I recently acquired a well-played and loved on 1990 era Warrior Pro. The guitar was in fantastic playable shape and all original, minus worn paint and some slightly bad cosmetic issues. I owned a pavo purple WR1 some years back, which I sold to a Swedish dude in order to fund some other custom shop stuff. I'd always missed the guitar and was thinking about doing a Custom Select in purple, but the purples they offer aren't quite 'it'. I contacted Marty Bell about the project and we were very quickly under way. We decided to up the sparkle a bit with a larger flake but kept true to the actual purple-ness. I shipped the guitar to him August 28th, and I received it back yesterday. Insane turnaround time! Some of you are familiar with Marty but this was my first time using him. I have to say, he's amazing and this is totally how getting a custom refinish should be. His work is pretty flawless and even though it was a short time, he kept me updated on it. He even managed to save the original pearl logo. I saved a ton of money doing it this way and got the extra wicked slanty goodness of an original Warrior. The depth of the color is not really represented by the pics but hopefully you get the idea. So stoked about this one!
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N(R)GD: Pavo Purple Sparkle Warrior Pro
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I hate you. Congrats!
I don't remember this model ever being available in that finish in the catalogs. Might be an aftermarket finish.Fuck ebay, fuck paypal
"Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).
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I think he had to do some wiggling to get the bridge pickup back in. As far as I know the Pro's only came in pearl white, red, black, yellow, and pearl blue. This one was its original black when I got it. I'm not much for black guitars usually, but it was a little hard to send it out even though it kind of needed it.Looking for un-molested slant fretboard early USA & Pro Warriors!
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Originally posted by wilkinsi View PostI hate you. Congrats!
I don't remember this model ever being available in that finish in the catalogs. Might be an aftermarket finish.
Nice job, Sho`I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
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