[Shawn]

Yeah, Bill has one too. His has the regular cosmo hardware on it though and of course he modded his.

[kindred_spirits]

Sweet, those 520QS's are really awesome guitars, I love mine. New pickups really opened up mine.

And just so you know, there is really awesome wood underneath that finish:

[rummy]

Whoa! That's different. I dig!

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by kindred_spirits

Sweet, those 520QS's are really awesome guitars, I love mine. New pickups really opened up mine.

And just so you know, there is really awesome wood underneath that finish:

Very nice!

[Chris]

Originally Posted by kindred_spirits

Sweet, those 520QS's are really awesome guitars, I love mine. New pickups really opened up mine.

And just so you know, there is really awesome wood underneath that finish:

That's fuckin' slick!

[Jon]

wow! Awesome finish!

[skattabrain]

i had of those ... same exact thing. i had a yamaha midi pickup in it. i never changed the v pickups, they needed to go, but at the time i just had a POD 2.0 so I was in no rush.

Originally Posted by kindred_spirits

dude, you got closeups of that? what exactly is it that's causing that contrast? pretty cool ... unique for certain

[Shawn]

Definitely more pics of that, please.

[kindred_spirits]

Originally Posted by skattabrain

dude, you got closeups of that? what exactly is it that's causing that contrast? pretty cool ... unique for certain

Here's the only other pic I have:



And this is what it used to look like:



The contrast is from the sapele top. Me and a friend carved the top, exposing the mahogany on one half, and leaving half of the sapele top intact. We were inspired by the "Melted Top" Conklins. I'm pretty happy with the end result.