NGD Kevazingo + Zebrawood content

Evil Weasel · 07-21-2012, 11:21 AM

Some of you may have been following my thread in the luthiery forum asking about wood and pickup choices. Well the guitar is finally in my hands! It was love at first sight. Why waste time writing when I know what you all want!

The key info:

Chambered mahogany body
Kevazingo top
3 pc Wenge neck - 25.5"
Zebrawood fretboard
Bareknuckle aftermath + trilogy suite.

Only arrived a couple of hours ago so not had a chance to play it much but I love it so far. The neck is every bit as sleek as I had hoped.

I did ask and pay for a coil tap on the volume pot for the aftermath which isn't there though so going to fire off an email to luthier and ask. That is my only gripe with the guitar but he was so busy wouldn't be be massively anguished if it just slipped his mind or perhaps it just wasn't possible (top too thin for a push pull perhaps? Just speculating).

It also fits in nicely with my main 7 string!

WillDfx · 07-21-2012, 11:24 AM

Holy Hell

jon66 · 07-21-2012, 11:27 AM

Looks awesome man!

If you tossed a Charvel Primer Scream, an Ormsby, a Blackmachine and an Ibanez RG into a Blendtec blender, this is the delicious milkshake that would come out. And I'd happily lick up every last drop!

Ayo7e · 07-21-2012, 11:38 AM

Looks awesome but who is the builder?

IbanezDaemon · 07-21-2012, 11:58 AM

Seriously cool guitar, that fretboard looks fantastic!!

jake7doyle · 07-21-2012, 12:25 PM

bodys nice, fretboard and headstock are incredible!!! HNGD

EOT · 07-21-2012, 12:32 PM

Very nice! The fretboard looks similar to goncalo alves.

BucketheadRules · 07-21-2012, 01:28 PM

WHOA!

Levi79 · 07-21-2012, 02:04 PM

That came out pretty awesome!

ForThisGift · 07-21-2012, 02:38 PM

Looks awesome. When you use exotic woods, they need compliment each other and on this guitar they all do.

Congrats.

Nagash · 07-21-2012, 02:56 PM

looks like BM had secks with Ibanez and I love that fretboard and pickup combo ! HNGD !

Evil Weasel · 07-21-2012, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nagash

looks like BM had secks with Ibanez and I love that fretboard and pickup combo ! HNGD !

That is exactly what I was going for! Taking my favourite part of both guitars and trying to make something of a 'dream' instrument out of them. I asked for the same neck profile as a prestige super wizard neck and if anything, it feels a tiny bit slimmer than that. With the thin profile and unfinished wenge it is a very fast neck and playing almost feels effortless. Plenty of people dislike that but it suits me down to the ground.

As for the headstock cutaway which reveals the wenge, I basically saw a Vik Duality and thought 'ooh that looks nice' so tried to come up with a design that was a similar idea but something that would hopefully be a bit unique and it turned out better than I imagined. He has sanded the zebrawood so it is a smooth dip into the wenge more like a contour than a harsh edge if that makes any sense?

Blasphemer · 07-21-2012, 05:14 PM

I want that! Oh, man, that is sa-weet!

shitsøn · 07-22-2012, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evil Weasel

What is that top?

TRENCHLORD · 07-22-2012, 04:52 AM

Beautiful guitar.

Empryrean · 07-22-2012, 05:21 AM

Very nice guitar, I like..

no

I'm really, seriously. HONESTLY AM SICK of all these BM looking things that other builders are doing. I mean, friggin c'mon, where the hell is the CREATIVITY anymore?

This is turning into a bandwagon

/rant.

I wont deny that I like the wood combinations though, very pretty use of Zebrawood.

Evil Weasel · 07-22-2012, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shitsøn

What is that top?

It is burr Wych Elm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Empryrean

I'm really, seriously. HONESTLY AM SICK of all these BM looking things that other builders are doing. I mean, friggin c'mon, where the hell is the CREATIVITY anymore?

This is turning into a bandwagon

The bandwagon started 60 years ago with the Fender Stratocaster and everyone has been ripping it off since with the super strat shape. Surely the dearth of creativity has existed since then? The fact is the classic shapes look good and people want to buy them! The BM design incorporates a few things that have been done before by other people, IMO there is nothing wildly original about it but it is a very elegant and beautiful interpretation of the super strat. Plus as you can see I deliberately made it look totally different from the neck joint upwards. Finally the luthier who made this for me has his own designs and plans to launch his own range later (is still sorting details out etc) and is only doing these so he can afford to eat and other sinful things like that. I plan to get another from him later with one of his own designs, but this guitar for me served a very specific desire that I wanted, and I think he made it into something that as a complete guitar is pretty unique and not a straight copy of anything.

