Alright, after some last adjustments to the pickup and volume pot, I am finally finished with my seven string! The original plan was to have a chrome pickguard as well, but that idea have to wait for another time for various circumstances.

Anyways, here is what I started out with:


And here is what I am enjoying now:







Not really that much changes that has been done, but I think the overall look got improved (even more when I sometime will change the pickguard!), and the with the new BKP Aftermath, the sound surely improved!

I have also installed new planet waves locking tuners. Some minor unfortunate installing problems, but once installed they work pretty awesome
Only downside is that they are supposed to auto-clip the strings, and they have some problem with cutting the low B-string, but that`s just a detail.

As you can see, I have also removed the tone and pick-up switch, since I only wanted one pickup. The volume pot has been changed to a Shadow Kill-pot, which is a killswitch as well as volume pot The volume knob is from Q-parts.

So, what do you think of my little project?

This post has been edited by mhskeide: Jun 28 2011, 07:17 PM

Awesome! I must admit, I was worried when I saw the first picture

This post has been edited by dark dude: Jun 28 2011, 09:11 PM

nice, looks like musicman headstock :'D

Thanks! That`s actually what I had in mind..or at least what was forming in my mind as I was working

Wow, that's an awesome job man. It looked like Musicman axe to me on the sight Awesome work mate

So what does the scalloped neck feel like ?? Has it affected your playing ?

Wow congrats mate, for a second you got me thinkin' that you included a Music Man neck very very nice!

Looks like a great project man! Congrats on finishing it.
Are you planning to post some videos with this guitar so we can see/hear it in action?

Congrats mate!! Good job!!

Looks great man!! Congratulations for your work and new guitar!

Yep, that was my intetion Only problem is that I can`t find my video cam, so I might have to shoot the entire thing with a web cam



This is my best so far! Not too deep, but deep enough to get the effect! currently, I have tuned it in drop G#, and I`m using 0.11-strings + 0.60 on the low B/G#. Even though I have relatively thick strings, bending and vibrato is super smooth thanks to the scalloping

Nice, I love scalloped necks. Finished scalloping a stra-copy last summer Although I might have gone a bit too deep myself.
60 in G#? Wow, I have 09-59/60 B standard

Add:
The guitar looks epic. Awesome job! Gotte love bkps

This post has been edited by Sollesnes: Jun 29 2011, 07:34 PM

I had a 0.70 lying here as well, but it didn`t fit the nut

For the record, it will mainly be used in B standard, it`s just that I am learning some periphery songs now. And thanks for the kind words

And here is as promised: a quick demo of the reborn guitar!

I did not spend much time planning, editing or recording, which is unfortunately very easy to hear And you can hear a fizzling sound the last 40 seconds...which is my amp failing me, and denying me to play anymore tonight.
Also, the sound got almost too distorted, so I am not completely satisfied with sound in this demo.
I will with time, post something better, but enough talking





...and sorry for the fisheye effect, didnt think it would be that annoying before I watched the vid myself

Nice modifications! Congrats on the accomplishment!

Congrats man! Nice sound as well! Now you can send it to me

Congratz,nice axe ! Give us some video/sound clips

Check some replies up, they are already here

Haha, NOW I am ashamed! This post is over 3 years old, and just two months ago I finally completed the project 100%! Didn`t knew it was THAT long ago!
Anyways, here is a crappy picture of how the guitar finally ended up. Will post better when I have the chance

Quite an upgrade! That pickup looks killer in there as well

Hey man, this is definitely not the kind of stuff you finish in a snap - it's normal to take that long Congratulations and may you spwan the most beautiful melodies with it!