New project (Gibson RD custom)

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New project (Gibson RD custom)

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Zup!
I had so much fun modding my Jonas brothers guitar so i decided to continue with something else.
Found this purdy little thing on ebay and thought it would be a perfect project
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before i got it i was planning on stripping it of its lacquer but when i got it i realized that it looks way to cool to be tempered with

I have bought an Bill Lawrence L-500XL and had an old humbucker sized p90 laying at home so that's kind of figured out.
The bridge has kind of puzzled me tho... i dont know if it is made for a abr 1 or Nashville system (and i haven't really figured out the difference either...)
was thinking about either a faber or glennadale bridge but i haven't really decided yet (may start with something cheaper)

was thinking about some schaller tuners since i dont really want to make any more holes in it..
and speaking of holes, i'm thinking about wiring it with one volume control and a blend control only (was thinking about getting some plastic plugs for the other
holes or mabe just leave it as is... haven't decided that yet either)

oh and it needs a refret so i'm thinking about PLEK-ing it at the same time

Edit: took some time but now its getting somewhere.
So i stripped the lacquer and got some cool wide range humbuckers from the creamery. I have tried different values of the pots
that i had laying around at home and settled for a 280k one (might try a 500K one later tho..). The dark red colour is actually some weird
spray paint for cars that a friend had laying around. I think it turned out really nice!. I will have it Plekt later when i have saved up some money
but for now it will works :)
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did a short video too so you can hear it as well.. it's crap but what the heck! :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :animal: :idk:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNyXI-2IJkQ[/youtube]
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Uuuuuuuggggghhhhhhhhhh. Want rd so badly.
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That looks really nice! Cool project!:)
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looking forward to seeing this play out. :thumb:
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Almost there-bump!
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Looks and sounds great man. I dig that there's no fret markers.
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Was the RD Custom the one with the moog electronics?
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D.o.S. wrote:Was the RD Custom the one with the moog electronics?

I'm not sure about the guitar, but I know the artist bass had Moog electronics.
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Nice job! I've wanted a the RD bass forever.
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i do not like RD's very much (for me, i dig them when i see others playing them though).
however......YOUR'S IS SUPERPOWERED SUPER FLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by far the nicest i've ever seen....the red with maple neck is awesome.
fantastic job there my friend. :love:
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BEN DUN RITE.

Supes rad!
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