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Dutchy5150
07-12-2013, 04:07 AM
Hi all. I've been lurking here now for a couple months checking out all the great builds here and finally decided to buy a EX-1 kit last Monday. It arrived here today and I'm really looking forward to building this one.

Being a MASSIVE Van Halen fan, the plan is to turn this...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/Dutchie5150/PitballEX-1_zps96794d66.jpg (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Dutchie5150/media/PitballEX-1_zps96794d66.jpg.html)

Into this...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/Dutchie5150/Shark2_zps56ed365f.jpg (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Dutchie5150/media/Shark2_zps56ed365f.jpg.html)

I'm not going to be starting this until after the new year as I've still got 4 other builds to finish first, but I'll post pictures as I go along with it.

I'm quite happy with the EX-1 kit so far. I was a little worried what the neck would be like, but it looks and feels great. Its great value for the money. I wont be using any of the hardware that came with it, but the quality of it looks to be pretty good.

I bought an Epiphone Explorer a few years back to do this project but never got around to using it. Here is a picture of the EX-1 & Epi together, in case anyone is interested in seeing the difference of the two...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/Dutchie5150/Explorers_zps92586cdc.jpg (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Dutchie5150/media/Explorers_zps92586cdc.jpg.html)

It looks like its a great community here and I look forward to getting to know everyone here.

lawry
07-12-2013, 04:14 AM
Hi Dutchy,
Welcome to the PBG community. Hope you have a lot of fun building your guitar and making it match your dreams. There's a ton (or is that tonne) of support here and I don't feel hesitant in saying that everyone will be keen to watch your build and help out if required. At least, that's how welcome I was made to feel with encouragement and support. Cheers.

stan
07-12-2013, 04:48 AM
Welcome! this looks like a great build, looking forward to it

Tim
08-12-2013, 11:08 PM
Welcome to the Pitbull clan look forward to your build coming together