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Re: PRguitars Black Walnut SGR
« Reply #30 on: November 18, 2011, 08:33:36 PM »
I'd like to see the same guitar with gold hardware, I think it would really suit it.  Although you'd have to do something a bit different with the inlays and headstock logo then.
The head logo is real silver and for gold guitars it will be real gold, found a good price for real gold and as you may know gold is at a silly price now! lol

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Re: PRguitars Black Walnut SGR
« Reply #31 on: November 18, 2011, 08:39:46 PM »
I'd never been a fan of SGs at all until I saw your SGRs. Had to wrestle with my credit card a few times over the padauk models and this one's another beauty. I can see it being an ideal guitar for grown ups to play downtuned heavy metal on. Very sleek and refined, but also just a little bit evil.

Is this one for stock, for yourself or for a customer?
Brilliant  :D I'm making one for a review at the moment which will have the new head (same as that one) which all my Gibson style guitars will have now. It will be made out of Padauk which I have some nice red pieces and it will be in the style of a SG standard. So that's credit card at the ready lol. Should be a smart looking guitar.  :D

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Re: PRguitars Black Walnut SGR
« Reply #32 on: November 18, 2011, 09:04:49 PM »
looks nice, how's the weight?

just had a read up on walnut, would be interested to hear how you would describe the tone
The weight was just a little bit heavier than a Gibson SG, nothing in it really, there again some Mahogany would be the same weight. African Mahogany weights more.
The sound was very good, the guitar really rings and you can feel it resonate through the body, has a bright sound. Never made a bad sounding guitar yet and anyone that says it doesn't matter what wood you use it's the pick-ups that make the sound are taking total cr@p. The pick-ups colour the sound of a guitar not make it. I've been making guitars for over 30 years, used all sorts of woods and it does make a difference.

A review in 1992 that Dave Burrluck did on my guitars..and when he interviewed me he was amazed at how I could make a guitar for someone and get it to sound the way the customer wanted it to by choice of woods and pick-ups, He said the review guitars sounded as I said they would.  :D

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Re: PRguitars Black Walnut SGR
« Reply #33 on: November 18, 2011, 11:08:37 PM »
if you need that guitar road-tested I'll happily oblige Paul  :lol: