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WezV

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busy busy!!!
« on: February 07, 2010, 01:01:09 PM »
everything seems to have come to an end at the same time -bad planning on my part :blush

just got his back form the sprayer on thursday - its one for a friend we have talked about doing for a long time, PRS meets LP custom :)  MY first with a tradtional style  carved top, and also my first with multiply binding.  Totally happy with the carve, mostly happy with the multi-ply binding



This one has been on the go for ages and has a solid mac ebony neck.  I wasnt overly happy with the tone at first but have been playing with pickups and electronics and finally settled on some i like.... it will be raffled off for charity once i have it all sorted



i made a new neck for a friend a few years ago, now he wants a new body for it, its sapelle with a mac ebony veneer.  the old inlays on the neck aint my greatest but the overall look is good - the body just needs final shaping and finishing


and at the moment this is getting its final coats of tru-oil before assembly


and i also have two top bound esquires due back from the sprayer neck week.  a blue sapelle one and a green mahogany one - pictures when they arrive


luckily i have a week off from the day job after next week!!!

Pickup wise i have Raw nickel nailbombs in the PRS/paul thing, Mule/manhattan in the burly tele, BL-USA's in the firebird.   Blackdog's for the two esquires i should have pics of soon... and i cant remember what the pickup is in Lew's

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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 01:25:38 PM »
I especially like the blue Tele!  Did it end up at all neck-heavy with the ebony neck?
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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 01:30:10 PM »
Looking forward to the Top Bound Esquires!

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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 01:31:28 PM »
I especially like the blue Tele!  Did it end up at all neck-heavy with the ebony neck?

nah, but the body isnt particularly light, its a chubby little blighter that one

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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2010, 02:40:31 PM »
Amazing guitars, Wez! Love the look of the Firebird!!!

Ian Price

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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 03:42:21 PM »
Looking forward to the Top Bound Esquires!

Me too!

I had a quick fumble on the tele - it's very nice indeed, the neck is great.
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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2010, 03:56:07 PM »
Love the firebird...mmmmmm firebird
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WezV

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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2010, 05:33:07 PM »
just got the oiling finished on this ones body

FernandoDuarte

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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2010, 05:48:25 PM »
Looking awesome!

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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2010, 07:12:03 PM »
They all look very nice. Keep them coming WEZ. Looks like some one will get a gem if they win that raffle.
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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2010, 07:29:04 PM »
Scalloped frets, single bucker and a Floyd on a Tele, huh? Weird taste :P looking forward to see how it'll look with a guard.

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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2010, 08:02:19 PM »
Scalloped frets, single bucker and a Floyd on a Tele, huh? Weird taste :P looking forward to see how it'll look with a guard.

Yeah, only a mental-case would think of that... :wink:

Looks good!
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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2010, 08:21:00 PM »
Yea, it does. The body's korina, gonna be so many cool things on this axe; the side dots are aluminum bars, recessed straplocks, carbon rods either side of the truss, 25" scale with my amazing neck specs, set-neck with the sexiest neck joint ever... I could go on forever!

Not sure about the pick guard though, not having one works on these two because they have neck pickups...

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/DSC00541.jpg
http://www.online-discussion.com/GuthrieGovan/Photos/DK_ClassicT_01.jpg

...but think it might look unfinished without a guard with just the bucker. Time will tell!
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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2010, 10:10:32 PM »
see, i have got to make a guard just so we can both be sure.   I know i will look great without one but i cant help feeling me will be missing a trick if we dont at least try one

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Re: busy busy!!!
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2010, 10:16:09 PM »
I know i will look great without one

I beg your pardon  :lol:
I think I hate being indecisive.