Stuck some new tuners on the old faithful, as the old ones were struggling a little. These were what I had lying around to upgrade my squire strat’s stock tuners but kinda needed to sort this guitar out ready for gigging duties.

Not doing too bad after 17 years

That guitar should've come with ...

If you're gonna have a PRS, that might be the best one you could have



My Dad has a PRS, and it’s undeniably a great guitar, it plays very very well. Really like the gold top.

Thanks, and yeah, it's lovely to play. Lots of PRS haters out there and I understand why. The man himself has long ...

Started reading this thread from the beginning and it's amazing how many photos are still up. Seeing things like Yun's name with the Wangcaster still in his sig...what a throwback.

Anyway, I didn't think this warranted an NGD thread since I know there's not much PRS love here. But I saw this on FB ...

Looks great! The color of the maple neck in that picture matches perfectly. Any interest in selling the Warmoth body? I've been wanting to try an Mustang again.

Nice. I also had no idea Squier made a model with these kinds of specs. Anyway, dunno about Fender/Squier, but I have an Epiphone with a USED stamp and from what I've read, for that guitar it means it was either 1) a not-for-sale display model or 2) a b-stock guitar, i.e. it was sent back to Epi ...

There were two official runs I've seen in catalogs / price lists. The earliest had a Standard and Deluxe model, with the only difference being body material as far as I know. (Oddly, the Standard was walnut while the Deluxe was mahogany. Would expect the opposite nowadays). Both were exclusively ...

Link goes to a blank page for me :( Anyway I asked because I have a "The Paul" from the same period, a close relative. It came with a harmonica bridge which was also corroded, although not that badly. Took a lot of searching to find something to retrofit.

More to the point, seeing your Sonex kinda ...

Did that Sonex have a harmonica bridge originally? Wondering what you replaced it with if so.

Thanks! Even more so IMO after this latest mod. I find the Surf 180 pickups to be more versatile than the name suggests, but, they especially live up to that name if you want them to. Nice jangly cleans that sound great with copious reverb and some boost. So I did a thing.

Probably will get a ...

After getting it back together and playing it plugged in, the pickups decidedly are the weakest part of the factory build. GFS was having a sale, so I ordered a set of Surf 180s (which I had always been curious about anyway).

Fits the aesthetic perfectly IMO. I might change the pickguard though ...

Hmm, looking at the website, it looks like they do one of everything. There's an SRV strat, a Buckethead LP, the Prince telecaster, EVH strat, EVH wolfgang thing, Jimmy Page double neck, gretsch/tele mashup thing, all sorts.

Except for bass, where they have one PJ bass which treats "generic" as ...

First things first, clearing up curiosities on the neck. I can't say whether the frets are truly stainless, or whether the nut is bone---at the very least, it's not the cheap plastic you'd typically find on a guitar at this price---but that said, I'm impressed. Fretwork is flawless, and the inlays ...

Ever heard of the brand Firefly? Nope. Ever seen a new guitar with a roasted maple neck, stainless frets, bone nut, and locking tuners, all for $250? Nope to that too. Not until YouTube randomly suggested this video .

Despite the intriguing specs and wealth of glowing reviews, I wasn't at all ...

I like it, but the lack of a tummy contour would probably bother me. I think I'd overlook that though if it felt right otherwise. Plus, even though these aren't exactly rare, I'm sure it will only go up in value with both the EVH and Wolfgang name on it.

Not that it matters too much now that it's sold, but if you believe the site below (which personally I am inclined to do based on various other forum posts I found), this guitar is a bit of an oddball that was only sold for a couple years. Pieced together from MIM and "Eastern" parts...assuming ...

Do I want a Bass VI? I dunno, not sure I'd get along with the large body, pickup switches and Jag trem. Do I want to try a 30" scale hambaker offset for cheaper than the cheapest Bass VI? Absolutely.

tl;dr: This thing is impressive for the money, but if you're interested in getting one, be aware ...

Amazing how well this turned out! The finish on my '92 RG570 is brittle, and if it had the same thing done to it I feel like removing the top layers would've ruined it. I'm envious of the cosmo black, it's rare to find an original Edge in that color. And the ones I've seen on Reverb are far more ...

I didn't feel like this warranted a new thread so in here it goes. I've recently redone my 1983 Strat and I'd say it's now the classiest looking guitar I own. The pickguard is gold anodized and doesn't photograph as well as it looks in person. Fretboard is unfinished and has gotten super dirty so I ...

Great project!

I've never considered wrapping a bushing in tape to fit a larger hole, what a simple solution. I think I once made a dowel, glued it in and drilled a new hole just to make a bushing fit it - a shitton of time and effort it took me to do.

As far as I remember those P90s have to be ...

Turned my attention to the body for a while. Either a previous owner had the most acidy acid sweat ever, or it was left out in the rain. How is there rust under the bridge?! Under all the hardware actually.


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