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Old 10-03-2007, 09:42 PM
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Broke down and bought a Rice Custom!
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Old 10-03-2007, 09:44 PM
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whoa that is awsome
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Old 10-03-2007, 09:47 PM
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I have one and they are just amazing guitars. I love them, i want him to build me a strat/tele.
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Old 10-04-2007, 07:57 AM
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...now *that's* purr-tee!

...uh, is it (a) the camera angle or (b) my eyes, but is that lower bout slightly different than original Fender? Looks good, however!
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Old 10-04-2007, 06:37 PM
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...now *that's* purr-tee!

...uh, is it (a) the camera angle or (b) my eyes, but is that lower bout slightly different than original Fender? Looks good, however!
Yep, it's a little streamlined. We like to do this shape when going without a pickguard, it looks sleeker.
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Old 10-04-2007, 07:52 PM
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Sweet! What are the specs?


This guitar is a real screamer, extremely resonant and very microphonic. Has acoustic qualities in its sound.
A very organic guitar to play and hear. Neck: Birdseye maple neck with birdseye maple fretboard, medium C carve, 22 6150 medium-jumbo frets, 7.25-9.5" compund radius, tinted polymerized oil finish. Body: Lightweight alder with a bookmatched 1/8" spalted/flame maple cap. Ivoroid top binding.
Tuners: Gotoh with brass ferrules.
Bridgeplate:Wilkinson chromed stamped steel top-load.
Saddles: Glendale compensated hardened steel. Finish: Tinted polymerized oil. Pickup: Lindy Fralin Blues Special.
Knobs: Tiger wood. Nut: 1 5/8" Bone String tree: One butterfly style tree.
Jack cup: Electrosocket.
Electronics: CTS 250K pots, cloth wire, Switchcraft switch. Switch selects tone capacitor, .02/.04/none.
Capacitor: 2 Orange Drops, .02
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Old 10-04-2007, 08:22 PM
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Seriously crazy fretboard! Nice piece.
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Old 10-04-2007, 08:28 PM
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Beautiful. I was eyeing that but I gotta have a neck pup for a Tele. But superb score!
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Old 10-05-2007, 09:35 AM
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Thanks guys! I can't wait for it to arrive so I can play it. I'll provide a review then.
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Old 10-05-2007, 10:43 AM
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Old 10-26-2007, 09:37 PM
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Hey, I just noticed that that second picture is with a different bridge on it than the first! I tried 3 different bridge plates and 3 sets of saddles before settling on the Wilkinson with Glendale heat-treated steel. That combination brought the guitar to life for me. The Glendale stainless steel bridge in the second picture tamed the guitar a touch and added more of an acoustic-guitar top end zing to it with a slightly scooped midrange. Very cool, but the ferrous Wilkinson lends a stronger upper midrange snarl that works very well with the Fralin pickup.
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