My Charvel Mutt is finished!

[Piro]

Here it is in all of its muttly glory! I know its not a true Charvel but it plays like one! It has a Seymour Duncan Invader in the bridge and Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in the middle and neck. And the bridge is full floating. Soon I will take out the 5 position switch and put in 3 switches for individual pickup selections (they will be 3 positions so I can also coil tap). Also I'm putting a new onboard effect that I kind of invented, called a Stutter Box. It is kind of like a "auto-kill switch". It will turn the signal from the guitar on and off at a set tempo, which is set using a knob.

Please tell me what you think of how it turned out and what you think of the idea of the Stutter box.

Before:


After:
(never mind the 7 string in the background)

[nhspike]

Hey Piro, that's pretty cool looking.
Nice job.
I think the stutter box is a sweet idea.
Would be cool to kick into that effect and out as required.

[Alvin_Wilson]

Piro, welcome to the JCF! Your mutt looks great, love the color. Is that a Jackson or Charvel body? Was there a 21 or 22 fret neck on the body before the Charvel neck? Those Charvel Model series necks are the shit!

Edit: I have that same Levy's strap. I use it on my Clone.

[Bossman89]

Looks sweet!! The stutter box thing is interesting you should post some type of sound clip when u get it in. I also like the three switch idea versus the 5 blade. Yeah its hard to beat the model series necks!

[sonicsamurai]

almost looks like some kind of kramer body? nice idea. nice colour. and welcome!!

[Piro]

I know the body isn't a Jackson or a Charvel, I have no idea where it came from. All I know is that its pretty beat up and its alder. It sounds awsome so I probably wont change it! MY next project will either be a Charvel Model 6 or a 650xl.

[nhspike]

Piro,
Let me cast a vote for keeping the 5-way switch... or at least the concept.
Heck, it's easy to flip... almost instinctive... and no looking down to see which switches are on/off/tapped...
Just look at a predator.
That's just two pickups... and major tonal variation, and very appreciated.
It works!
Lot's of switches = great for studio
Simple "bang it" switches = great for live

hehe

you said "bang it"

that's cool

hehe

[Piro]

hehe

you said "bang it"

that's cool

hehe

Ya, I understand where our coming from. I've had a few guitars with the 3 switches and I got used to it so its like second nature to me.

[straycat]

Get those speed knobs off there.

[Alvin_Wilson]

Get those speed knobs off there.

Makes it look like an early Kramer Focus. But, I do like the speed knobs.

[MSGfan]

I know the body isn't a Jackson or a Charvel, I have no idea where it came from. All I know is that its pretty beat up and its alder. It sounds awsome so I probably wont change it! MY next project will either be a Charvel Model 6 or a 650xl.

The body looks like a Peavey if you ask me! Can't remember what model it's called tho.

[Jack The Riffer]

Nice job. That thing looks sweet!!!

[Piro]

Nice job. That thing looks sweet!!!

Thanks, It sounds better than it looks. Only issue is there are two really nasty cracks coming from the neck joint. As soon as I get the $$ I'm gonna replace the body with a new one that is as close to the current one (alder, metallic blue). I'm prolly also gonna replace the licensed floyd rose wit ha real one.