hellow my fellow rwg members , behold my finished

[2005SUBMARINER]

not bad for the 1st guitar i ever painted & built

soon i will take her out on a test run on you tube

Edited February 1, 2008 by 2005SUBMARINER

[Dizzy]

Thats awesome!!! nice work!

My dad builds guitars also now that hes retired. Nothing this fancy but i know he really loves doing it.

dizz

[UB7]

Unreal man, looks even better with the hardware on! You should be very proud of that, it's a piece of art and a job well done! Happy shredding!

[2005SUBMARINER]

hey thanx guys i appreciate the cool comments

this project took 3 month & i am very pleased with the outcome

my next project will be the evh red/white/black 5150 strat

[KB]

Waaayy cool.

I would be interested in the cost (including initial purchase price) to get it to this point and how that compares to the gen.

Of course the sound will be the big test.

Ken

[Watchmeister]

Very cool. It would look great on Jimmy Page's neck too - very British retro. We look forward to its tube debut.

[2005SUBMARINER]

hey ken heres the ruff break down ..

the gen is $2,639.99

the gen specs are :

Basswood body

Bolt-on quartersawn Eastern hard rock maple neck with oil finish and integrated fretboard

1-5/8" nut width

22 jumbo frets

25-1/2" scale

Custom wound EVH humbucker

Floyd Rose Original vibrato

Chrome hardware

Charvel EVH Art Series Guitar Includes:

heres a comparison gen & my rep .

my version & cost to build :

Basswood body

Bolt-on hard rock maple neck with maple fretboard $129

1-5/8" nut width

22 jumbo frets

25-1/2" scale

high output dimarzio super 3 pick up with coil splitting 3way toggle ( the gen does not have this feature)

licensed Floyd Rose Original vibrato $59

Chrome hardware $60

maple body $ 100

decal paper $ 20

paint supplys : $60

electronics $160

total = $588 the sound wil be awsome , im fine tuneing her & setting up the bridge then i will take her out on a test run .. thanx ..

Very cool. It would look great on Jimmy Page's neck too - very British retro. We look forward to its tube debut.

thanx dude ! it was fun building this guitar .

Edited February 2, 2008 by 2005SUBMARINER

[KB]

So thats a $2,000 saving (with a little elbow grease) and when you add in that not all of these rep guitars would need a re-paint they are really looking like a great buy.

Going to be very keen to hear your sound test.

Ken

[2005SUBMARINER]

thanx man , but the only thing that i salvaged from the rep guitar from china was the body , everything else was garbage .

so i had to buy all new hardware , electronics , neck etc .. the end result was awsome , the guitar sounds amazing !

& it feels good to play something you created now .i will take her out for a test run on the tube in 1 or 2 days ,

just finished setting up & adjusting the floyed rose trem to my liking & stays in tune excellent! ..

heres a lil video diary of my project from start to finish ..

i would recoment all rwg guitar players to build & customize there own guitars instead of spending 2 or 3 k on the same thing .

[ta8088]

Wow! That came out great. I followed your original thread about this when you got it.

[Guest carlsbadrolex]

THAT IS INCREDIBLE!!! I cant wait to see the video of you playing that bad boy!

[2005SUBMARINER]

thanx dude ! was great fun .. next up is a black/red/white 5150

[2005SUBMARINER]

thanx carl !! soon she will rock!