Just in time for Halloween!!

[mm2002]

I just finished this one, it was the black Predator body I got off ebay (that was beat to sh!t) and an old 275 neck I had laying around. I modded a jt6 to fit it (some grinding required!) and put in a j90C and an original dual-rail out of an old Predator. This 'ol mutt plays and sounds awesome! I wish the pics turned out better but it is done in laquer with about 12 coats of clear and buffed to a mirror. BTW, thanks again to Dave (budman) for pickup rings and cavity covers! Just goes to show that for a very little amount of cash and a lot of elbow grease you can make a pretty decent axe out of a P.O.S. !!! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[mm2002]

Re: Just in time for Halloween!!

oops...I put this in the wrong section huh..... [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
Admins, please move this to the import section before I piss somebody off!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[ September 30, 2003, 09:56 PM: Message edited by: mm2002 ]

[toejam]

Re: Just in time for Halloween!!

Wow, that looks awesome!! Great job!!!! [img]graemlins/toast.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Budman68]

Re: Just in time for Halloween!!

Mark, that looks killer! You never cease to amaze me bud, [img]graemlins/toast.gif[/img]


Dave->

[StukaJU87]

Re: Just in time for Halloween!!

MM...that looks real nice. Great job. [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[2Loud2Old]

Re: Just in time for Halloween!!

That looks great!

You didn't do those lines freehand, did you?

I like!

[VitaminG]

Re: Just in time for Halloween!!

wow! that looks great.

[mm2002]

Re: Just in time for Halloween!!

Originally posted by 2Loud2Old:
That looks great!

You didn't do those lines freehand, did you?

I like!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">hehe...nope, I can barely write my name free hand! I have no artistic ability at all and what I did on this guitar could be done by anybody. The guitar was already black so I just wetsanded it, filled all the dings (some were chunks!), then using 1/8" masking tape I masked off the stripes, shot the whole thing with an off-white laquer, removed the tape and whammo! Then came many coats of clear and wetsanding to bury everything and make it nice and flat. You can still feel a tiny tiny bit of some of the stripes but I found a stopping point and called it good. I can't see putting 20 hours of work in a $100.00 guitar!
Thanks for the compliments guys, I had fun doing it and this was just an alternative to using the body for firewood!
Oh and BTW, this is the only "toothpast" logo Charvel I've ever had and I can't believe how good those necks feel. I was surprised. I've had that neck laying around for a couple of years and thought I'd never use it. I'm glad I did.

[RattleHead]

Re: Just in time for Halloween!!

Nice work man! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]