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willo

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« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2006, 04:14:56 PM »
Sweet guitar, Mark! What wood/s are you using? Pickups and all that jazz, too?
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« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2006, 04:49:11 PM »
Hey, Ian--no jazz pickups here!  ;)

Specs, eh?  Hmm.  The body is one hunk of mahogany and it's thicker than a typical SG.  I think it's about as thick as a Paul or Strat.  But it's still very light, somehow.  I have a contoured heel for the guitar so it will be a little easier to play.  

The neck is also mahogany and has an ebony fretboard.  So the woods are what SG guitars normally have.  The neck has a CBS-sized headstock and the machine heads are Planet Waves locking tuners that clip the excess string lengths as you tune up.  The frets are 6150 size, which is the second largest available.  I should have probably gone for the biggest stuff though, for my tastes.  The nut is graphite.

The bridge is a hard tail (obviously) by Schaller and is adjustable in width, so you can put in trem-spaced pickups one day and then change to Gibson-spaced pickups the next with no problems--if that's something you want to do.  The best thing about this bridge is that it's flat!  That means I don't have to tilt the neck back like PRS and Gibson do, which is cool, because I prefer the straight line of Strat necks and I'm used to them.

I have a stacked tone/volume pot so that there are less holes and knobs on my guitar.  I don't like lots of switches and things.  All the hardware is black, by the way.  I have a 3-way toggle switch for the pickups.  I thought about getting a 4- or 5-way, but, err, didn't.  So there won't be many different sounds, but that's what having multiple guitars is for.  ;)

For pickups, I have a Warpig coming--soon I hope!--for the bridge and another brand of P90 for the neck.  A bunch of Warpig clips have been posted since I ordered mine and I'm happier than ever with my choice (it was that or a Nailbomb).  

Anyways, I better go look for paint again to replace the urethane.  If it comes to it I can order some from stewmac.com, but I'd prefer to get it locally if I can.
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« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2006, 04:49:58 PM »
Meant oven as generic term :) My Luthier has one for guitars, basically a heated spray booth where he can control the temp.
As for shadowing, well it just always helped me to find uneven areas but hopefully this is not needed. Think your idea for cure time is def. good though.
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« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2006, 05:23:57 PM »
Have you seen this site?

http://home.flash.net/~guitars/

Also, jfyi Ernie Ball uses polyester paints (as they are in Ultra Liberal La La Land with rules about EVERYTHING, especially airborne conatminants).
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« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2006, 05:24:13 PM »
Looks like it's gonna be one helluva guitar. The 70's Fender neck on an SG is so wrong it's bad wich means good.
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« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2006, 05:25:47 PM »
^yes!!!! someone else who uses the term 'bad' to mean good!!! _tom_ thinks im being an idiot when i go "oohhh thats baddddd" meaning its excellent... thank you ratrod!

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« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2006, 05:28:55 PM »
Searcher since we're both in Canada I'm curious to know how badly you got hit with duty  and taxes.
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« Reply #22 on: March 06, 2006, 05:31:59 PM »
Looks cool dude, i'm not to keen on the headstock, but hey, you're the one playing it so it doesn't matter as far as i'm concerned, and good luck with it, be sure to keep us updated.

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« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2006, 08:33:06 PM »
Cheers for all the info Mark, looks like it's going to be a great guitar! You better keep us all updated!  :wink:
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« Reply #24 on: March 08, 2006, 08:48:32 PM »
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Searcher since we're both in Canada I'm curious to know how badly you got hit with duty  and taxes.


I had to pay a brokerage fee of about $60.  I'm not sure if that includes import duty or not.  Yesterday my Warpig came in and I had to pay an extra $25 on that, too.  :(
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« Reply #25 on: March 08, 2006, 08:51:56 PM »
consider yourself lucky dude!!!! my mate got a guitar from the U.S and it cost him an extra £100-£200 cause of shipping and tax!!!!!!  :o

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« Reply #26 on: March 08, 2006, 09:39:54 PM »
That looks like it'll be an awesome guitar man! 8)

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« Reply #27 on: March 10, 2006, 10:41:16 PM »
This is my Warmoth strat that I put together last year. It's got a nailbomb in the bridge, Irish Tour single coil, and Miacle Man in the neck. It sounds awesome!

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« Reply #28 on: March 10, 2006, 11:34:57 PM »
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This is my Warmoth strat that I put together last year. It's got a nailbomb in the bridge, Irish Tour single coil, and Miacle Man in the neck. It sounds awesome!


That clear pickguard certaintly looks different! I like it

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« Reply #29 on: March 11, 2006, 12:18:08 AM »
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Searcher since we're both in Canada I'm curious to know how badly you got hit with duty  and taxes.


I had to pay a brokerage fee of about $60.  I'm not sure if that includes import duty or not.  Yesterday my Warpig came in and I had to pay an extra $25 on that, too.  :(

I got dinged for $60-80 with my Irish Tours last year, that sucked. Should be a killer axe.  :twisted:
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