NGD - Lado Earth

[zeegler]

My Lado Lazer was lonely, so I found a friend for it.



If you look closely, you can see the differences between the Earth (blue guitar), and the Lazer (green guitar)

[gtrbuyer]

what are the inlays on the green one?

[zeegler]

what are the inlays on the green one?

They're just some weird designs that have been used on Lados over the years. As far as I know, they don't have any meaning.

[xbolt]

There's a couple of rare ones

[Mikey2201]

There's a couple of rare ones

plus 1

Lado is not something you see often

[sully]

Hey Zeegs, what happened to the one you were building? Did it get finished?

Sully

[beachjammer]

Those are killer! I've always wanted a Lado but can never find one when I have the money.

[wilkinsi]

That blue one reminds me of Adrian Smith's (1987/88)

[DeathThrashAttack]

You should definitely post more pics, especially ones that arent partially upside down

[zeegler]

Hey Zeegs, what happened to the one you were building? Did it get finished?

Sully

Not yet. I'm kinda stuck on something at the moment. I made a slight miscalculation when locating the route for the bridge pickup. It is about 1/4" too close to the bridge, and I think it might cause problems with locating the bridge properly.
I could remove the fretboard, and use a new board with a slightly longer scale length. I think 25 3/4" would be perfect. This would move the bridge back 1/4". The only problem with this, is that it is a lot of work to remove the fretboard, and I'd have to have one custom made.

Any other ideas?

[Ben...]

That blue one reminds me of Adrian Smith's (1987/88)

As soon as I saw them portions of the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album started playing in my head.

[Nightbat]

There's a couple of rare ones

And with Lado up for grabs, they'll become even more rare

[beachjammer]

That blue one reminds me of Adrian Smith's (1987/88)

I was thinking the same thing! He played one on the Powerslave tour as well. Watch the Live After Death DVD! Great stuff!

[Dred]

That blue one reminds me of Adrian Smith's (1987/88)

Also reminds me of that one dude from Obscura.

[sully]

Not yet. I'm kinda stuck on something at the moment. I made a slight miscalculation when locating the route for the bridge pickup. It is about 1/4" too close to the bridge, and I think it might cause problems with locating the bridge properly.
I could remove the fretboard, and use a new board with a slightly longer scale length. I think 25 3/4" would be perfect. This would move the bridge back 1/4". The only problem with this, is that it is a lot of work to remove the fretboard, and I'd have to have one custom made.

Any other ideas?

What kind of bridge are you putting on there? I don't remember specifically, but is it getting a trans finish? My thought is that if you locate the bridge where it needs to be, worst case scenario, you can fill the pickup rout, move it up, and rout it again. If you fill it well enough, you're never going to see it; especially if you're using a pickup mounting ring. . I'd much rather fill the pickup rout than mess with a fretboard or scale that's already been determined.

OR....you can fill it, rout the body down slightly, and veneer the top so there's no evidence. Bury the body, so to speak.

sully