, 09:52:53 AM
I don't want to seem like an idiot here, but what colour is the guitar? Black, or very very dark green?

Either way, its a cool design. Looks like she should do the business.
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Post by: AndyR on September 27, 2013, 09:58:27 AM
:lol: - I'd assumed black... but now you've got me wondering
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Post by: juansolo on September 27, 2013, 09:59:36 AM
It's black. It's probably more me trying to get light onto the contours and messing in photoshop to make them visible. Like I say, REALLY hard to photograph!
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Post by: gwEm on September 27, 2013, 10:48:17 AM
http://youtu.be/N8VFecEzkgk (http://youtu.be/N8VFecEzkgk)

;)
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Post by: Brow on September 27, 2013, 11:38:42 AM
I like that, simple and to the point.
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Post by: Plenum n Heather on September 27, 2013, 12:17:23 PM
Looks great!

One of my Kamikazes had a similar setup, mahogany body super start w bolt on neck. Heavy guitar, but I loved it. I used the MM in that one, too.
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Post by: Andrew W on September 27, 2013, 12:29:08 PM
That is an awesome very very very very very very dark blue guitar. Love it.



Needs a Kahler obviously, but other than that, it's perfect.
Title: Re: NGD: WezV SuperStrat
Post by: juansolo on September 27, 2013, 05:06:15 PM
Looks great!

One of my Kamikazes had a similar setup, mahogany body super start w bolt on neck. Heavy guitar, but I loved it. I used the MM in that one, too.

This one is 8.5lbs. Wez cut a lot out of it to keep the weight down. IIRC the body is thinner than it started out and it's one of the reasons it ended up carved top and a particularly large control cavity.
Title: Re: NGD: WezV SuperStrat
Post by: WezV on September 27, 2013, 05:07:22 PM
yeah, i struggled to get any decent pic so I was hoping you would have more luck

this blurry one shows the carve a bit better:
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete%20guitars/5_zps980981fb.jpg)
The string is missing because this has planet waves auto trim tuners and they are a bugger when assembling and setting up a guitar.  great once its all done though - very quick and tidy string changes
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Post by: dave_mc on September 27, 2013, 05:31:02 PM
wow that's really nice :D
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Post by: PhilKing on September 28, 2013, 01:18:28 PM
Looks great.  Is it a 25.5" scale?
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Post by: littleredguitars2 on September 28, 2013, 01:33:25 PM
looks killer
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Post by: AndyR on September 28, 2013, 03:46:31 PM
Oh woof... I like it even better with your pic Wez.
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Post by: WezV on September 28, 2013, 04:47:48 PM
Looks great.  Is it a 25.5" scale?

Yeah, its an allparts fat neck recarved slightly  and with the headstock reshaped
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Post by: _tom_ on September 30, 2013, 11:09:43 PM
Love it, looks awesome.
Title: Re: NGD: WezV SuperStrat
Post by: juansolo on October 02, 2013, 08:44:30 PM
I give in, you'll just have to trust me that it looks cool as f**k, because I simply can't photograph it to save my live :( Here's the best of the last attempt:

(http://www.juansolo.demon.co.uk/misc/Guitars/super1.jpg)

(http://www.juansolo.demon.co.uk/misc/Guitars/super2.jpg)
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Post by: Philly Q on October 02, 2013, 11:18:18 PM
To me, those are pretty decent pictures.

Black guitars are a nightmare, but for some reason I have real trouble photographing cherry guitars - my camera wants to make them a funny orangey colour and obscure all the grain in the mahogany.   :?
Title: Re: NGD: WezV SuperStrat
Post by: juansolo on October 03, 2013, 10:17:31 AM
They look great on the preview in the camera. Can see the carve nicely. Get it onto the computer and it's all lost... Weird! I've brought it back up in those two pics with Photoshop.
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Post by: Roobubba on October 04, 2013, 01:08:23 PM
Looks great, and that baby is going to play well, too - I know!

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Post by: AndyR on October 05, 2013, 06:40:39 PM
Oh yes... looks gorgeous in those latest pics