NGD - 7 string build finished :)

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I've been building this over the last few weeks, got it finished last week and gigged it at the weekend :)

First, these are the specs:
Sapele Mahogany body with cream plastic binding
Sapele Mahogany bolt on neck (with chrome neck plate)
Flame maple head veneer and neck binding
Striped ebony fingerboard, 24 stainless frets, no inlays
TUSQ nut
2-way truss rod and 2 graphite strengthening rods in neck
Tru-oil finish
Evertune 7-string chrome bridge
Hipshot locking tuners
BKP Holy Diver matched bridge and neck humbuckers
Roland GK-3 synth driver kit built-in
Volume, synth volume, tone with push-push coil split, 3-way switch

Really happy with this build, plays lovely. For anyone curious about Evertune, it does exactly what everyone says - tuned it last Thursday, gigged in the afternoon at the weekend in hot sunshine, still perfectly in tune. And it corrects for the pressure you put on the strings when you press them onto the fingerboard, so all chords just sound so much more in tune, especially high up the neck.

The only thing I want to change is to get another chrome knob for the tone control. The synth volume is gonna stay as a strat knob because it's useful to have numbers on that.

Anyway, here's some pics, only taken with my phone so they're not the best, but ok ;)








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Wow, fantastic work!!


I wanna check out an Evertune so badly
 
Devin":vf42xt79 said:
I wanna check out an Evertune so badly

It is amazing, although unfortunately it makes every other guitar you have sound out of tune!!lol
 
Got a few more pics taken in the sun today. Tried to capture the fingerboard but still can't do it justice really! And I got the knobs changed to two new chrome knobs on the guitar volume and tone (still got the strat type knob on the synth volume because the numbers are useful).

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stunning... really tasty!.. although I'm quite sure i'd hit that 7th tuner quite often when playing.. i'm not sure about it's placemenent, but guess it's ok isnt it?
 
Great looking build. Love the headstock! That fretboard :shocked:
 
Wow I just noticed the little river running through the fretboard :D


That's one goddamn beautiful piece of wood :inlove:
 
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