Mike Shannon RR 1.5 Upgrade... '80 Concorde Style!!

[BallooTheBear]

Kickass axe.

[mottobur]

Sweet Axe!!

[RRHowie]

"The one thing I really notice is how hard it is to access the higher frets"

Thats the one thing about these Concords I dont think I would like, but nice job on the extras.........................

You get used to it... it's a great feeling guitar! I did find out the one thing I'm not crazy about is where the jack is located. I like playing sitting and it gets in the way of my leg.

H

https://www.howardsstudios.com

[777]

"The one thing I really notice is how hard it is to access the higher frets"

Thats the one thing about these Concords I dont think I would like, but nice job on the extras.........................

[halford]

WOW

gas reinstated

[GuerillaPete]

That thing is tits! Sweet upgrades too.

[Hellbat]

Looks awesome!

[RRHowie]

Isn't it just like any other shortwing now, or am I missing something?

I don't know... can you tell me??

H

https://www.howardsstudios.com

[neilli]

Isn't it just like any other shortwing now, or am I missing something?

[sully]

outstanding!

[Larz]

Looks real good.

How does she play?

[RRHowie]

Looks Fantastic

So did Mike just do the stripes over the original finish and just clear over the top of that or..?

Yes, he did the striping in reverse to how it would have been done originally (darker color, tape, lighter color).

How are the necks on those? Big 50s LP or more speed neck..Looks great by the way

The neck is very comfortable... the Les Pauls from the early 70's varied so much that if they copied his it was fairly fast and a thinner neck. The one thing I really notice is how hard it is to access the higher frets, but if Hendrix could do it on right handed strats, I can manage I've never been crazy about small frets, but man this guitar is so easy to play, I might be a small fret guy from here on out.

So did you have the pinstripes made dark metallic blue like Randy's or are they black? His headstock was actually dark metallic blue, too.

You know.... it crossed my mind, but the whole guitar would have to be stripped and re-done from head to toe. For something very hard to even notice like metallic purple flake mixed with black, I'm pretty content with what I have here... the 'Poor Mans Tribute'

I can actually live without duct tape on the back too

H

https://www.howardsstudios.com

[toejam]

but after a few weeks I realized I needed some stripes and a few other tweaks to make it more '1980 Concorde'...

So did you have the pinstripes made dark metallic blue like Randy's or are they black? His headstock was actually dark metallic blue, too.

[RacerX]

and I had some brass pickup rings and gold post single coil humbuckers installed (I absolutely hated the gold covered humbuckers).

Ooh, that looks really classy!

[Special-K]

Awesome looking guitar! Congrats!