NGD - Desolation Star, DST-3

[MartinBarre]

Sheepin Boots?

[Hellbat]

Damnit now I gotta convert that to inches.

Ok so thats 2.244 so yeah, pretty much exactly 2-1/4", so any other 24 fret JC neck will fit... good to know, thanks!

I know. I keep thinking about my DKMGT's neck and going "Hmmmmmmmm......."

[MartinBarre]

Honestly guys the neck is fine as it is. The logo looks nice too.

I'm not much of a fan of the dot markers admittedly, on ANY guitar. The offset small ones on my JDR-94 are much nicer looking than regular dots.

[Robert Hendrix]

Honestly guys the neck is fine as it is. The logo looks nice too.

I'm not much of a fan of the dot markers admittedly, on ANY guitar. The offset small ones on my JDR-94 are much nicer looking than regular dots.

Nah! A star's gotta have sharkies!

[MartinBarre]

Yeah, fair enough The Chris Holmes one had no fretboard markers and that looks cool but yeah, sharkies are way better than those white dots.

[MartinBarre]

Christ, every fucking coat of paint or clear lacquer I've put on this thing has somehow drawn flies or bits of fuckin oose or pubes to it like a magnet! Even when I've started painting it inside to stop things sticking to it, little bits of crap seem to appear on the wet paint every coat I do!

[RobRR]

[MartinBarre]

The worst thing is, I'm making a very loose interpretation of this, yet I'm being fuckin anal about the finish!

[toejam]

Nice. Can't wait to see it finished! I'm thinking about picking one of these up eventually. When I had my black one from '05, the jack location also bugged me a little, but I just used a right-angle cable so it wasn't a big deal.

[MartinBarre]

Nice. Can't wait to see it finished! I'm thinking about picking one of these up eventually. When I had my black one from '05, the jack location also bugged me a little, but I just used a right-angle cable so it wasn't a big deal.

Yeah, if I ever gig it I'll be using a right angled jack, I generally do anyway with my guitars. It just seems a stupid design flaw - how hard can it be to put the fuckin jack on the top? It's a REALLY comfy guitar unplugged, until you put the jack in!

[toejam]

I hear ya. They should have done it like on the RR1, but I guess it's a little more labor intensive to run the wiring along the wing when they can have it closer to the control cavity instead.

[R3-Active]

So it is worth the money but you will have to do a pick up and electronica upgrade?

[MartinBarre]

So it is worth the money but you will have to do a pick up and electronica upgrade?

It depends what you're looking for. I think it's worth the money because I wanted a Star and you can't find them over here in the UK, especially not for such a low price.
There's not a huge deal to upgrade in the "electronics" as its a single volume control, and some people might like the linear taper. Same, some people might like the pickup - I put Duncans or Dimarzios in all my guitars though, I know what ones I like and what ones will do the job I'm after.

[R3-Active]

Yeah i'm looking for a Charvel Star since i once saw the picture of a Black star with orange lightning bolt and instantly fell in love with the star model especially with strat head.
That this Pointy drop is really not a big deal for me tought. and i know i want to put a SD Screamin Demon in it or as you ordered the Duncan Distortion. One thing i do know is i dont want EMG's i already got those in Kramer (dont know it this not done to say that brand ) super strat . haha but yeah i'm looking for the radical shaped guitar which is not a normal explorer, well the Star is the ultimate solution then i would imagine

[MartinBarre]

Yep, Star or Kelly, although I never found my Kelly very comfy to play. You must be able to find a 24 fret strat headstock neck somewhere that you could put on the DST-3?