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Old 01-27-2008, 04:26 AM   #76
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Holy crap that trem block is big.

that shits straight large man

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Old 01-27-2008, 05:13 AM   #77
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Dusty Charvel man.

Great stuff, that zebrawood is lookin mad bitchin'.
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Old 01-27-2008, 11:25 AM   #78
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the build is lookin awesome!

bring that sucker out to london for me and aaron to play when she's done, eh? we'll make a jam of it
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Old 01-27-2008, 11:29 AM   #79
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That's coming along nicely

That's going to be killer when it's finished
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Old 01-27-2008, 02:29 PM   #80
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Old 01-27-2008, 03:34 PM   #81
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Old 01-28-2008, 12:07 PM   #82
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Old 02-28-2008, 12:02 PM   #83
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Old 02-29-2008, 10:54 AM   #84
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Yeah, I'm also very interested in how the project is going, Brian
Especially what those beatyful wood combinations did to/for the tone.

Also very much how that TremKing works out WRT tone, sustain and tuning stability.
I'm always interested in how a non-locked-nut whammy arrangement works, and since you reinforced the neck with carbon inserts (i.e. it's a stiff neck), I guess tuning stablility is down to whammy and nut design/quality.
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Old 03-02-2008, 02:30 AM   #86
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Hey guys! I had no idea that this got bumped!

About 3 weeks ago I really injured both my of my wrists and I've been slooooowly getting better. Ulnar nerve damage takes a while to recover from unfortunately.... I was hoping to return to playing/building in about 2 or 3 weeks.

As it stands right now, I'm having new routing templates made for the EMG's (decided to go back to them) and the hipshot trem recess on CNC so it should go a lot faster when I'm able to get back to it.

Vansinn - Padouk on it's own is a pretty stiff wood and like you said, with the carbon reinforcements, it should be super stable. Hipshot's stuff is nothing but top notch and this bridge is built like a bloody tank. It pivots on bearings instead of a knife edge, so wearing it out ain't gonna happen. I'm still waiting for my graphtech nut blank for this, but I might just use some of the ebony i've got sitting around as a nut.

DH - I won't be putting my work into people's hands until April 2009 when I've completed my work with Anthony Karol (Karol Guitars). After that, defintely. The first work that'll come out of my hands to people would probably end up being a guitar that I give away on here on SS.org. Can't really think of a better promotion than that.

Thanks again guys!
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Old 03-02-2008, 02:58 AM   #87
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what a stupid waste of time you have to go through but it is important that you wont do anything until you are fully recovered so i wish you fast recovery man!

why did you decide to go back to EMGs any way? with so beautiful woods it would be waste to arm this baby with some active pups in my opinion.

great idea for the promotion *dreams to be the lucky bastard*

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Injuries never a nice thing, especialy on our hands. I wish you a speedy recovery.
FWIW, I've used accupuncture on several occations over many years with very goos results, including 1½ years ago, when I smashed my left hand into a solid metal girder.

I though you'd be using a TremKing whammy?

Took a brief look at Karol's; looks like you'll be in good hands. I envy you a bit I'm into IT and often wish I was crafting things with my hands. Wouldn't mind building guitars later in life..
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Old 03-07-2008, 05:16 AM   #90
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indeed it is.
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Pure Win!!!

Sorry to hear about your injury, recover fast, o'matey!

So far what the guitar looks like, it's gonna be SHREDTASTIC
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Old 04-29-2008, 12:02 PM   #92
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Sorry to hear about your injury, recover fast, o'matey!

So far what the guitar looks like, it's gonna be SHREDTASTIC
Thanks for the support! I'm about 80% back to normal at this point but the docs are still not sure what the hell is happening in my arms. I've bought some shock dampening gloves that are designed for people with neuropathy issues in the arms. So not this weekend but the following weekend I'll be cuttin wood again!

I'm pretty much 100% on using the EMG's for two reasons. I want EMG's for one in at least one of my 7's, but it's also going to be the tester for a pair of drop in custom Nordstrands. I'm talking to those guys about doing up EMG707/808/Blackout replacement 7 and 8 string passives so toss me a PM if you're interested so I can forward the interest to the guys. No pickup rings!
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So! I pretty much spent the whole day in the shop today working on this. I got clearance from my neuropathy specialist and with the gloves I picked up, I can barely feel anything from the router. It felt SO good to get back at it.

So I fired up the mp3 list with a Testament discography and went to work.



Art (Velocity) had this busted Ibanez at home. Last time I saw him I took it with me and today I fixed up the fretboard and reglued the headstock.



With the sustain block on the Hipshot being as huge as it is, I had to extend one side of the back spring route, knocking it off center.

Getting ready to drill out the cavity.



Cavity drilled out.



Onto the routing. Check out my new gloves, they're pretty close to my old MMA gloves!



For a few minutes, I'd been really craving some Hate Eternal.





Here's the cavity all milled out



I drilled out the post holes next and recessed the trem.



EMG cavities drilled out.



And routed. I swapped between my B/D with a template bit and my Dremel with a 1/8 flatbottom woodbit to follow the template in the really tight corners.



I put some of the hardware in and threw the neck on before heading upstairs for the evening.



That's it for today - I'll be heading back in tomorrow morning to do the control cavity and top carve. The output jack is going to be a deepdish (like fender) mounted on the back. I tried a Brian Moore out with a similar jack and loved it.

I thought about refinishing the Charvel as well - I'm going to fill the neck pickup cavity and repaint it after recessing the neck and the tremolo a little more. I've got a spare EMG 81 here too so I'll have an axe a la Andreas Kisser from Sepultura's good ole days.
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Old 05-11-2008, 01:14 AM   #94
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I hope all is well with the nerve problems.
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Old 05-11-2008, 01:18 AM   #96
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I love how zebrawood looks. How thick is the guitar?
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Old 05-11-2008, 01:19 AM   #97
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Oh hell yes

Good to hear you can get back at it
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Lookin like win!

Nice to hear your recovering well!

We'll be waiting to see what the guitar will look like finished!
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