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  • NPD (NEW PAINT DAY!) Soloist inside!

    I picked up this soloist quite some time ago from Meshy. Some knucklehead put a strat pickguard on it and thought that was cool, :think: NO! its not.

    SO got in touch with my friend who is local that paints guitars. he did my green one for me. He has been painting a LONG time. And also is a great player. but he used to paint anything from hot rods, motorcycles, street bikes, and even airplanes. and if you dabble in aerodynamics you know even the weight of the paint has an effect on the plane. so i trust him.

    Anyways. being that im up to 4 one hum soloist and had this project laying here. i wanted to go little like lynch. Hum / Single with one volume that has a push/pull for switching between pups. pretty cool idea. so here we are.

    Idea is down. Cut a maple block to plug up the center route since this started as a SL1 and handed it off to my friend.

    I was so impressed with the agent orange color of my one hum Custom shop RR that i wanted to go with that. Since Jackson doesn't have the color code available my friend used his trained eye to match it up and well ill let the pics speak for how well he matched the color.

    Here it is once i got it in some daylight.. Copper tone form the Pearl comes out nicely!



    With hardware installed.





    And here it is in the daylight and some pics with the RR custom.





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    and my Mean Green that he also painted.


  • #2
    That is awesome. Looks like he did a great job with the paint.

    I'm planning a similar SL1 project idea. I can't decide between a toggle or the Lynch push-pull volume for the H/S switching...

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    • #3
      It does take a little getting used to for sure.. If i did it again. I would prolly just keep the blade and make it a 3 way or something.. But once you practice it a bit switching is pretty easy.

      but yeah he does. He did a glow in the dark Zebra stripe. that looks white untill the lights go out then goes Zebra. he did that for Nick (jacksonite) i think.

      Got a KV2 im thinking about getting him to do something really cool on. not sure what yet.

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      • #4
        Looks awesome Bob!
        Popular is not the same as good
        Rare is not the same as valuable
        Worth is what someone will pay, not what you want to get

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        • #5
          Ian i was just thinking about you the other day. We haven't caught up in a good bit!

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          • #6
            that looks killer!! what is wrong with the bridge pickup though? it looks like it got ran over by a truck...
            GEAR:

            some guitars...WITH STRINGS!!!! most of them have those sticks like on guitar hero....AWESOME!!!!

            some amps...they have some glowing bottle like things in them...i think my amps do that modelling thing....COOL, huh?!?!?!

            and finally....

            i have those little plastic "chips" used to hit the strings...WHOA!!!!

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            • #7
              LOL yeah thats the Battleworn Bareknuckle warpig. only BKP I had in F space and didnt want to take the cover off. Lazy i know.

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              • #8
                Nice job there Bob. Funny, sick minds think alike. I have a soloist w/ a spray-can desert camo graphic, threw in a Warpig a few years back. Never looked back again. They're great PUs. Getting an Aftermath PU for my Baritone soon.

                And you paint guy did a great job matching it to the V. Congrats amigo.
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                • #9
                  Thanks Pete. Aftermath was what i was wanting to go with but mine was regular spaced

                  When you going to let me get that RR? LOL

                  And that overkill video! LOL LOL

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Corpsegrinder88 View Post
                    It does take a little getting used to for sure.. If i did it again. I would prolly just keep the blade and make it a 3 way or something.. But once you practice it a bit switching is pretty easy.
                    I actually have 2 HSS soloists that swapped the 5 way for 3 way blades (I never use the middle pup), so I'm leaning towards that. But being a big Lynch fan, I'm tempted to pay tribute

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                    • #11
                      thats looks killer, the 1 hum in green is killer too. ive always wanted a 1 hum soloist, they just look right.

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                      • #12
                        One hums are becoming my new favorite.. besides the RR24's i managed to grab these one hums

                        86 SD RR custom
                        85 SD Kelly Custom
                        86 SD Soloist Custom
                        88 Ontario Soloist Custom
                        89 Ontario Soloist Custom

                        on my wish list

                        Petes String thru RR
                        Scott Ian soloist
                        SD Star

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                        • #13
                          When I first saw the pickup I thought you were one of those weirdos that leaves the plastic films on stuff, then it dawned on me that it was a BKP.
                          GTWGITS! - RacerX

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                          • #14
                            Sweet guitar! That turned out great. Jackson should add some variety like this to the USA line. I would love to see a single hum and a H/S soloist.

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                            • #15
                              You should post the before pic to remind people what it looked like. It's amazing how a fresh coat of paint and a little woodwork brings a guitar back to life!

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