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Copperhead

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NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« on: April 15, 2009, 04:38:25 PM »
Here it is, a little finger printed up from tweaking on th setup non-stop for the last coupla days...

Neck: USA Custom Guitars Strat 22 fret, 25-1/2” scale, quarter sawn maple, pau ferro board, 14” radius, 6100, graphite rods, Gotoh tuners. Birchwood Casey TruOil back of headstock and neck, two coats then 0000 steel wool. Stew-Mac rattle can nitro lacquer on front of headstock.

Body: USA Custom Guitars Tele, Rib Cut, Forearm Contour, Contoured Heel, Body Binding. Swamp ash, grain not filled. W.D. Lockwood Ox Blood Red water-based stain, 10% IPA added. Grain burned with heat gun. Birchwood Casey TruOil, Meguiar’s carnauba wax.

Pickups: Bare Knuckle Nail Bomb bridge, Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen neck. CTS 500k pots, .022mfd cap, vintage tone circuit.

Hardware: Original Floyd Rose, Dunlop Strap locks, Glendale Guitars Extreme Fat Neck Plate, Electrosocket.






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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2009, 04:43:35 PM »
That's a really nice, distinctive guitar.  Well done :)

(I presume you applied the Fender decals yourself? ;))
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2009, 04:48:32 PM »
Quote from: Antag on April 15, 2009, 04:43:35 PM
(I presume you applied the Fender decals yourself? ;))

  :wink:    :lol:

Thank You!
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2009, 05:01:41 PM »
VERY Nice!
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2009, 05:02:06 PM »
Very unique, the total effect is certainly more than the sum of it's parts :)
 But do yourself a favour and get a brass sustain block from www.floydupgrades.com, I put one in my Charvel with a Nailbomb and the improvement in clarity is stunning 8)
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2009, 05:11:56 PM »
Very different!  Tasty!
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2009, 05:28:43 PM »
Very nice!! And made to your own specs!! How do you like the pickups?? Cheers!!
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2009, 05:50:12 PM »
Thanks for all the kind replies!

The Nail Bomb OWNS!!!
First pup in the neck was a Cold Sweat, not the correct choice for swamp ash I think. :D
I pulled the MQ out of another guitar and I am really liking it so far.
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2009, 05:52:39 PM »
Looking good!! :D
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2009, 06:00:55 PM »
love the finish  8)
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2009, 07:26:04 PM »
I love the texture of the body, really nice.

I hope it brings you hours of fun!
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2009, 07:47:59 PM »
that is awesome. :) the red looks very nice with swamp ash too, currently trying to decide on a possible colour for a new Legra, and I was wondering how red would look...
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2009, 07:49:17 PM »
That's a really fantastic looking guitar, great job.  Makes me think about doing a "Charvel-ised" Esquire style guitar... Hmmm...
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2009, 08:48:17 PM »
Cool, I'm really liking that guitar lots and lots. How are you finding that body shape with the contours etc? I sold an ASAT 'coz it always felt kind of awkward, got a T style with contours and tummy cut and it is just so easy to play and dead comfortable too. Anyway, that looks very distinctive, great job. :)
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Re: NGD!! Yaaay Finally Complete!
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2009, 08:59:09 PM »
Cool stuff.
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