TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
I started a thread last week about obtaining a J Frog neck for my ESP Kamikaze 4, and there were lots of helpful posts on that!! Thanx to everyone that helped out on that one! 
Let me start by saying that I love my Kamikaze, but I've been wanting to change a couple of things about it, mostly because it sounds just like my M1 ... both have one piece maple bodies, maple neck/fingerboards, Demon in the bridge, Original Floyd, etc. And let's face it, I'm not George Lynch, nor do I play in a Dokken tribute band, so I don't need his exact tone.
So, what started out as wanting something that had a different tone has now turned into a complete re-build of the guitar, and I'm very excited about the outcome, because I think it's gonna smoke!!!
I'm basically going to keep the body the same, but am throwing about $1,000 into the following parts:
> Custom built neck
> Custom built pickups
> All new chrome hardware (as opposed to the stock black)
The first of these parts will be arriving in a couple of weeks, and I will keep you all posted as to the progress of what is going to be the TOC guitar (The Twilight Odyssey Custom)
Yes, I realize that I could almost get whole new guitar for that kind of money, but I really do love the body shape/style/balance of the Kami 4 ... I just wanna trick it out to the max!
Let me start by saying that I love my Kamikaze, but I've been wanting to change a couple of things about it, mostly because it sounds just like my M1 ... both have one piece maple bodies, maple neck/fingerboards, Demon in the bridge, Original Floyd, etc. And let's face it, I'm not George Lynch, nor do I play in a Dokken tribute band, so I don't need his exact tone.
So, what started out as wanting something that had a different tone has now turned into a complete re-build of the guitar, and I'm very excited about the outcome, because I think it's gonna smoke!!!
I'm basically going to keep the body the same, but am throwing about $1,000 into the following parts:
> Custom built neck
> Custom built pickups
> All new chrome hardware (as opposed to the stock black)
The first of these parts will be arriving in a couple of weeks, and I will keep you all posted as to the progress of what is going to be the TOC guitar (The Twilight Odyssey Custom)
Yes, I realize that I could almost get whole new guitar for that kind of money, but I really do love the body shape/style/balance of the Kami 4 ... I just wanna trick it out to the max!
