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WOW!!! SHOWED THAT TO MY BOYS AND THEY LOVED IT!!! WAY COOL!

Here's some pics of a guitar I hand built covered with Real Alligator with Kangaroo lace

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How cool is that....I love the pic with the gator skin cut in the background

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Just plain awesome :)notworthy.gifnotworthy.gif

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WOW!!! SHOWED THAT TO MY BOYS AND THEY LOVED IT!!! WAY COOL!

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How cool is that....I love the pic with the gator skin cut in the background

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Just plain awesome :)notworthy.gifnotworthy.gif

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Nice work. Does it affect the sound any?

Andrew

no, does not affect the tone at all

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I really, Really, REALLY like that. How much larger do you make the hide than the body to account for the stiching?

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I really, Really, REALLY like that. How much larger do you make the hide than the body to account for the stiching?

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I used the same templates for the hide that I used to route the body, then did a 3/8" round over on the body to lower the lacing into the corners a little more

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here's a link to the guitar build thread of the guitar being built from scratch

http://www.tdpri.com...-completed.html

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That long tenon on the neck has GOT TO give incredible sustain. What pickups did you use? An what is the third pot for? You did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That long tenon on the neck has GOT TO give incredible sustain. What pickups did you use? An what is the third pot for? You did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i did the set neck for play-ability and I just didn't want to have a neck plate back there plus the neck and body are chambered, the whole guitar weighs under 7 lbs, tried to keep the weight down because the gator hide added 13oz

i used fender original vintage pickup set, '52 upgrade it said on the box, it's wired with a four way switch mod, bridge, neck, bridge/neck in series, bridge/ neck in parallel and the middle knob is a volume for the middle pickup that can be blended into any of the switch positions for a SRV / Hendrix Strat type tone

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Very cool, that is a handsome guitar!

Kevin

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SWEET!!!!!!!!!

NOW THAT GATOR WIL LIVE FOREVER!

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Absolutely amazing work! Very inspiring :)

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I love that !!!!

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