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    Hi guys,

    I realize this is both ridiculous, and would probably be very expensive for little to no benefit, but would there be any downsides to adding a large piece of wood to a guitar? I've been looking for a cheap(ish) hard tail explorer type guitar, with the same shape as a gibson one (aside from a kelly none of the other variants do it for me) but with a slimmer neck profile/jumbo frets, etc. The best alternative i found was actually a kramer imperial but those are proving to be incredibly hard to find in a TOM version.

    Anyway, a thought occurred to me. The Charvel star is basically just an explorer with a triangle chunk cut out of the bottom, could that chunk be feasibly re-added? I know it would add a huge cost for the wood and repainting and is borderline heretical. But could it be done?



    Cheers

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    You can do just about anything if you pay enough money. Why don't you just buy a new body, have it painted and then throw a neck on it? If you're not doing the work yourself, it would be cheaper.
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    • #3
      That would work too, although I haven't been able too find many nice bolt on explorer bodies either.
      Last edited by dscythe; 12-16-2015, 06:49 PM.

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      • #4
        Have you checked out the KNE XPL???


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        • #5
          Originally posted by Metal Spawn View Post
          Have you checked out the KNE XPL???


          http://www.kneguitars.com/rad_bod.php#Xplorhome
          KNE make solid bodies. I ordered a mahogany hardtail dinky, coupled it with a model 2 neck, and she sings very beautifully.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Metal Spawn View Post
            Have you checked out the KNE XPL???


            http://www.kneguitars.com/rad_bod.php#Xplorhome
            These look very promising, thank you! Wonder why they never came up in any of my searches.

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            • #7
              The names for the KNE bodies are awesome haha.
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              • #8
                You can add anything to a guitar to make it work! For example.......

                www.vvforums.com

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                • #9
                  KnE makes great bodies I have had a few and was very pleased with them.
                  Really? well screw Mark Twain.

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                  • #10
                    KNE body....Warmoth neck. KNE does great work.

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