FGPD! (Finished Guitar Project Day)

BriGuy1968

BriGuy1968

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The last of the parts came in on Thursday for my GFS HH Strat project and I’ve been chomping at the bit for the weekend to come so I could get on it. So I got up this morning, made some coffee, and got started. Took me most of the day but it came out pretty good!

I was going for gaudy but rockin’ and I feel like I nailed it:

• Pauwlonia body with celluloid top
• Maple neck with Bolivian Rosewood board, mother of pearl block inlays, and celluloid headstock overlay.
• GFS Dream 180 humbuckers (a favorite of mine) in Chrome with White Pearl
• Wilkinson trem
• Locking tuners
• Push/Pulls to split to inner coils (hum canceling) and for OOP
• Badass strap from Walker & Williams
• A mere 6 pounds of fun!

Without further ado... may I present the latest addition to the BriGuy harem: “Ivy!”

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Without & with flash (shows the depth of color):

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“Professional” [emoji12] customizations:

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So far it’s looking like I got pretty lucky... haven’t had to adjust the truss rod at all for action, just the bridge height (we’ll see if that changes as it settles into itself). Also 3 of the strings were right on for intonation and the other three fell into line quite easily.

All in all a fun day! [emoji2]
 
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Super groovey! Wikinson/Locking Tuners was the best term I ever had period - Floyds included.

Whatcha gonna play on it?
 
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Aceman said:
Super groovey! Wikinson/Locking Tuners was the best term I ever had period - Floyds included.

Whatcha gonna play on it?
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I’ve never had a Wilkinson trem before, but I like it so far. VERY smooth to use, but I haven’t made up my mind about the push-in arm yet.

My thing is classic rock, so that’s what’ll get played on it. On Tuesday I have an audition with a new band that will be doing 70’s/80’s/90’s rock in some of the local breweries... we’ll see how that goes.
 
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Sweeeeet
So which tuners did you go with?

What is it you like about the Dream 90s?

Could you post directions to you house and your next vacation schedule please?
 
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ehdwuld said:
Sweeeeet
So which tuners did you go with?

What is it you like about the Dream 90s?

Could you post directions to you house and your next vacation schedule please?
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The tuners are the Sperzel knockoffs that GuitarFetish sells on their site.

The Dream 90s are humbucker-sized P90s that sound to me more like a typical Strat single-coil but with the power of a P90. I like them a lot and I actually have them in the blue guitar you can see hanging next to this new one.

But THIS ONE actually has the Dream 180s which are humbuckers! [emoji12]

I have a set of these already in my RG and they’re a nice, bright pickup that responds VERY well to pick dynamics or volume control. Every time I play that RG I find myself marveling at how nice it sounds, so I decided to go with them on this project too (also they come in the pearl which was PERFECT for this guitar). My RG is maple body & neck but this paulownia body seems to have a brighter sound to it (still sounds great). It’s funny because I can hear the difference in the neck pickup position as well since this is a 22 fret neck and the RG is a 24.

My wife and I are leaving for a mini-vacation Wednesday morning (company thing at a Disney resort), so you’re welcome to come try to find my place, but beware of my daughters (24, 17 & 12) who will be home and angry because they don’t get to come with us! [emoji41]
 
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Awesome job. The color on the body and the headstock are great.
Your custom engraving looks a lot like mine.
 
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BriGuy1968 said:
The tuners are the Sperzel knockoffs that GuitarFetish sells on their site.

The Dream 90s are humbucker-sized P90s that sound to me more like a typical Strat single-coil but with the power of a P90. I like them a lot and I actually have them in the blue guitar you can see hanging next to this new one.

But THIS ONE actually has the Dream 180s which are humbuckers! [emoji12]

I have a set of these already in my RG and they’re a nice, bright pickup that responds VERY well to pick dynamics or volume control. Every time I play that RG I find myself marveling at how nice it sounds, so I decided to go with them on this project too (also they come in the pearl which was PERFECT for this guitar). My RG is maple body & neck but this paulownia body seems to have a brighter sound to it (still sounds great). It’s funny because I can hear the difference in the neck pickup position as well since this is a 22 fret neck and the RG is a 24.

My wife and I are leaving for a mini-vacation Wednesday morning (company thing at a Disney resort), so you’re welcome to come try to find my place, but beware of my daughters (24, 17 & 12) who will be home and angry because they don’t get to come with us! [emoji41]
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1.
Th GFS sperzels with the knob on back,? Good choice I like those a lot

2.
The dream 180s
I love a bright single on the neck, one of the reasons I have so many Jazz / JB sets here
I ,like you, put a Jazz in an RG. Sounded wonderful compared to th OEM
I found deals on several sets. And have started slapping them in everything

3.
Friggin kids, they ruin everything
Oh well I was gonna be your reverse Santa Claus.
Show up in July, leave.dusty spots where all your Christmas presents Sat

Maybe next year.

Fingers crossed:laughing:

Edit
On sa side note for the pickups.
I found on Aliexpress where you can get the Epiphone Probuckers for around $50
Harness and all
I was just playing the neck.split and I don't know if it was the ground round strings or the split single
But it sounded wonderfully stratish
With the clarity and chime you expect
 
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