Project guitar: Vinnie Vincent V

[Racerx2k]

I heard VV had a sex change is that true?

Vinnie Vincent now goes by the name "Colette" and was last seen in the Disney Pixar movie "Ratatouille"

[Top Jimmy B]

I need one of those guitars for the Vinnie Vincent tribute band I'm starting.

[Cygnus X1]

[zeegler]

Hmmm... I don't get it. The pics on the ebay listing are of the same body as your guitar. Is this guy selling your body. The grain matches exactly.
SUSPECT.......

You're right John, that's the same exact body, and it definitely is routed for Ibanez neck and hardware.

[VitaminG]

Vinnie Vincent now goes by the name "Colette" and was last seen in the Disney Pixar movie "Ratatouille"

he's come a long way.....

[Racerx2k]

hehe. Yeah, I thought about the similarity with Roxy, as well, when I posted that.

[Bluestreak]

Project complete.

The neck (NOS Jackson neck, meant for a Jackson DXMG) and the EMG-89 pickup that went in.


The hardware came from a parted-out Jackson Randy Rhoads, or so the EvilBay auction claimed.




A screw broke off in the neck while I was re-drilling the neck holes, and the broken screw had to be drilled out. I cut a cross-grain plug, pressed it into the neck, re-drilled the mounting hole, and the repair went smoothly.


Here it is, test-assembled and fully set-up, just before it went to paint. It was so much fun to play, I hated to tear it down for paint.


The jigsaw puzzle this past Monday night, when the body came back from paint. It turned out immaculate!


From the back...


And finally...


The color just doesn't pop until you put it in natural light. I painted it "Sonic Blue", a Ford color. The guitar was painted to match my Mustang coupe. I haven't taken a picture of the two together yet. I'll do that later today when I take the Mustang out of the garage.








So that was my first guitar build, based on Vinnie's old late 80's double V. Plays like a dream, everyone who's seen it has asked about it, and the total cost came in just over $600. My next project is a 7-string strat... building one-off guitars can easily become addictive.

-Roger

[Bluestreak]

Finished.









-R

[DonP]

Turned out great. Congrats!

[Aso]

That looks great and Sonic Blue is a great color.

[roodyrocker]

From a fellow Mustang addict, that turned out nice!

[bombtek]

Those are just too weird for me. It's nice and well done on your project, but they definitely are not for me.

[missionguitars1]

I like it - well done!!!

[straycat]

Looks great I like it.