The "Fair Warning" Guitar

[indeedido]

Great paintjob. These are cool too

That flame with the VH graphic underneathe is killer. And the detail on the Alive! guitar, wow.

[jhale667]

Here's another cool thing Jeff just pulled off...

"Hmm...I wanna use this wizard neck for my Kamikaze replica...but it's got that god-awful Ibenhad headstock, and needs the ESP reverse banana...what to do...?"







Next time I see a suitable Musikraft Charvel Strat body going cheap on Ebay, I am SO having him do a Fair Warning for me...we were emailing about it today, actually...already have a Floyd for it...lol

Come to think of it, should my local buddy be too busy, judging from these pics I could send him the Warmoth paddlehead neck for the Explorer headstock I need for my Kramer build...

[letsrock]

That Fair Warning guitar is hot. Excellent job.

[jhale667]

A few more pics of the Desert Kamikaze...

[GAR]

I dig projects like this, where you make a silk purse from a sows' ear so-to-speak.. but the tuners look really incorrect installed with the holder tab upside down in back.

[jhale667]

I'll give you that nit-pick - he probably re-used the same tuners off the neck...

[GAR]

For sure! If I was gonna upside-down reuse these old Gotohs- which are my fave tuner key- I would have shifted the keys south another 1/4" - 3/8" for better left-hand access.

But I like it - it looks alright. I'm fine with headstock mods, and have a few myself.

Keep in mind, the original 57-59 Gibson Explorer's headstocks were modded and none of those gluejoints have been documented to fail so I think this mod job will last a lifetime.

He even took the time to groove the underside of the headstock to form sort of a rabbeted edge to piece a glueable edge. I think this guy's woodwork is as good as his paint because he considered how to create a strong bond beforehand.. some guys would have done differently.

If I were to do it, I would have used a 4" oscillating spindle sander to make a radius there instead, then cut a 4" semicircled edge and just epoxied that in. But this was just as good I think, a little labored but its fine.

[letsrock]

Good to see nobody is bitching about how many times he wrapped the strings around the tuners.

[jhale667]

Thanks for pointing that out!

Yeah, now that you mention it, there's only two wraps on the low 'E'...

[Diamondjimi]

I dig projects like this, where you make a silk purse from a sows' ear so-to-speak.. but the tuners look really incorrect installed with the holder tab upside down in back.

[jhale667]

Jeff finished the "Dynasty" guitar...

[jacksmar]

Fan Tastic!!!!!!!!!!

I just emailed this to the guys in my KISS tribute. They love the guitar. Great Job.

I had an 80's Gibson Explorer that had the real bad pin stripes paint job and stuck as many KISS stickers on it as I could kind. People loved that guitar and as usual I wish I had that guitar back.

The detail on this guitar is excellent. From the flames to the boots. Excellent work!!!!!!

[Blackflag]

I hope he gets sued for copyright infringement.

[jhale667]

One-off replicas and tributes? Unlikely...

Not before he does the Fair Warning for me, k?


Asshat.

[Blackflag]

Good, then both of you can get sued.