The 2021 "My Next Guitar" thread

[Top-L]

Since I didn't get a chance to finish my LP Junior Double-cut build last year, it will be done this year. I'm getting some practice with the paint gun in so I can have the right feel and technique to do the proper job. The plan is still for the back of the neck and headstock to be clear, black headstock face and the body olive drab green. I have the paint and the clear coat here already.

Gloss olive drab? Satin? Matte?

 

[Demanic]

Gloss olive drab? Satin? Matte?

Do zinc chromate binding.

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[ErikH]

Gloss olive drab? Satin? Matte?

Probably semi-gloss to gloss. We'll see once I get to that stage. I say that because the clear is gloss but if I don't wet sand and buff it out completely it'll look somewhat semi-gloss, but not mirror gloss.

No binding on this. It's a Junior.

 

[Mincer]

I am getting a small parts order today for the guitar I am building: bridge, switch tip, shielding, etc. I hope to order the neck in a week or so.

 

[Ascension]

That looks like a Satriani Ibanez body. Did they come up with that shape before Ibanez?

Yes it's been around I know since 1996 as built a red Quilt DC 145 that year.

 

[Ascension]

The 96 145

 

[ErikH]

Yes it's been around I know since 1996 as built a red Quilt DC 145 that year.

Then Ibanez had their design before Carvin. The JS models are based off the Radius series (introduced in 1987). The first JS was in 1990 (Chromeboy).

 

[Mincer]

Those Radius guitars were some of my favorite Ibanez models (along with the Maxxas models).

 

[beaubrummels]

I'm kinda liking this:

 

[Artie]

I'm kinda liking this:

I love that thing too, ever since someone posted the Fender version. (At least, I think it was Fender.)

 

[jeremy]

I'm kinda liking this:

i clicked into here to say i have 30+ guitars, most really good stuff, and cant think of anything i would want or need... the robbie robertson strat could be something though

 

[Mincer]

I'm kinda liking this:

This is really nice, and quite a different color for Fender. While I might want a real humbucker in the bridge, I would totally rock this guitar.

 

[jeremy]

im sure id end up swapping pups around but i like the concept of the two singles close to each other. maybe a ssl1 in the middle and a red devil in the bridge or something like that. im sure id rewire the 5 way too.

 

[Mincer]

Just put in an order for a neck, so that's part of a guitar, right?
Warmoth 24.75 conversion in roasted flame maple w/ebony fb, and SS frets...no finish, and fully scalloped. Fun!

 

[Artie]

im sure id end up swapping pups around but i like the concept of the two singles close to each other. maybe a ssl1 in the middle and a red devil in the bridge or something like that. im sure id rewire the 5 way too.

I would probably modify the pickguard to take a "NightHawk" form factor pup. I think that would be sweet in there.

Come to think of it, a custom pickguard would just about convert any Strat into one of those.

 

[beaubrummels]

Just put in an order for a neck, so that's part of a guitar, right?
Warmoth 24.75 conversion in roasted flame maple w/ebony fb, and SS frets...no finish, and fully scalloped. Fun!

Jazz guys always GAS slower

 

[Top-L]

All of my guitars are six string, I am seriously debating a seven string to do downtuned metal. The only problem, last time I picked up a seven string, my left hand cramped up. And that was before my injuries. I have a small range of motion where I can play without fatique and I'm afraid a seven would push me outside that range and end up in frustration.

 

[jeremy]

I would probably modify the pickguard to take a "NightHawk" form factor pup. I think that would be sweet in there.

Come to think of it, a custom pickguard would just about convert any Strat into one of those.

and routing yeah. robbie robertson had a strat like that in the 70's and i always thought it was cool but none of my strats are routed in a way that would allow that. basically need a pool rout. if i can get one of these used in six months, ill be all over it. hardtail though

 

[Artie]

and routing yeah. robbie robertson had a strat like that in the 70's and i always thought it was cool but none of my strats are routed in a way that would allow that. basically need a pool rout. if i can get one of these used in six months, ill be all over it. hardtail though

I was the thinking that if you had a "fat" Strat, (HSS), it might not take too much to make that slant-HB'er fit.

 

[jeremy]

ive always had to rout if it was hss to do the slant