anthonyferguson
Well-Known Member
I did this for a friend of a friend, who subsequently became a friend...
He asked me if I could replace the body of his harley-benton 7 string and do a couple of things to the neck, to which I said yes. It started life looking like this:
looked a bit like this in the process...
and this
and ended up a bit like this
Hope you like!! Also what you can't see is that I completely remodelled the neck heel (the neck is original; I changed the headstock shape) and added steel inserts that are epoxied in and have threads to act as bolts instead of screws to allow easy removal of the neck and a bit more strength as the joint is a little bit small than the original. Body is mahogany, top is flame maple and it's semi hollow. I can't quite remember what pickups it has, but I know they're DiMarzios of some sort. Also has ghost piezo system, with MIDI output. It's great fun to play!!
He asked me if I could replace the body of his harley-benton 7 string and do a couple of things to the neck, to which I said yes. It started life looking like this:
![n501553599_1763463_3341349.jpg](http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4517/58/111/501553599/n501553599_1763463_3341349.jpg)
looked a bit like this in the process...
![228212_10150603435485487_654515486_18482282_8212405_n.jpg](http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/228212_10150603435485487_654515486_18482282_8212405_n.jpg)
and this
![230739_10150603435575487_654515486_18482285_714529_n.jpg](http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230739_10150603435575487_654515486_18482285_714529_n.jpg)
and ended up a bit like this
![307956_10150283923883600_501553599_7968070_2382246_n.jpg](http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/307956_10150283923883600_501553599_7968070_2382246_n.jpg)
Hope you like!! Also what you can't see is that I completely remodelled the neck heel (the neck is original; I changed the headstock shape) and added steel inserts that are epoxied in and have threads to act as bolts instead of screws to allow easy removal of the neck and a bit more strength as the joint is a little bit small than the original. Body is mahogany, top is flame maple and it's semi hollow. I can't quite remember what pickups it has, but I know they're DiMarzios of some sort. Also has ghost piezo system, with MIDI output. It's great fun to play!!