My homemade mutts and gear - Guitars101

jhale667 · 10-12-2007, 09:28 PM

Hello all,
Here's a group shot of all my babies:

Top to bottom, left to right:
Mutt #1 - Charvel maple neck, Dimarzio ash body, Original Floyd Rose
Mutt #2 - Charvel maple neck, custom body, Original Floyd Rose
Mutt #3 - Warmoth maple/ebony neck and 1-piece Koa body, Original Floyd Rose
Mutt #4 - Warmoth maple/rosewood neck, flamed-maple on mahogany body, Dimarzio Virtual Vintage pickups, Fender American Vintage bridge
Mutt #5 - Warmoth maple/pau ferro neck, 1-piece ash body (found in pawnshop), Dimarzio Virtual Vintage pickups, Fender American Vintage bridge

All of my necks have 1 3/4" nut widths to accommodate my large-ass hands. The humbucker equipped guitars have EMGs in that pic, but are all being swapped out currently for Duncan humbuckers and Dimarzio Virtual Vintage 'singles'. And oh yeah, I'm also swapping out #2's chrome hardware for a set in none more black.

And here's my pedalboard:

Only the TU-2, MXR Micro-Amp and Vox wah are in front of my amp. The MM-4, EVH Phase90 and DL-4 are running in my amp's effects loop. My amp is a 1986 Mesa Boogie Mark III, red stripe, fully loaded, Simul-class, EQ, Reverb...love it. Running it through 2 Celestion loaded 4x12 cabs.

The cat was not included...lol

pfslik · 10-13-2007, 11:18 AM

awesome gear man ..looove the natural strat.

That cat looks evil!!!!

RobinHood · 10-14-2007, 03:41 AM

...nice, those babies makes me drool with envy

stratomatic · 10-14-2007, 08:53 AM

That one-piece ash body looks killer. Nice pawnshop find!

Did you do all this work yourself?

jhale667 · 10-14-2007, 02:21 PM

Thanks. I basically did the final assemblies and set-ups, but I'm no wood-worker by any stretch of the imagination...any routing job or whatever I don't have the tools to do I have a couple of pros around town that I use..

Upon doing some research, I found out the pawnshop body (that was a complete instrument when I got it, mind you - sold the neck and everything else off of it, then rebuilt it from the ground up) was made by a now-defunct guitar shop that was big in LA in the 80s. Lucky find, a custom body in a pawnshop. Funny thing is, after I'd sold all the other parts off it, I only had $40 in it...

it was originally meant to be a backup, and now it's my favorite of my two 'traditional' Strats..

Oh, and my cat is only slightly evil...

stratomatic · 10-14-2007, 04:54 PM

Very nice skills. And thanks for sharing your pawnshop story. It's interesting to hear about how favorite insturments happen.

guitaral · 10-19-2007, 09:23 AM

dude, those are some pretty sweet guit-fiddles you got there!

paulscape · 10-21-2007, 05:08 AM

Nice collection!

jhale667 · 10-21-2007, 02:04 PM

Thanks, everyone!

mrfenderstrat · 09-30-2008, 12:18 PM

cool geeetarsss

Nomik · 10-01-2008, 02:05 AM

nice gear@!

kcjewel · 10-01-2008, 02:59 PM

Nice bunch of Mutts!
John and the crew

styfus · 10-03-2008, 12:22 PM

That stuff is awesome!

10-19-2007, 09:23 AM	#7
guitaral jazzy rock boy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: someplace between here and there Posts: 530	dude, those are some pretty sweet guit-fiddles you got there! __________________ Ian Faith - They're not going to release the album... because they have decided that the cover is sexist. Nigel Tufnel - Well, so what? What's wrong with bein' sexy?

10-21-2007, 05:08 AM	#8
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10-01-2008, 02:59 PM	#12
kcjewel Starving Artist Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 11	Nice bunch of Mutts! John and the crew __________________ I'm not spoiled, I always smell like that!

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10-12-2007, 09:28 PM	#1
jhale667 Starving Artist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 20	My homemade mutts and gear Hello all, Here's a group shot of all my babies: Top to bottom, left to right: Mutt #1 - Charvel maple neck, Dimarzio ash body, Original Floyd Rose Mutt #2 - Charvel maple neck, custom body, Original Floyd Rose Mutt #3 - Warmoth maple/ebony neck and 1-piece Koa body, Original Floyd Rose Mutt #4 - Warmoth maple/rosewood neck, flamed-maple on mahogany body, Dimarzio Virtual Vintage pickups, Fender American Vintage bridge Mutt #5 - Warmoth maple/pau ferro neck, 1-piece ash body (found in pawnshop), Dimarzio Virtual Vintage pickups, Fender American Vintage bridge All of my necks have 1 3/4" nut widths to accommodate my large-ass hands. The humbucker equipped guitars have EMGs in that pic, but are all being swapped out currently for Duncan humbuckers and Dimarzio Virtual Vintage 'singles'. And oh yeah, I'm also swapping out #2's chrome hardware for a set in none more black. And here's my pedalboard: Only the TU-2, MXR Micro-Amp and Vox wah are in front of my amp. The MM-4, EVH Phase90 and DL-4 are running in my amp's effects loop. My amp is a 1986 Mesa Boogie Mark III, red stripe, fully loaded, Simul-class, EQ, Reverb...love it. Running it through 2 Celestion loaded 4x12 cabs. The cat was not included...lol

10-13-2007, 11:18 AM	#2
pfslik Famous Artist Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: somewhere hot Posts: 335	awesome gear man ..looove the natural strat. That cat looks evil!!!! __________________ "We're out of beer. NOOOO! Let's make a beer run. YEEEAAA!" - Absolute Steel "You may be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater." - Austin Powers

10-14-2007, 03:41 AM	#3
RobinHood Backup Artist Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 158	...nice, those babies makes me drool with envy

10-14-2007, 08:53 AM	#4
stratomatic Famous Artist Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 378	That one-piece ash body looks killer. Nice pawnshop find! Did you do all this work yourself?

10-14-2007, 02:21 PM	#5
jhale667 Starving Artist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 20	Thanks. I basically did the final assemblies and set-ups, but I'm no wood-worker by any stretch of the imagination...any routing job or whatever I don't have the tools to do I have a couple of pros around town that I use.. Upon doing some research, I found out the pawnshop body (that was a complete instrument when I got it, mind you - sold the neck and everything else off of it, then rebuilt it from the ground up) was made by a now-defunct guitar shop that was big in LA in the 80s. Lucky find, a custom body in a pawnshop. Funny thing is, after I'd sold all the other parts off it, I only had $40 in it... it was originally meant to be a backup, and now it's my favorite of my two 'traditional' Strats.. Oh, and my cat is only slightly evil...

10-14-2007, 04:54 PM	#6
stratomatic Famous Artist Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 378	Very nice skills. And thanks for sharing your pawnshop story. It's interesting to hear about how favorite insturments happen.

10-21-2007, 02:04 PM	#9
jhale667 Starving Artist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 20	Thanks, everyone!

09-30-2008, 12:18 PM	#10
mrfenderstrat Starving Artist Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 14	cool geeetarsss

10-01-2008, 02:05 AM	#11
Nomik Backup Artist Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 195	nice gear@!

10-03-2008, 12:22 PM	#13
styfus Starving Artist Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6	That stuff is awesome!

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