Danukenator · 07-22-2012, 11:37 AM

You'd think with an argument about the ethics of copying a design already raging in another thread, it wouldn't crop up here. IMO, we need a thread, dedicated to the issue so people can get it out of their systems.

That thing is beautiful. I was just about to comment in another thread how much I love H-S guitars, but I think I'll mention it here.

Mysticlamp · 07-22-2012, 11:44 AM

link to build thread, i'm horrible at searching

canuck brian · 07-22-2012, 01:00 PM

With regards to the coil tap push/pull - if the shortest one I've been able to find requires over an inch of cavity depth which is usually too much for guitars that are this thin.

(i have this problem on mine too.)

-JeKo- · 07-22-2012, 01:32 PM

Wow! That fingerboard/headstock look absolutely stunning. I've also always been a fan of H-S pickup config.

Evil Weasel · 07-22-2012, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mysticlamp

link to build thread, i'm horrible at searching

Wasn't really a proper build thread but it does contain lots of pictures of sexy pieces of wood.
Help with neck wood, fretboard and pickup choices!

Quote:

Originally Posted by canuck brian

With regards to the coil tap push/pull - if the shortest one I've been able to find requires over an inch of cavity depth which is usually too much for guitars that are this thin.

(i have this problem on mine too.)

It will fit fine. The 7 pictured at the bottom of the OP has a push/pull coil tap and it was built by the same luthier with the same body thickness and cavity depth.

Measured it out just to be sure and the cavity is 27mm plus the control cover is not recessed, just a piece of wenge over the cavity. If the cover was recessed it probably wouldn't fit though.

It will be going back to the luthier in a couple of weeks time for the push/pull and also a rewire/general check up. There is a big volume difference between the humbucker and single coil. Much bigger than on my other HSS guitar, and that is playing clean on a low wattage amp. I did notice the humbucker and single coil have been wired the 'wrong way around' on the pickup selector switch but don't see why that would affect the volume (ie the humbucker is with the switch facing the neck and single coil facing away from it). The pickups were ordered together directly from BKP so unless one is faulty they should be calibrated for volume and they have roughly the same output. Any ideas? I know nothing about this sort of thing.

arcadia fades · 07-22-2012, 08:55 PM

turned out bloody awesome. Congrats man!

Ocara-Jacob · 07-22-2012, 09:05 PM

Dang that looks amazing. I love the fretboard on that... So awesome. Congrats, and HNGD!

bob123 · 07-22-2012, 09:59 PM

great build, congrats. That control cavity gets me hard!

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07-21-2012, 11:21 AM	#1
Evil Weasel SS.org Regular Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Aberdeen, UK Posts: 280 Thanked: 5 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	NGD Kevazingo + Zebrawood content Some of you may have been following my thread in the luthiery forum asking about wood and pickup choices. Well the guitar is finally in my hands! It was love at first sight. Why waste time writing when I know what you all want! The key info: Chambered mahogany body Kevazingo top 3 pc Wenge neck - 25.5" Zebrawood fretboard Bareknuckle aftermath + trilogy suite. Only arrived a couple of hours ago so not had a chance to play it much but I love it so far. The neck is every bit as sleek as I had hoped. I did ask and pay for a coil tap on the volume pot for the aftermath which isn't there though so going to fire off an email to luthier and ask. That is my only gripe with the guitar but he was so busy wouldn't be be massively anguished if it just slipped his mind or perhaps it just wasn't possible (top too thin for a push pull perhaps? Just speculating). It also fits in nicely with my main 7 string! AcousticMinja, arcadia fades and bob123 like this.

07-21-2012, 11:27 AM	#3
jon66 SS Contributor Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 417 Thanked: 27 / 1 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Looks awesome man! If you tossed a Charvel Primer Scream, an Ormsby, a Blackmachine and an Ibanez RG into a Blendtec blender, this is the delicious milkshake that would come out. And I'd happily lick up every last drop! capoeiraesp, Fillifax and Evil Weasel like this.

07-21-2012, 11:38 AM	#4
Ayo7e ralugeR gro.ss Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Canary Islands, Spain Posts: 408 Thanked: 2 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Looks awesome but who is the builder? Siggery 7 (incoming).

