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Got a V kit last week and started building.
Blacked the flame and grainfilled body with Mahogany tibermate.
Sanded back and stained the front a couple of times to get the colour purple I was chasing and brought the flame up a little.
Will get a Gotoh Bridge and tuners.
Neo Darkstar pickups and cutback pickguard
Gonna go with string through ferrules instead of the traditional string plate ( actually checked the alignment this time)
plans and progress sounds awesome Tony, keen to see some update pics ?
EDIT just saw the pics you posted. Coming along nicely Tony. Can't wait to see how it looks with more purple coats.
Is it a dye you are using ?
Added a touch of black to the purple die and stained back and sides.
Dummy build when at early stage of colouring the front.
Hi Wokka, just Colourtone dye mixed from Blue Cherry Red and Red Mahogany.
The front in top phot is final colour and has come up darker after first TO coat.
Finished headstock and fitted tuners and TRC. Back still needs to be polished up a bit more and photo before neck attached.
Now the dilemma of what knobs to fit. Not usually a fan of Vintage style top-hats but seem to stand out the most.
Go the vintage.. They look cool as with your colour scheme.Quote:
Originally Posted by vh2580
Coming along nicely vh. For me I would personally go for the 2nd set of knobs (black domed)
coming along really nicely Tony. My preference would be the vintage dome knobs.
Love the colours and the plate on the back is a nice touch. Also the truss rod cover looks pretty cool, where did you buy that ?
Thanks Guys.
Wokka bought a few from E bay from
http://www.ebay.com.au/usr/acmesuper...72.m2749.l2754 .
Has a lot of nice TRC
Exchange rate has changed a lot and they seem a bit more expensive than when I originally got mine.
cheers Tony, gee there is a huge range of TRC's. They aren't cheap, you must have got yours before the aussie dollar dropped
Finally finished
Bone for Tone
Gotoh Bridge
Gotoh Locking tuners
Entwhistle Darkstar Neos
Fidelity volume upgrade
and another
wow, looks tough like a V should, very cool
Yep. That's really sweet, Tony. I'll have to check it out when I finally pop round to deliver your ZW pedal. 😁
No worries. Id forgotten about that.
Great job. So what colour did it end up. It looks more brown than purple in those pics.
Fretty is a dark purple, cant take photos to save myself.
Looks amazing Tony. I keep coming back to look again. You've pushed a V up to the top of my wish list.
cheers,
Gav.
love it Tony that colour screams Flying V. What sort of pups are they Entwistle Dark Stars ? I put a pair in an explorer and love the sound of them
Very nice Flying-V there, how does she play?
Lovely axe VH and great upgrades. This axe will no doubt make a lot of beautiful noise!
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