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Still Downsizing-Kind Of A NGD
This John Mayer Strat that started with me as a new one in 2011. It was brand new at the CG with a bowed neck. It was around for a long time and overpriced for a defective guitar. I considered it a parts guitar and offered accordingly and the offer was accepted. The Incase Bag is awesome.
My first pass was having the neck steamed and it did work but eventually stared to bow again. I was thinking about what to do with it and 2 years ago a 30 in scale conversion neck came up on CL and I decided to make it into a bass VI. It was very cool but didn't get much use. The first photo shows it in the bass VI version. Last week a Musikraft 24 3/4 in. conversion neck showed up CL, I contacted the fellow and ended buying it including the nut and Schaller Locking Tuners in Black with Pearl knobs. I have recently grown fond of short scale necks and thought that this would be a perfect Revision B. It took a couple of hours including a perfect setup and it is very nice, everything dial in as it should. The neck has an Ebony fretboard and the fret work is as it should be. Now that I have tested it I will finish the neck in Ambertone in the next month or so. It still looks like a new guitar. Here is a photo of revision B with the other necks that it has adorned. -- Darwin Bass VI Revision B- Original neck on the left.
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Stay Tuned Last edited by Darwin; 01-16-2017 at 05:16 PM. |
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I like that ebony...I had to put a new neck on my mid-90s USA Roadhouse strat and found one from Mighty-Mite with an ebony board w/MOP dots. That ebony on a strat is better feeling to me than either rosewood or maple and looks great too.
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Ha now it is sort of a right hand Jimmi style . Looks like a Dinosaur Pic ? That's what I use
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Max, I have always preferred Maple but the Ebony does have a nice feel, very smooth.
Kev, that is a Fender pick. Hadn't even thought about the Jimi style! -- Darwin
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Update: I nave finished tinting the neck and am ready for the clearcoats. Here are a couple of photos. -- Darwin
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