Sunday, November 03, 2013

Dean EVO

this is a nice dean evo that i put together with a jay turser flying v neck.........  plays and sound very nice but then it should since it has a set of Gibson USA pickups rocking it.......


Firebird

well... i had one of these at one time and let it go..... decided i wanted another one so i bought a nice kit and in the process of building.....  i have already put the primer and paint on the guitar........  now i am going to have to put the clear coat..hmmmmmmmmm.. oh k... guess i don't have an update of the paint just yet..... will post more later.

Sunday, May 05, 2013

Strat clear body

i have sold this G& L body on ebay,,,,,,,,,,,i am not for sure what i will do with this one and wasn't even aware that i had it until i was unpacking some boxes... hahahaa... anyway.. i have several options and will post more later...

Dean star

at least i believe this is a dean star... it is unlike any other star body i have seen because it uses a strat tremelo and was cut to use a pickguard....  i haven't checked yet but assume it will have a strat neck pocket as well....  not sure what i will do with it but i might use the george fullerton pickups i am going to take out of the G&L legacy

Teisco


this was given to me by my brother-in-law joe.  he found it at a sale and thought i should have it... it is in excellent shape and i will have fun with it for sure...

Crate V18 tube amp

this is one of my favorite tube amps even though it is only an 18watter... very much the marshall sound of their 18 watt.  want to make this a little better amp so am going to get it hotrodded some by adding a different transformer and an slo circuit to try and get that soldano sound...

Bugera Infinium 1960 150 watt all tube amp

i sold this one on craigs list a couple of months ago........ sorry to see it go but definitely don't need it at this point.        this one will play music from 60's to date.  it has a quad of el34's and puts out 150 watts of pumping power... it is called the british bulldog because it can duplicate that marshall sound... 

Yahama SG

always loved the song radar love and saw what was being played.... found a guy who could make me one and that is what i did...  it has an ebony fretboard with cloud inlays and a nice yahama inlay on the headstock but i didn't go with the yahama name and i decided not to go with binding....  it will have a hardtail bridge..


Saturday, May 04, 2013

G&L Invader


this is the latest addition to the cloud family of guitars.... i traded my trainwreck all tube amp to get it though so the price was dear.......  it is a super well kept 1985 invader..  someone decided they wanted to make it a superhawk because they added the neck pickup.. supposed to be HSS but they routed out for a humbucker in the neck.. has a duncan 59er in the neck... 

Sunday, March 27, 2011

The "UNK"

Paul Unkert is at is again.  After designing Kramers for a long while and then being the man behind EVH lines he left to turn out his own line of guitars.  This is not mine, mine is black but it is packed so it will be a while before i can get the right pic up here.  Mine has a jb in the bridge and a jazz in the neck.  will change out the jazz and add a 59er in the neck.


Charvel Model 4

One of the best charvel models ever made.  This was an import but they turned out to be as good as any of the american made ones.  Not the right pic but i can' post the right one for a while.

G & L Legacy


 I have enough fenders so i thought i would give the G & L a try.  May be buying some more parts to put together another one as well...  will be interesting to see if they play as well as the fender ....  i plan to get a new pickguard and make this a superstrat by putting a humbucker in the bridge...  probably a jb or a tonerider will make it sound kicking... kinda tire of single coil sounds


Jackson - Dinky

always liked jackson but never owned one.. found this beautiful white one and immediately fell in love with it...  has a jb in the bridge and a 59er in the neck so it has a killer combination.. nothing to do to this one except enjoy it...



Ibanez RG 350 DX


Beautiful ibanez... been wanting one of these for a while.  found the right white guitar at the right price.  not in love with the pickups so those will be changed

Friday, May 14, 2010

hamer sfx


this was dirt cheap so i picked it up to screw around with... has some paint missing on the side but it is worth fixing up..... not sure what i will do yet, but a new set of pickups to start with for sure. probably will not paint cause it is just for banging around on.

kona 335


i wanted a better 335 and i found this one.. it is beautiful and well put together, in fact the only thing i did not like about it was the cheesy pickups. i bought a set of seth lover duncans and i will put those in her and that should take care of the rest..

white gibson les paul


oh k... white lp once again.. i know, i am a sucker for white guitars.. this one was very reasonable so i had to get it to have a white lp with an ebony fretboard... my fav combination..

trainwreck all tube amp


sadly this one is gone now since i traded it for the yellow G&L invader....  i will miss it because it was fun to mess around with...this is my latest and most interesting amp... it is the trainwreck and built by chris. you can control most of the sounds with your guitar controls.. makes it nice.. has a lot of great sounds to it and comeon, the toolbox has to be one of the greatest ideas of all times...

Saturday, March 27, 2010

frenzel preamp


this is my frenzel preamp built by jim frenzel... this is a cool preamp and lets you dial in the kind of sound you want in your amp... basically do you want a marshall or do you want a fender... sounds good to add into the mix

white explorer


yep... another white explorer... from a kit.. the guys does a really good job on these kits so it is hard to pass them by when they look so good when everything is said and done. i do believe i have this one slated to have gold hardware and a black pickguard... i have set the neck on this one so it should be good to go....we will see what comes up.. could be a hamer or a gibson...

Bogen 35A


this is an old bogen amp that i had reworked and now it sounds killer... this thing has such a good growl. overall it is probably my favorite amp.. before the rework it was soooo lame.. had a very bright open headspace but no bite... it is 35 watts so it needed to have a big bite. now it does..

Marshall 800 50 watt 2204


my kit marshall 50 watt 2204. man.. what a sound this thing has. my buddy chris put it together for me and it sounds like a marshall should.... i need to build a cabinet for it down the road.. or maybe i will just let it fly like it is.

Les Paul Doublecut

 
nice lp doublecut kit that i bought cause i wanted a tv yellow les paul. work is continuing but i have a long way to go to get where i want to be... i noticed that th paint had sunk into the grain so apparently i didn't do such a good job with the grain filling....  i will have to give it some more paint and work...it should be a kicker when i get done with it.
 

 

Monday, January 05, 2009

randy rhoads clone


well... i still have a ways to go.... this is a randy rhoads body that i am painting and getting ready to add a reverse headstock kramer neck to it...should make a very nice combo when it is all done.. i haven't decided the pickups just yet but i have several ones that will do nicely... i have painted it white just because you know i likes white guitars. ... i will use a hardtail bridge cause the neck is a 24 fret one.....