Simon's Frankenstrat EVH tribute guitar

[SIMpleONe89]

Hi guys! I've been wanting to do this project for years and finally decided to do it! EVH has been one of the greatest influential guitar players in my life and I adore his brown sound and the famous frankenstrat. I know Trevor made a build from a pitbull kit last time but I bought a standard SSS body from realparts.com.au because that would save me a lot of effort trying to fill the cavities.

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The neck is from Pitbull. I removed the nut and installed a locking nut. Dirtied up the fretboard with a combination of ebony wood stain and graphite powder from a pencil.

Also, smoking kills so I used a soldering iron instead.

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This is the 2 piece alder body with the standard SSS configuration. I routed it to frankie's shape.

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Body is striped and painted.

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Black and white plus some relicing.

[gavinturner]

Looking great Simon!! Will you put clear coats over the relicing?

cheers,
Gav.

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Striped and painted red.

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More pics.

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1971 quarter.
Mystery goop.
Blue paint.
Reflectors.

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Finally completed.