Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by efiug » Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:08 pm

looks great, can't wait to see it all come together.

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Post by ThePearDream » Sat Sep 24, 2022 2:18 pm

Starting to come together.
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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by solfege » Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:17 am

This looks really great.

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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by Embenny » Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:38 am

I love the little details, like how the Dually pickup is the same sensors in the same order as the S/S/S set. With a 5-way, that would be much more useful to me than S/S/S.
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Post by ThePearDream » Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:43 pm

The red/red dually never made sense to me personally. I have the blue/silver/red set in mine hooked up to a 10 way freeway switch and can confirm that the silver/red series combo is really good. And a silver near the bridge position can get pretty tele like too, which is nice.

I want the wiring in this one to be simpler than mine though. So it's getting a Tele Plus wiring scheme with a three-way lever and a mini toggle for the dually. I figure that if she wants to change the pickups later, an SH setup can give her some real versatility.

Also, this Hipshot hardtail bridge is a serious piece of hardware.
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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Sun Sep 25, 2022 5:02 pm

That's turning out really nice!!! I love the details as well. The differently colored 12th fret marker is something I really like!!! And yeah, Hipshot doesn't fuck around!!
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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by ThePearDream » Sat Oct 22, 2022 4:49 pm

The body for the other one of these that I am making is pretty much done. It's getting a single humbucker (suggestions welcome), but I did a swimming pool rout to help cut weight since it's a really dense piece of wood. I'll be painting over the open ash grain with a fun color and making a bwb pickguard.

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Post by ThePearDream » Sun Oct 23, 2022 9:23 am

After checking my paint stash, here are the colors I'm considering.

Lobster:
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Kiwi Light:
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Telemagenta:
which I already used here to great results.
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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by efiug » Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:06 pm

i like the kiwi, but I reckon any of the three is gonna look great

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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by Amon 7.L » Mon Oct 24, 2022 8:17 am

If you didn't already made that rad telegenta Apollo I would have vote for that, but I feel kiwi suits the blackguard better.

As efiug said, either of those colour will gonna look great.

Also, I love the headstock shape and 50s "Tadeo Gomez" style carve you've got on its back.
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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by whitewatersky » Mon Oct 24, 2022 1:33 pm

The grain is so cool. Especially the back

Would look great with a medium stain

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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by Embenny » Mon Oct 24, 2022 5:43 pm

I vote Lobster. Telemagenta is a bit of a statement, and you know her better than anyone here would, but a teenage guitar-playing girl likely has an opinion on pink guitars. You know the deal - toxic masculinity still runs rampant in the guitar world and some girls might not want to invite the additional attention of a gender-coded colour, as stupid as the situation may be. On the other hand, a more extroverted teenager might revel in it.

Kiwi Light looks like it would fit a Floyd-equipped Charvel better than a Performer. Lobster is loud and fits the 80's aesthetic perfectly IMO. I think all three would look good, though.
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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by ThePearDream » Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:07 pm

Just so I'm clear, the main guitar that I'm building for this thread - the one for the young player- is a lightweight alder body and will be finished in a classic black nitro, with a matching black headstock and black hardware. This is getting the lace sensors in the tele plus configuration.

I'm also making an additional guitar for practice, as a hard rock/metal guitar, that I'll sell eventually. This is the dense ash body that I'll paint (likely Kiwi). I plan to match the headstock and do black hardware again. This will get a single Humbucker TBD and a volume on a black guard.
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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by MattK » Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:51 pm

For the clinical metal vibe I get from the body, I think white with the black pg is your best bet. It should look like a medical instrument.

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Re: Surprise! Custom Build for a Young Rockstar

Post by Embenny » Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:01 pm

ThePearDream wrote:
Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:07 pm
Just so I'm clear, the main guitar that I'm building for this thread - the one for the young player- is a lightweight alder body and will be finished in a classic black nitro, with a matching black headstock and black hardware. This is getting the lace sensors in the tele plus configuration.

I'm also making an additional guitar for practice, as a hard rock/metal guitar, that I'll sell eventually. This is the dense ash body that I'll paint (likely Kiwi). I plan to match the headstock and do black hardware again. This will get a single Humbucker TBD and a volume on a black guard.
D'oh. Sorry, I lost the thread there somehow.

Kiwi and a single humbucker would definitely be a vibe.
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