New Custom Arrives - Is it 1986 All Over Again? (Sort Of...)

[Trem]

OWWWnage!!

That's just hawt!!

[shreddermon]

Very nice Pat. Looks kind of familiar, to a point at least...

Well, yeah, the finish maybe. Otherwise, not so much.

Very original! Except for the fact that you stole it from the Predator...

Sorry, but no. I wouldn't know a Predator from Prey. :ROTF:

[Ayrton]

Very nice!

[Axewielder]

Sorry, but no. I wouldn't know a Predator from Prey. :ROTF:

Haha ok, well if you ever cross paths with one, you will find it very familiar...right down to the 5-way switch coil tapping scheme. Spike? Where are you? He can back me up on this. Congrats again!

[ZZB]

Oh wow. Dinky, H/S, strathead, OFR, beautiful top... that's pretty my idea of a perfect guitar right there! What does the mahogany body do for tone on a bolt-on Strat type guitar?

[bombtek]

I know what the deal is with the plate. The guitar is suffering from identity crisis ..... with the 24 frets, and dinky body but with the Charvel logo on the headstock, it didn't know whether it was a Jackson, or a Charvel LOL.

Awesome looking guitar though Pat congrats.

[RR05xx]

You know, with those specs, I would not be surprised if someone at the CS was trying to tell you something! LOL!

[Johnnyryche]

Very cool, Pat. Awesome color and flame top.

[AndyK]

I'm not sure why that guitar wouldn't have a Jackson neck w/ shark inlays? Everything about it screams Jackson - body shape, recessed Floyd, etc. Strange. If it was on eBay, I bet we would be calling it a fake or parts guitar!

[Sinistas]

...Because it's a custom?

[Jack Napalm]

Nice guitars. You always come up with cool looking customs. When did you place the order for it?

[shreddermon]

What does the mahogany body do for tone on a bolt-on Strat type guitar?

Same that mahogany does for any other type of guitar. Darker tone, more low-mids.

When did you place the order for it?

Just under a year ago.

[Pentii]

Guitar porn. A good way to make friends.

[Bionic]

This one arrived freshly yesterday. Very cool guitar, plays like a champ. And looks like a winner. Specs:

- Dinky Strat
- Mahogany body
- 1/8th Flamed Maple Top (killer flame!)
- Trans Purple Finish, Analine Dye
- Quartersawn Maple Neck, Clearcoated
- PC1 Neck Backshape
- Strat Headstock
- Pau Ferro Fretboard
- MOP Dot Inlays
- 24 Jumbo Frets
- Original Floyd, Recessed
- Gotoh Tuners
- All Chrome Hardware
- "Custom Shop" Logo on Back of Headstock
- H-S Layout: Dimarzio Evolution (b) and Virtual Vintage Blues (n)
- 1 Volume and 5-way Switch

Apologies for the cruddy pictures - not a great day for camera work. But it's late January in the northeast, so whatchya gonna do?





OK, here's where things get a little strange. Is it 1986 all over again? :think: Are they moving the custom shop back to San Dimas, and ran out of Charvel neckplates? :ROTF:



Hanging out with a bro...

When was this supposed to have been built?? Not recently...

[neilli]

Well my Adrian Smith Jackson is 006675 and according to the hangtag, that was finished in September (if I remember correctly)...