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It's been a while since I got my Charvel Model 5 back from Dan Lawrence but figured posting pictures late was better then never. here is a picture of the guitar before I sent it out to Dan. It's the blue one with the yellow graphic on it. I purchased it stripped off of ebay and figured I could resurrect it. The guitar should up with a flaking clear coat and a cheap chinese floyd knockoff.
I sold the chinese floyd knockoff to a forum member and picked up a Jackson labeled German made floyd off of ebay for the guitar. With the new trem I added a brass big block since the trem came with a 32mm floyd block which was too small for the non-recessed trem. For pickups I went with SD Blackouts and for the hell of it I added a EMG Afterburner. After this I decided to send the guitar out for paint since the flaking clearcoat was getting really bad. I contacted Dan about what I wanted to do and he was really great to deal with. So here are pictures are of the Model 5 after it returned from Dan.
I need to contact Budman and get a trem cover made for it still but other then that the guitar is amazing. Dan did a wonderful job on the finish. Now I have two more model 5's sitting around that need to be reworked and refinished.
Would adding a 4th trem spring help any? I just wonder because the claw seems to be tightened in almost all the way.
I sold the chinese floyd knockoff to a forum member and picked up a Jackson labeled German made floyd off of ebay for the guitar. With the new trem I added a brass big block since the trem came with a 32mm floyd block which was too small for the non-recessed trem. For pickups I went with SD Blackouts and for the hell of it I added a EMG Afterburner. After this I decided to send the guitar out for paint since the flaking clearcoat was getting really bad. I contacted Dan about what I wanted to do and he was really great to deal with. So here are pictures are of the Model 5 after it returned from Dan.
I need to contact Budman and get a trem cover made for it still but other then that the guitar is amazing. Dan did a wonderful job on the finish. Now I have two more model 5's sitting around that need to be reworked and refinished.
Would adding a 4th trem spring help any? I just wonder because the claw seems to be tightened in almost all the way.
Oddly enough, they all need to be re-finished as well!
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