ES1 "Ziltoid" attempt

[vh2580]

During the last Anniversary sale scored an ES1 with mahogany body and neck and flame veneer front and no F Holes.
As a massive fan of the Customised Framus guitars that Devin Townsend plays ( and that at 8000 euro are a little out of my price range) thought might have a crack at a "homage".

[vh2580]

So a few things to work out
- material and how to light up the Zs
- how to replicate the grey/white finish on the front.
- whether to go the hog and remove the fretboard and have a crack at fitting a new one with a lit inlay which is way out of my current skill level.

Will fit a standard tailpiece and still deciding on pickups. Have a set of EMG 87r/91R in a Schecther that I was going to swap out.

[gavinturner]

Great kit and project Tony! Given your legendary skills this is going to come up a treat. Thread subscribed and waiting for more updates!

cheers,
Gav.

[Dedman]

Interesting project.
All hail Ziltoid

[Fuzzbeard]

Strange question but how do you get the electronics in the body?

[vh2580]

Hi fuzz beard will have to cut the z's out before putting in inserts. And will have a battery box in the side below where the rear strap pin is located. Should give enough room to fit everything in.

[Fuzzbeard]

This will be very cool!

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[dingobass]

This is gunna be epic 😀

[stan]

Awesome project.

A thought on the lighting:
You could either have a single point light source , like a single bright led (or small group) so the red light looks like it glows from within
Or a group of LEDs around the inner of each z hole

Have fun

[wokkaboy]

awesome project Tony, hope it ends up looking like the picture

so you going to drill 2 holes for TOM tailpiece of using a trapeze or wrap around bridge ? Better check there is a block to drill bush holes into !