...dean evo XM custom modified

 ...a well known low price guitar can change 
to a superb one as i usually have said before...

...sanded the back side of the neck to change the shape and give more playability
...changed the headstock from black to matchin' with the body
...refretted the neck
...finished with gun oil
...changed the pickups with a GFS hb medium output bluesy set
...changed the wiring
...fixed the dangerous G harmonic installing a spring in the bridge in front of the g saddle
...changing the knobs





 

 

 

                           ...now this guitar plays like a high price one...

...a broken lag T66 D

a summer camping repair

...well, this repair was made in front of the see
...a young man packed his things to leave and let behind a lag T66 D acoustic guitar
...it was absolutely new except a completely broken neck
...not only broken but a piece of wood was missing
...the trussrod was out
...so i picked up some things
from the village near the camping and tried to repair it just for fun
 ...tryin' to fix it with the trussrod workin' properly

...unforunately had no camera to take some pictures so i took them all when a came back home...think plays perfect...

...ibanez SZ 520 QM custom modified

...an extremely  good guitar manufactured from 2003 to 2008 in korea


...see all about it here banez.wikia.com/wiki/SZ520QM


 ...changed the wiring, switch, pots and the pickups
...put a splittin' to single coils switch instead of apot
...left a volume and a tone pot
...changed the pickups with a dimarzio hb DP254 neck and DP156 bridge

...Rory's true relic project

...from very old parts...

...an alder body dark brown see through from 80's
...a gun oil finished maple neck from 90's
...a fender 62 bridge
...tuners from a japan fender 83
...pickguard (broken) from a fender stratocaster II, 90
...neck and bridge pickups from a fender standard 90's
...middle pickup from a fender japan 83

...tried to make all the parts workin' perfect
...let them with their true relic of the years

...this beuty its' like Rory's so i called it 
Rory's project...

 

 

 

















 
                                                  ...Rory lives forever...

...the fir final remake (vol 3)

...i believe it's the last edition of this guitar...
...you can see the story of he fir here http://jwarbird.blogspot.gr/2013/05/the-fir-project.html
and here http://jwarbird.blogspot.gr/2013/11/the-fir-project-vol-2.html as vol 1 and vol 2....


...this one is vol 3...
...the only things i 've changed is the pickguard and the colour  of the guitar which turned to natural with a nitro surface... the neck sanded a lot and and final polished with just gun oil...

                               ...love this guitar so much...