New Custom Strathead Arrives - Diggity!

[thetruthguy]

Nicealicious!

[khabibissell]

Dude, that guitar is friggen sweet!

[dg]

Awesome, Pat! As others mentioned, you have great taste and always seem to come up with something unique & cool. I think I might be better off having you spec out my next one rather than me doing it myself. And I'm w/ Gary about that group pic!!

[fett]

You bot two of them.:ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF:

[Rufue]

Freak'n HOT dude! I love the bright burst finishes. Congrats!!

[Mickey_C]

SWEEEEEEEEET!

That guitar looks kill.

[ejs0614]

excellent! good to see more than a single HB...great looking guitar all the way!!!

[chrisgUK]

i want that guitar! You do have awesome taste,nice to see people try a few different things now and again. YOu have definately landed on your feet there.

[Mickey_C]

So I've been wondering about this: How do they do the arm relief with a maple cap?

I've been mystified by this on my 25th anniversary as well. You would think the cap would have to be thick enough on the entire top to provide enough material to remove the relief, but it's not, and yet the flames are on the relief as well.

[slash]

So I've been wondering about this: How do they do the arm relief with a maple cap?

I've been mystified by this on my 25th anniversary as well. You would think the cap would have to be thick enough on the entire top to provide enough material to remove the relief, but it's not, and yet the flames are on the relief as well.

The cap is only 1/8" thick so they can bend it over the forearm cut. They use steam to make the wood pliable enough to do this.

[Bengal65]

Absolutely super nice! Nice job specing her out! I love the finish. It came out great

[daemon barbeque]

She is really beautifull!Very nice finish!

[Mickey_C]

The cap is only 1/8" thick so they can bend it over the forearm cut. They use steam to make the wood pliable enough to do this.

Ah... now that makes sense, and also makes sense why the bookmatch can be so good, in contrast to a lp. It's more of a lamination, or veneer.

Which would also mean the charvel maple cap has less of an effect on the tone, right?

[~K~]

Ah... now that makes sense, and also makes sense why the bookmatch can be so good, in contrast to a lp. It's more of a lamination, or veneer.

Which would also mean the charvel maple cap has less of an effect on the tone, right?

Charvel does have differing thickness all the way to solid if you wanna drop the cake ..

BTW Pat, kickass guitar...congrats

[shreddermon]

Also, IMHO, that's an apples and oranges comparison. Typical LPs have thicker bodies than Strats/Dinkies. And LPs are arch tops, so the maple cap is thicker to accomodate that design style. But I would guess that they're in the ballpark, at least proportionally speaking. Wood-to-wood, I mean.