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  • Addict Burrito 2

    A few years ago my co-guitarist and good friend started building guitars and I ordered a custom spec-ed Cali-esque (shocking, I know) neck thru I called the Burrito.


    It was intended to be essentially an amalgamation of the best qualities of a Custom Shop Jackson Soloist and Custom Hamer Cali. While it was a fine instrument, there were a few minor items that needed redressing. To his credit, instead of correcting the issues on the Burrito, he opted to build me whole new one to which I added some spec changes- gone are the 27 frets so there is now room for a Fernandes Sustainer. I also had the control layout a little different- more ergonomically positioned. The FU Tone Floyd will be replaced with a much better (IMHO) Schaller Lock Meister. The bridge p'up was a SD TB-6 Distortion, is now going to be either a SD Pegasus or a Gravelin Mongoose.
    The final item is purely aesthetic and cosmetic- the green stain was a little too dark on the original Burrito and he's handily remedied that with this brilliant emerald stain!


  • #2
    Damn that's nice! I like the control layout. Nice and out of the way!

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    • #3
      Really cool!
      I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Razor View Post
        Damn that's nice! I like the control layout. Nice and out of the way!

        Those are for the Sustainer mini toggles. The holes for the volume, tone and toggle are not drilled yet.

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        • #5
          That FU-Tone Floyd looks like a cross between an OFR (flat baseplate) and an Ibanez Edge (ramp-shaped saddles).

          Both guitars are badass. Your friend does amazing work. The finish on the revised Burrito is eye-popping!

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          • #6
            The emerald green is stunning!
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            • #7
              Originally posted by vector View Post

              Those are for the Sustainer mini toggles. The holes for the volume, tone and toggle are not drilled yet.
              Well damn. I have gorilla hands, and the one thing that gets me with most every brand of guitar is hitting the volume knob while playing. Here I thought I had found some new, and super great idea for volume and tone knob placement...

              Originally posted by Axewielder View Post
              The emerald green is stunning!
              You aren't just whistling Dixie there!

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              • #8
                Yeah I'm a ham-fister as well. Slide the volume and tone back where the Floyd is and not where the bridge pup is. The front edge of the trem route should be the demarcation point. Nothing forward of that. Very critical with a recessed trem.
                Last edited by Axewielder; 07-01-2017, 07:48 PM.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Number Of The Priest View Post
                  That FU-Tone Floyd looks like a cross between an OFR (flat baseplate) and an Ibanez Edge (ramp-shaped saddles).

                  Both guitars are badass. Your friend does amazing work. The finish on the revised Burrito is eye-popping!
                  The FU Tone reminds me of the Gotoh with the angled micro-tuners, ramped saddles and the straight knife edge on the one side.

                  Originally posted by Axewielder View Post
                  Yeah I'm a ham-fister as well. Slide the volume and tone back where the Floyd is and not where the bridge pup is. The front edge of the trem route should be the demarcation point. Nothing forward of that. Very critical with a recessed trem.
                  Agree- I won't even look at a Soloist because of the Volume knob placement though I can get along with a DK1 and obviously, the Hamer Cali control lay out works for me.

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                  • #10
                    Nice quilt on both of them!

                    So....the 1st one is getting off loaded cheap then?
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                    • #11
                      wow. Very nice. The new finish is lovely
                      Hail yesterday

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by shramiac View Post
                        Nice quilt on both of them!

                        So....the 1st one is getting off loaded cheap then?
                        It's actually coming back to me, with a few improvements. I'm open to discussion regarding where it lands next.

                        Here's a better shot of the new finish:
                        Last edited by vector; 07-05-2017, 01:52 PM.

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                        • #13
                          I thought the second photo in your first post was eye-popping. THIS latest pic is eye-popping!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Number Of The Priest View Post
                            I thought the second photo in your first post was eye-popping. THIS latest pic is eye-popping!
                            I agree, but I liked the first pic of the second one better. No more additional black in this second one please.

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                            • #15
                              Fudge! Only I didn't say fudge! Puuuuuuuurty. Congrats.
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