Ok, I finally got the last remaining parts that I needed yesterday, so I managed to assemble it they way I wanted it and it came out great!
When I got it, it was in really poor condition..no pickups, cheap takeuchi trem, dry fretboard, some rusted frets (no playwear though!) and, what I saw for the first time, really ugly and dirty binding!
Here's a couple of pics:
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0249m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0246m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0239m.jpg)
I'm not sure if you can see how dirty the binding was in those pics. I then took a scalpel and carefully scraped all the binding that is flat with fretboard, here's a picture (my camera sucks at closeups and this is the best shot I could get):
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSC07375m.jpg)
Difference is day and night!
All parts ready!
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0273m.jpg)
And here are the results:
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0291m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0289m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0285m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0284m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0282m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0281m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0280m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0276m.jpg)
I still haven't put the JE1000 boost in there, so far it's only J50BC and J50N, but the guitar rocks without the boost already!!! Only thing it lacks is a bit of more power on palm muted notes, otherwise sounds great with lots of sustain!!! It still needs some more fixing in terms of acton, neck relief and sustain, but I can tell already that my CS RR got a really tough competitor in this one!
When I got it, it was in really poor condition..no pickups, cheap takeuchi trem, dry fretboard, some rusted frets (no playwear though!) and, what I saw for the first time, really ugly and dirty binding!
Here's a couple of pics:
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0249m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0246m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0239m.jpg)
I'm not sure if you can see how dirty the binding was in those pics. I then took a scalpel and carefully scraped all the binding that is flat with fretboard, here's a picture (my camera sucks at closeups and this is the best shot I could get):
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSC07375m.jpg)
Difference is day and night!
All parts ready!
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0273m.jpg)
And here are the results:
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0291m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0289m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0285m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0284m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0282m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0281m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0280m.jpg)
![](http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/TyrantWerwolf/GJ%20Randy%20Rhoads%20Custom/DSCN0276m.jpg)
I still haven't put the JE1000 boost in there, so far it's only J50BC and J50N, but the guitar rocks without the boost already!!! Only thing it lacks is a bit of more power on palm muted notes, otherwise sounds great with lots of sustain!!! It still needs some more fixing in terms of acton, neck relief and sustain, but I can tell already that my CS RR got a really tough competitor in this one!
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