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NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« on: August 30, 2009, 02:12:49 AM »
Just got my guitar back from having two spankin' new BKPs installed (Holy Diver Bridge wired for series or parallel and a Trilogy neck).  Body is a solid 2-piece flamed maple San Dimas style from Musikraft, neck/board is a flamed maple Explorer style from Warmoth.  Please pardon the fingerprints.......I had to have it pried out of my hands long enough to take pics..... :lol:

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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2009, 02:20:04 AM »
Very nice with some gorgeous wood on that neck. I bet that guitar is pretty heavy too.
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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2009, 08:55:07 AM »
whoa. i love how all that flame looks. kudos for the maple fretboard too :D
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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2009, 09:50:58 AM »
Fantastic looking guitar, congrats!

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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2009, 10:19:41 AM »
Nice...pretty
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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2009, 10:56:48 AM »
Flame maple. Awesome. Love the finish on it.
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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2009, 12:01:48 PM »
PC probs mean I can't see it right now but congrats anyway.
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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2009, 01:40:53 PM »
Thank ya kindly gents.  Haven't had a chance to really crank it up properly yet (for some reason 100 watt Laneys in 3rd floor apartments of a house don't seem to go over too well :twisted:), but first impressions at bedroom volume are that it's gonna be fairly versatile. 

The HD in series is bright, yet still warm and tight, and doesn't want to stop sustaining.  I think it was a good choice for some additional low end (I like some girth to my sound) and while I was worried about it possibly having a hard mid tone, I'm enjoying the warmth and growl that it's giving me and thankfully not very hard mids at all (at least to my ears).  Switch to parallel and you get a nice vintage sounds from it.

The Trilogy is freakin' HUGE!!!  Warm and beefy sound while still maintaining a distinct (almost vintage) SC sound.  Amazing.  Liquid fluidity when playing solos.  Hit a chord and almost fell off the stool!  LOL!  In the middle position with both pups running, it has a somewhat Tele flavor to it.......

I wasn't able to get a really good shot of the flaming in the body but my bud Dave who installed the pups got a couple of good shots before it was all assembled.....


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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2009, 02:02:03 PM »
the flame maple is sweet, silly question but I thought the grain on the neck was suppose go along the length of the neck, not across the width

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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2009, 02:26:41 PM »
the flame maple is sweet, silly question but I thought the grain on the neck was suppose go along the length of the neck, not across the width

good flamed necks are made this way... cheaper maple necks are as you say.
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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2009, 04:55:58 PM »
the flame maple is sweet, silly question but I thought the grain on the neck was suppose go along the length of the neck, not across the width

good flamed necks are made this way... cheaper maple necks are as you say.

looks impressive horizontally though
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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2009, 05:02:58 PM »
Looks really good (I'm always partial to red guitars, though :lol:)
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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2009, 05:12:49 PM »
Looks nice, but I've never seen a BKP single coil with a white base.
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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2009, 05:21:41 PM »
the flame maple is sweet, silly question but I thought the grain on the neck was suppose go along the length of the neck, not across the width

You're right,  but flame isn't grain.
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Re: NGD........doin' my "Happy Dance"!!!
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2009, 05:57:10 PM »
Looks nice, but I've never seen a BKP single coil with a white base.

I was a lil surprised myself when I opened the box.  But that's how Tim sent it to me and the tone is spot on so I'm not gonna quibble.   :D