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haha i've had the same girl for 4 years, so i'm assuming she digs the hair. i never had women issues over hair though. most women dig hair!

i don't think i stated it fully in the thread so here's all what i'm doing to it:

+ Sand the headstock/body and refinish with new paint
+ dye the fretboard ebony
+ sand the back of the neck and refinish with tung-oil
+ remove the old inlays and put in new neon green inlays (UV7BK style) - on the way!!
+ change the old trem for an ibanez trs trem (thanks adam!)
+ rewire the dimarzio blaze bridge/neck with a 3-way toggle and drill the body to install two on/on switches, one to split the neck and one to split the bridge...possibly a third switch for a phase inverter

i think that's about it. i haven't completely decided on the color yet and like i said i [i]might/I] re-shape the headstock.
it'll probably be done in a few weeks once finals are over. possibly around the 15th of May.

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UPDATE:

So i spent a couple of hours over the past few days touching up the sanding and here's how it turned out:

Front:



Back:



I'll be ordering the final products i need to complete this guitar after i take my finals tomorrow. It'll probably be done soon but not soon enough for me lol

[turmoil]

almost a month later and i'm still not done
i guess that's what a 2 and a half week vacation will do to you though lol

so, i just have a lot of little things to do before it's finally done but here is what i got done so far.

halfway done with the new inlays. the old ones were 1/8" in diameter and the new ones are 1/4" in diameter. so far, it has been a pain in the ass to route but i could care less because it's going to look awesome.



a close up of the new inlays drying




i was talking before about reshaping the headstock because i didn't really dig the reverse strat headstock. so, i had my girl draw up a new shape. i really like it and i'll probably be heading over to my friend's woodshop this weekend to have it professionally cut.



just have to finish:

+ the rest of the inlays
+ cutting the headstock
+ staining the entire neck, headstock, and fingerboard ebony
+ stain the body

[playstopause]

Did you ever see mine?

[FortePenance]

Oh man, this wants me to pick up my project again (stupid exams)

Good shizzle here atm dude. Those green inlays are looking nice.

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Originally Posted by playstopause

Did you ever see mine?

holy crap dude!! that thing looks absolutely disgusting!!! i was thinking about doing a natural finish like that. now i really can't wait to finish mine lol

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I also changed all of the electronics and added SD Invader + Jazz (+ push/pull coil splitting with the tone knob).

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that's really nice man! i actually drilled to tiny holes in between/above the vol/tone pots for mini toggles to control individual coil splitting of each pickup, Dimarzio Blazes FTW!

[turmoil]

Alright, so a few more weeks later and a little more work done

I finished putting all of the inlays in. After work today i'm taking it over to my friend's house and his dad is going to professional cut the headstock for me. i can't wait!!

It's going to go from this:


TO THIS!!



FINISHED INLAYS:



I also stained the body. It was my first time ever doing it and i think it turned out ok...well, ok enough for me.

FRONT:


BACK:



All that's left is:
+ stain the entire neck ebony
+ tung oil the entire neck
+ seal the body/clear coat the body
+ install all the old hardware and wire it up!

This WILL be done by July 6th at the absolute latest...because that's when i have to go back to school

[FortePenance]

I gotta finish my project too haha. School in July though?