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Grant · . Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 871 Location: Los Angeles

Natural satin or lightly-stained black satin, matte black pickguard, Kahler and EMGs.

HELLS YES THE 80's.

Edit: except for the pastel. No pastel on my guitars thankyou.

Mages · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:39 am Post subject:

pastel + white = 50s
pastel + black = 80s

Grant · . Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 871 Location: Los Angeles

Black stained Korina, black pickguard... ruthenium (?!) hardware, vintage tint satin neck... it's coming together. It's all coming together. Also I hope the pickguard with a custom bridge cut will help integrate the Kahler into the look.

That and a shredder headstock.

Grant · . Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 871 Location: Los Angeles

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BacchusPaul · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:01 am Post subject:

That pink Mustang is amazing.
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gaybear · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:04 am Post subject:

i don't give a shit 'cept to say, heresy ain' so bad.
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Grant · . Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 871 Location: Los Angeles

Sparky · . Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 651 Location: Hartford, CT

Recessed strap-lock? I've never seen that before, but it looks like a brilliant idea!

Grant · . Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 871 Location: Los Angeles

Dude I know! Straplok Flush Mount

Fran · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:20 pm Post subject:

Mages · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:31 am Post subject:

just please no flamy mapls. that is so not 80s.

Grant · . Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 871 Location: Los Angeles

Gonna be an eighties/aughties hybrid. Solid "Black Kornia" (with an ebony racing stripe if I can swing it), tung oil / nitro finish (if I have my druthers), and maybe, MAYBE, a solid ebony neck (or ebony with an ebony fretboard (if at all possible)).

I hate flame maple, and most any figured maple tops. Bleh.

Edit: Also, I can't find any solid reference to Korina's toxicity. Some message board rumors, some message board questions. Warmoth's site lists only Cocobolo as toxic, and several woodworking hobby sites make no mention of Korina toxicity.

Also edit: Wood Toxicity Information from WoodWorkersSource.com has a good rundown, and a toxicity table (at the bottom) that doesn't mention limba at all. Though it does mention ebony and several other tonewoods.

Haze · . Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4920 Location: Tulsa, OK

Mages · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:28 am Post subject:

say no to the flambs haze....

Haze · . Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4920 Location: Tulsa, OK

but THE EBONIES!
i just got done playing through Kill Em All, Vulgar Display of Power and most of Death Magnetic, plus its 87 degrees upstairs so my judgement is a tad off Rolling Eyes

Mages · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:45 am Post subject:

heh, yea, I'm a fan of that neck through stripe stuff. that is 80s. like fran's westone.

check out this badass Vantage

basically they're ripping off Alembic

Dave · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:18 am Post subject:

Grant · . Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 871 Location: Los Angeles

GENTLEMEN (and ladies), BEHOLD!
No racing stripe, all ebony neck:

No racing stripe, vintage tint maple neck (w/ ebony board):

Ebony racing stripe, all ebony neck:

Ebony racing stripe, vintage tint maple neck (w/ ebony board):

I'm thinking the maple is the way to go. All-ebony would only work with the racing stripe. The hardware is theoretically ruthenium or black nickel or whatever the midway thing is between black and chrome. Thoughts?

Edit: darkened the ebony, trimmed the racing stripes.