07-21-2012, 11:58 AM	#5
IbanezDaemon Raptus regaliter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: UK Posts: 646 Thanked: 5 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Seriously cool guitar, that fretboard looks fantastic!! "Because I got no feel - I got no emotion My riffs aren't real - I just go through the motions"

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07-21-2012, 11:24 AM	#2
WillDfx SS.org Regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Rockland, PA USA Posts: 622 Thanked: 27 Feedback Score: 16 reviews	Holy Hell

07-21-2012, 12:25 PM	#6
jake7doyle SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: birmingham, uk Posts: 264 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	bodys nice, fretboard and headstock are incredible!!! HNGD

07-21-2012, 12:32 PM	#7
EOT I pull over 500 lbs. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: kansas Posts: 817 Thanked: 13 Feedback Score: 11 reviews	Very nice! The fretboard looks similar to goncalo alves. "Abs on a skinny guy are like big tits on a fat chick...they don't count"- my brother Shit inbound: KxK Sii-8 8 scale BRJ Jekyll 828.. maybe... Vik 8

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07-21-2012, 02:04 PM	#9
Levi79 SS.org Regular Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Alberta Posts: 1,679 Thanked: 22 Feedback Score: 30 reviews	That came out pretty awesome! Check out my Soundcloud!

07-21-2012, 02:38 PM	#10
ForThisGift SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 323 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Looks awesome. When you use exotic woods, they need compliment each other and on this guitar they all do. Congrats. Evil Weasel likes this.

07-21-2012, 02:56 PM	#11
Nagash Is a bad man Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Strasbourg, France Posts: 836 Thanked: 11 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	looks like BM had secks with Ibanez and I love that fretboard and pickup combo ! HNGD ! Evil Weasel likes this.

07-21-2012, 05:14 PM	#13
Blasphemer That Guy from Maine Join Date: May 2011 Location: Kittyland Love Center Posts: 1,138 Thanked: 26 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I want that! Oh, man, that is sa-weet! My band, Capture the Sun. Prog that's not djent! Get my solo albums! They're pretty damn free!

07-22-2012, 04:52 AM	#15
TRENCHLORD 4ARMEDschoolSECURITY Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: corncountry IL Posts: 3,678 Thanked: 12 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Beautiful guitar.

07-22-2012, 05:21 AM	#16
Empryrean Haahh!? Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 4,063 Thanked: 54 Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Very nice guitar, I like.. no I'm really, seriously. HONESTLY AM SICK of all these BM looking things that other builders are doing. I mean, friggin c'mon, where the hell is the CREATIVITY anymore? This is turning into a bandwagon /rant. I wont deny that I like the wood combinations though, very pretty use of Zebrawood. [ry_z] 4:17 am: You looked tiredness in the face, flexed, and canceled it.

07-22-2012, 11:37 AM	#18
Danukenator Kane's Bane Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Portland, ME Posts: 1,513 Thanked: 21 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	You'd think with an argument about the ethics of copying a design already raging in another thread, it wouldn't crop up here. IMO, we need a thread, dedicated to the issue so people can get it out of their systems. That thing is beautiful. I was just about to comment in another thread how much I love H-S guitars, but I think I'll mention it here.

07-22-2012, 11:44 AM	#19
Mysticlamp Ripplesprint Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Jersy/FL Posts: 532 Thanked: 7 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	link to build thread, i'm horrible at searching

07-22-2012, 01:00 PM	#20
canuck brian Bowes Guitars Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,608 Thanked: 42 Feedback Score: 7 reviews	With regards to the coil tap push/pull - if the shortest one I've been able to find requires over an inch of cavity depth which is usually too much for guitars that are this thin. (i have this problem on mine too.) www.bowesguitars.com Bowes Guitars - Builds In Progress

07-22-2012, 01:32 PM	#21
-JeKo- SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Finland Posts: 104 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow! That fingerboard/headstock look absolutely stunning. I've also always been a fan of H-S pickup config.

07-22-2012, 08:55 PM	#23
arcadia fades SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Glasgow (UK) Posts: 390 Thanked: 15 Feedback Score: 9 reviews	turned out bloody awesome. Congrats man!

07-22-2012, 09:05 PM	#24
Ocara-Jacob The SS.org Idiot Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Mason, OH Posts: 720 Thanked: 15 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Dang that looks amazing. I love the fretboard on that... So awesome. Congrats, and HNGD!

07-22-2012, 09:59 PM	#25
bob123 Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,282 Thanked: 48 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	great build, congrats. That control cavity gets me hard!

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