Written by Happy NGD on June 28th, 2010
Had this amazing submission come in by one of our awesome readers that I definitely have to show off. Really good build here! I have to say, this is certainly a great alternative to a more expensive Fender Custom Shop piece.
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This guitar is a prototype project that I made aiming at creating a strat style guitar with basic looks and sounds of a 62-ish fender with a few modern features. Japanese 21 band rosewood fretboard neck and alder body with candy apple red finish from Hosowaka. The pickups in it are for the moment Dimarzio virtual vintage ‘54 neck and ‘54 bridge, but I’m probably replacing them with Lundgren pickups (http://www.lundgren.se/). Classic Kluson style Gotoh tuners together with Graph-tech saddle and two-point pivot Wilkinson tremolo provides classic look, nice sound and increased tuning stability, compared to the specifications of 60’s Fenders. … continue reading ⇒
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Written by Happy NGD on December 2nd, 2009
This one really goes to show that you do not need to spend a ton of cash in order to get a great guitar. I mean, just look at the pictures, this Ibanez looks like something any pro would play — and some of them probably would! The thing even came stock with EMG designed pickups. What did the owner say about it?
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Written by Happy NGD on November 28th, 2009
Like I probably mentioned before, I am a huge Strat fan, but I don’t just limit things to Fenders. There are some excellent Strat copies out there coming from makers like Charvel and this Cort model submitted by Martin from MyGuitarBlog.
Let’s see what he has to say about this great guitar: … continue reading ⇒
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Written by Happy NGD on November 21st, 2009
The other day, I went to band practice and my drummer arrived with a nice molded flight case with a practically new Ernie Ball Musicman Axis Super Sport inside it. He casually hands it over to me and says, “play it…it’s been sitting in a corner in my house because I have no time to play it, besides, I’m a drummer! What do I need such a nice guitar for?”
He had gotten the guitar as a payment for some computer work that he did and apparently hates to see something as nice as this guitar just go to waste. … continue reading ⇒
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