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Author Message Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 3:21 pm:    I always wanted a "Custom" guitar....I've been collecting for over 20 years now and I finally found someone who will help me in my quest. This picture is the project about 1/2 done. This used to be a 1980 Gibson 335S solid guitar... Bcalla Username: Bcalla Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 1:58 pm:    Hi Dave - Is Doug Rowell doing this for you? I've had his site bookmarked for a couple of years tempted to do something similar. Bob Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 2:03 pm:    Bob..Yea Dougs been woring on this for a couple of months-I think his work is amazing ! Arney Username: Arney Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Monday, July 04, 2005 - 12:37 am:    Dave, Hello. I would like to see pics of the finished product. Will you please be so kind? And yes, the only word to described that guitar is "Custom." Have you decided what pickups, bridge, tuners, etc. you will install? Are you going to have the headstock customized? I'm curious, are you going to leave the finish natural wood or are you going to have it painted? As beautiful as the natural wood finish is, a good paint job would make it striking, dazzling to the eye. When do you estimate it will be finished? Arney Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Monday, July 04, 2005 - 12:53 pm:    Arney, The original guitar was a Gibson "Firebrand" 335s, it had just clearcoat on it and was a very nice slab of mahogony. I have a pair of early '70's gibson logo patent sticker pups and all the original parts to go back into this project, T-O-M bridge & Stop, Gibson/Schaller tuners w/pearl buttons-original harness-I will skip the use of a pickguard. The headstock will be customized with a shield and my initials, the Gibson Logo is already incised into it-as is the case with all"Firebrand" instruments. I think I'll keep it natural, unless Doug advises otherwise. Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 12:20 am:    Well, its finished and on the way back to me...Check out the pict with the pups and hardware Photoshopped on.....I cant wait to finish this one !...My only decision is to keep to the original Gibson hardware or "Ibanazize" with some NOS stuff I have squirreled away....Any suggestions ? By the way, my wife made Doug put the "Daisy Dukes" on the chick ! Arney Username: Arney Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 1:12 am:    Magnificent! Captainibanez Username: Captainibanez Registered: 01-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 7:17 am:    I stand before you Dave and say...we're not worthy ! A true work of art Captain Ibanez Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 5:19 pm:    How do you feel about this guitar?? NOTE: The picture has been deleted because it deemed offensive by the site manager. Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 5:56 pm:    Where did you get the pic of my wife? six Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 6:06 pm:    Hey She looks just like the model I used for the guitar...ya mean shes MARRIED ? Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 7:29 pm:    What guitar? Bigmike Username: Bigmike Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 7:29 pm:    Is that a "bolt-on" model ?? ;-)) Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 7:32 pm:    I bet it has great action... Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 1:31 pm:    Pic of a PRS on the ICW site.... definately offensive. Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 1:58 pm:    Sorry...I didn't mean to offend anyone. Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 6:50 pm:    We're all men of the world here Mike.... Just email me he fancy pinups direct six Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 11:44 pm:    Well I got it in my hands now and I am stunned ! One of the reasons that I never really liked the 335s is that the body is very large (Gibsons answer to a solid version of the popular 335 style) I have a couple of these as a couriosity but I really never paid much attention to them..Anyway this carved version is so light and seems small with unlimited access to the high register its awesome. The carving is somewhat delicate-so no shreading-but I think the gold hardware looks great ! Im looking for some opinions here because I have the choice of Silver or Gold at this point. The guitar needs a couple of coats of laquer and she is good to go...... Ibanezfreak1960 Username: Ibanezfreak1960 Registered: 03-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 7:39 am:    Dave, is the neck pup larger than the bridge pup or is it me? If so I would suggest the same size. Also what do the tuners look like? Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 9:20 am:    Freak, The pups are the same-its a matched pair of REAL PAF's wrapped in circa 1971 Gibson Embossed covers-I think the flash is making the bridge look bigger..(I have had those PUPs in my goodie box for a long time, pulled 'em from an Electra LP clone of all places..., The tuners are currently the orignal Schaller with the pearl buttons and "Gibson" etched name on the back. One of the reasons why I am debating on the Hardware color is the fact that the original Tuners are chrome-I would be replacing them with gold Schallers of the same vintage (1980) and switching out the pearl buttons-but I would lose the "Gibson" etched name on the back... Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 9:21 am:    OOPS ! I mean "I think the flash is making the Neck pickup look bigger"

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