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Author Message blazer Member Username: blazer Post Number: 59 Registered: 12-2003 Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 8:38 am:    Okay, you guys have seen all sorts of my own self built guitars but all of them were Frankenstein Monsters. This time however I can proudly show off what I am capable off. Based on the Fender Jazzmaster and the Gibson non-reverse Firebird. I made the body of two pieces of Basswood and the glued in neck is made of two pieces of flamed maple. It has a rosewood fingerboard with 24 frets in a Gibson 24 inch scale length. I copied the neck's profile and radius from my Favorite 1989 Fender Strat so I instantly feel at home with it when picking it up. It currently has two Gibson designed Humbuckers "on loan" from my Epiphone Les Paul But I already ordered two Rio Grande "Bluesdaws" to replace them. Switching happens with a pan-pot and the hardware is from Schaller. Well then how did I do? (Message edited by blazer on July 09, 2005) richbass939 Advanced Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 318 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 8:28 pm:    I think you did a beautiful job. How does it sound? "Frankenstein" is a pretty good description of the one I built. I'm redoing it and hope to have a nice looking piece of work to post here in a few months. Rich 57basstra Junior Username: 57basstra Post Number: 16 Registered: 4-2005 Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 1:56 pm:    Cool!