VH2 Bumblebee body?

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Hey gang,
what style is the VH2 body?
More of a regular strat body or a san dimas style, or something else?
Thanks.

[bonghits]

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San Dimas. Wayne Guitars actually sells the same exact body.

[jcmktgguy]

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San Dimas. Wayne Guitars actually sells the same exact body.

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But can't stripe it (legally). Charvel can!

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Here's the back, definitely more SD-style. Legally or illegally, not many people get the route or stripes exactly right.

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Thanks appreciate the pic of the back side, very helpful to me. Maybe its me and I didn't look real hard, but the body is available to buy from Wayne through his site?
I'm gonna go take a better look.

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I sent hime/Wayne an e-mail.
I'll wait and see what he says.
Thanks gang.

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Here's the back, definitely more SD-style. Legally or illegally, not many people get the route or stripes exactly right.



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That rear cavity looks a bit different to me than expected.
Is this the original rear cavity route on Eds bumblebee or is it someone elses creation?
Thanks.

[MBreinin]

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That is the original cavity. It is sometimes referred to as the Boogie route, but it is an early Charvel route.

You can also see Ed's hidden tone control knob back there.

Mike

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Hey...
Can you get me a decent photo of the top view of the original bumblebee? I apprecite it. Thanks.

[bonghits]

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San Dimas. Wayne Guitars actually sells the same exact body.

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But can't stripe it (legally). Charvel can!

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Good news gang.
I just got a chance to check my e-mail (work second shift hours) and Wayne's son Mike responded. They can provide me an exact VH2 bumblebee body with the original rear cavity, as shown in the pic of this thread. Yeah, I'm happy very pumped indeed for my bumblebee project.

I want to say a big thanks to all of you that responded and for pointing me to Wayne. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] Now to create a template or something, for the stripe pattern for the front and back. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I'm really gonna weigh my options carefully for the neck.
Its gotta be to Ed's specfications.
Type of frets, not sure of the neck profile for this just yet. I may have to settle with a wolfgang profile, the specfic neck radius and etc.
Either go with Warmoth or the ebay route, or someone else.

[MBreinin]

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Well, if you want it to be correct, you have to paint the neck black, headstock and back of neck. This is how it was originally delivered by Charvel. Ed later sanded the back of the neck.

Mike

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are they gonna paint it for ya too?

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are they gonna paint it for ya too?

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"Now to create a template or something, for the stripe pattern for the front and back."

I'm guessing he is going to paint it himself because of what he said in his post. If that is the case no need to create a template. Just use painters tape. Paint the base color... tape were you want the stripes... then spray the black and remove the tape or so I'm told.

[JRE]

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You can also see Ed's hidden tone control knob back there.

Mike

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WOW! Never knew that.....thats pretty cool. thanks for pointing that out to me.

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