My Builds

[letsrock]

Real original floyd?

Most of us just say " Original Floyd"
So by your stupidity you just proven that its not an original Floyd.

Amazing the crap you come up with.

Say those words real slow "Real original Floyd" and think. For Once.

[GAR]

By initially not trashing on you in this board, I'm hoping to encourge you to participate.

[jhale667]

By initially not trashing on you in this board, I'm hoping to encourge you to participate.

...So he can trash you later.


Most in the know would refer to it as a "German Original Floyd Rose" so as not to confuse it with the Korean "official" licensed version that's on the new Production Charvels, or the Ping, the only other two that can actually say "Floyd Rose" on the baseplate...

Floyd's supposedly signed off on them carrying his name, and supposedly the tolerances are up to snuff otherwise they couldn't, but one wonders why people are dumping them regularly on Ebay...haven't seen one in person yet. All of mine are German.

[GAR]

...So he can trash you later.

He's had some creative ideas at the other board, some flawed, but I'm looking for independant thinkers in extending him the invite.

[jhale667]

"Independent" you mean?

I'm looking for independant thinkers

...So you can disagree with them?




This revision's going to get this reaction when done...

[GAR]

How is that a revision.. what'd you do to it?

nice shot w/o the strings, I can see now it's a single slab..

[jhale667]

How is that a revision.. what'd you do to it?

nice shot w/o the strings, I can see now it's a single slab..

New Musikraft Charvel-spec body (yes, it is 1-piece), new black hardware (OFR and tuners), new pickups (a Duncan STK-S1N and a TB-11 which may be getting converted into a Custom 8)...the only carryover from the old Maple incarnation will be the neck, strap-locks, and neck-plate.
And I'm probably having Mike Learn basically re-imagine the original paint job, hence the "revision" concept...

[GAR]

If it's a very lightweight body, I would do some kind of tinted clear coat. Either see-thru White or Sand like the old Mary Kay color but that's me. I would show that grain!

[jhale667]

For once, you're not the first person to suggest clear-coating it. I've actually thought about holding on to that body to clear coat it and getting another one for this project...this one accidentally turned out too cool...lol. I just ordered a 1-piece Swamp Ash body, who knew?

Think if I was going to do a clear on it, I'd get another neck as well, one with an Ebony board, and save the Charvel Maple one...decisions.

[GAR]

When you use them, do they give you a choice selection of body blanks via pics in email - or do they mill out a body and you get what they give you?

[jhale667]

I suppose if you wanted to go that far you could, but no, in this case, contacted Musikraft, asked for what I specifically wanted and was pleasantly surprised by what they sent. Actually exceeded my expectations in that respect.
I noticed Warmoth will let you pick certain pieces for fretboards on their site now.

[GAR]

Wasn't there some guy here in SoCal building strat necks and bodies, like in Montebello for awhile with a website you could drop in and fit a body to a particular neck you had?

[jhale667]

Not ringing a bell.

Man, talk about fighting off the impulse buy, though:



...currently going on Ebay...dammit...must save for vacation, must save for vacation...

[Diamondjimi]

Jay!
I can't believe you just had a conversation with GAR!

[GAR]

I just pulled a pile of necks and bodies from storage.. guitar bodies.

Heres' a go at stuff I had going on in 2003 that I can now look at again after losing the good stuff:

59 Duo Sonic, neck okay body needs some finish
2002 Squier Affinity 20th anniversary neck, on red Korean 90's Squier plywood body - reshaped edges and cutaways blended and sanded to replicate a 62 and finished in that shitty Rustoleum Painter's Choice latex-lacquer they don't make no more in Olympic White (we'll call this one the Blackmore clone) it still ain't fuckin' dry
Unknown Mex Strat neck on the blue Harmony I refinished and blended edges same as above, Krylon Pelham-blueish with 54 singly ply pickguard
Kramer Pacer 1000 body shaved down to a Dinky Strat, with unknown San Dimas second neck w ebony fingerboard (orange krylon flowercaster, floyd s-s-hum config
Harmony H-76 explorer neck and body = mentioned this one before its in awful cond, shape is more akin to a Dean BabyZ explorer

So that's what I'm cleaning up, mounting and restringing.. bunch of crap.

I'll be getting rid of this sheeyott - except for the Kramer. It's too faggy/funky. The neck cost me $25 and the body cost me $3 on ebay cuz the kid had hacked on it with an axe, and I had these huge pockets of bondo filled in it. Then I routed for two single coils, and whiteglued these gay fushcia colored daisies off all them chocolate easter bunnies boxes and now plan to clearcoat over to protect.

That thing is DISGUSTING but the strathead neck makes it a unique player.