what would you do?

[cullenszoo]

There are a ton of super responses here. Unless you send the exact specs for your neck it will be hard to replicate it. and that's just the neck. You will always love the one you have and a new one will have its character too. Maybe you could think of each guitar as a different mood. I play my strat when I'm feeling mellow and bluesy. I play my LTD when I'm wanting to rock. I play my Kelly when I'm feeling aggressive. I also compose the same way, using different guitars depending on what I'm writing.

[vector]

There are a ton of super responses here. Unless you send the exact specs for your neck it will be hard to replicate it. and that's just the neck. You will always love the one you have and a new one will have its character too. Maybe you could think of each guitar as a different mood. I play my strat when I'm feeling mellow and bluesy. I play my LTD when I'm wanting to rock. I play my Kelly when I'm feeling aggressive. I also compose the same way, using different guitars depending on what I'm writing.

I guess some background info might have helped: I have a bunch of axes that cover most of the bases I hit with my band and my own personal musical pursuits. Much like what you detailed- Strat for bluesy mellow stuff, Paul for classic rock/hard rock, Charvel CS Star & Hamers for shred & metal, RR Ex for sludgy and down tuned crush, etc etc etc. But what I'm getting from folks responses is that it's fool's errand to try and outright duplicate my fave- the Rising Sun Star.

I didn't want to copy the Charvel exactly, just to make similar in playability, features & looks. I've boiled it down to wanting all axes to be 24 frets and floating Floyd equipped. Then varying between active and passive pups and tone woods. The 2nd Star is probably my attempt at simplifying my stage axes to just two- the cs Stars: One passive, one active.

Hope you're wrong about the necks though. That's one of the best aspects of the Rising Sun. Fucking neck is off the hook badass. I did specify in the work order for them to duplicate the neck on my Star. Specifically, identifying it as the San Dimas type and the work order number of the original. Not sure if that'll help.

[YetAnotherOne]

Having owned multiple sets of identical guitars, in some cases right down to duplicates in different finishes with consecutive serial numbers, I can say with some certainty that you'll NEVER duplicate the great one. The most probable outcome will be that one will become your favorite and the other little-used.

[vector]

Having owned multiple sets of identical guitars, in some cases right down to duplicates in different finishes with consecutive serial numbers, I can say with some certainty that you'll NEVER duplicate the great one. The most probable outcome will be that one will become your favorite and the other little-used.

I'm okay with that. Like I said, I wondered whether it was worth it to try and duplicate the "one" and it sounds like my instincts were on. I changed up the cs Star on order so as to cover all my bases with the stuff we play at shows.

[cullenszoo]

Well there you go. as far as the neck, if you specified the specs for it I'll bet your new one will be just as good if not better.

[vector]

Well there you go. as far as the neck, if you specified the specs for it I'll bet your new one will be just as good if not better.

That I did, cullenszoo. That I did. Matt is a good peeps. He'll see to it that they at least try to duplicate the neck. Maybe you're right- maybe it'll be even a little bit better! F*ck yeah!