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Old May 18th, 2008, 03:14 AM   #2 (permalink)
spook777
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Looks like the one I built...we must have good taste :)






On the note about flaws and voids...

Every figured flame top I've seen from AA to AAAAA look the same from piece to piece. Perfect grain, figure from left to right, same coloration...yawn...don't get me wrong if I could I'd build all mine this way, but this one is unique and could never be replicated. Pretty fancy guitars are flawless so customers won't complain...guitars with flaws and voids have character and are unique. Thats why I picked these two pieces of maple. Down by my control plate is a massive void, but I filled it and its just as smooth as the rest of the body after clear coating it.

Specs:
Alder core, figured maple back (found at home depot), walnut pinstripe, figured crotch maple + cocobolo + purpleheart top. Mighty Might Birdseye neck, Sperzel locking tuners, Wilkinson top loading bridge (chopped), Seymour Duncan JB wired full/split/out of phase, Indian rosewood control plate (headstock veneer from Stew Mac), rosewood pickup ring, custom cocobolo knobs from Brian Williams.

BTW I made this with a template Ron Kirn makes. I think he's on this forum.

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