Sv-1

[marshi]

Hi all. My second build, an SV-1. I built the guitar fairly stock standard. The only modifications are the scratch plate, the string tree and the jack plate. The guitar was finished in Dingtone Outback Sunset and Natural finish on the neck. I tried to get burnt a finish and I'm very happy with outcome. The pictures fail to capture the finer detail in the timber brought out with intensifying coat, but they look fantastic The guitar is extremely comfortable to play and sounds great with stock standard electronics. I opted for the darker scratch plate to go with Outback Sunset finish. I hope you enjoy the SV-1 as much as I do.

[Andyxlh]

Hello folks
Here's my SV1 completed. Feast Watson black stain with Cabot polyurethane clear.
All stock except for replacement nut (original threads went in cast alloy nut) and Allen bolts for the trem replaced with OEM ones as the heads of the stock ones were too soft.
Nice kit. Took ages to set up properly and fiddle with the fret heights, but happy with result.
The neck is lovely, thicker than the Ibanez Wizard necks but that's ok as I'm a bass player 😂.
Considering the whole guitar costs considerably less than a proper German floyd rose, I'd say this kit is a bargain!

[Andyxlh]

Here it is with the headstock decal 😊

[Culls007]

Thought I'd make my SV 1 slightly different put in some EMG & a splash design sounds good plenty of depth

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[ILRGuitars]

Rock n roll mate! Looks great.

[Alm_63]

Guy's Im about to start an SV-1.
Is there any tricks or traps with the scale length and getting the neck position in the pocket right?
ta Bruce

[microwrx]

So here's my first attempt at a kit. I've always wanted a Jem but other than a very limited run in 2017 of 777 Anniversary models (pink or yellow), they only come in white for lefties. Not to mention the only one I can afford, the JemJr, is/was only available in white for lefties too. So I bought the SV-1 kit with the intention of making it look close the the JemJr SP which was available in pink with the tree of life on the fretboard (the other pink Jems have the disappearing pyramid on the fretboard). I also didn't want to throw too much money at it.

So this is what I ended up with. As I said the kit is the left hand version of the PB SV-1. I ordered the Grover locking tuners with it (luckily, as I was going to use the kit ones but one of the plastic pegs deformed and just rotates on the shaft so I had to swap them out anyway). Changes include eBay humbuckers with pink bobbins, a pink cover for the single coil, knockoff tune/volume knobs, mushroom strap buttons (same as I use on my other guitars), Ibanez sticker (I know, I know.....), repainted the pearl pickguard (wish I'd known the pearl was a sticker BEFORE I was half way through the colour layers) and a 5 minute truss rod cover. I've got a string bar but it doesn't need it and will just get in the way. The pink is White Knight Fluro Pink (it was the closest to the Ibanez colour I could find easily) from Bunnings. After grain filler and primer I just kept putting thin coats on until the 3 cans were empty (over the space of a month) and then another 2 cans of clear. This paint is absolutely rubbish and even after a month when I was wet sanding the clear flat I realised it still hadn't cured, so left it another month. The neck is done with about 12 coats of Tru-Oil.

I intend to block the trem as I'm already sick of trying to keep it in tune.

It passes the 1m test but if you get any closer you start to see the issues in the paint (and I already scratched the black moving the springs around). Anyway, like most people you always see the faults in your own work but it's a first attempt so I'm happy I got it this close.

Cheers


Comparison to the Jem Jr SP (flipped RH model). The head dimensions are different so the proportions are a bit off.

[fender3x]

From the pics it looks close enough to a pink JEM to fool a lot of folks. Looks like it will be a lot of fun. Hope you have fun shredding with it! Heck of a first effort ;-)

[Trevor Davies]

+ 1 for great effort. Looks very nice.