Check out this 7620

[Chris]

Here's a project I finished today. I scalloped frets 12-24 a couple weeks ago after getting curious enough to try it, liked the feel enough to do the rest, and decided to do something else in the process: pull the inlays out and replace with black dye-stained filler, then darken the whole (rosewood) fretboard. (I've always liked the look of my Carvin bass & Alvarez acoustic fretboards the most, both ebony with no inlays except for a 12th-fret quad-diamond/line thing on the Alvarez.) I scalloped a little deeper on the treble side, and tried to make an asymmetrical U shape from around the 7th fret down, the deepest part near the higher fret where you'd actually fret the note. The inlays were easy to drill through and pop right out, leaving just a little material around the edges to carefully grind off with a Dremel before filling. After all that and staining the board, the last thing I did was take the pickups out and paint the little wings that the mounting screws go through black. Looks a lot cooler with the rest of the guitar's scheme than catching a glimpse of the actual brass color.

Some pics:

http://www.jbakerman.com/pics/rgfinished1.jpg
http://www.jbakerman.com/pics/rgfinished2.jpg
http://www.jbakerman.com/pics/rgfinished3.jpg
http://www.jbakerman.com/pics/rgfinished4.jpg

 

[Shannon]

Yep, simple mods can go a long way.

 

[Ken]

Dddddrrrroooooooooooooooooooooollll.

 

[Vince]

I love the no inlays idea. I'm not a fan of a full scallop though, but that guitar definitely looks cool!

 

[Leon]

nice!

 

[The Dark Wolf]

I was just looking at that on petrucciforum. Very cool.

But WTF... some guy? That's bakerman, a valued and senior member of the Petrucci board!

 

[Nik]

That guitar is freaking gorgeous....


And just for the record, bakerman is a tabbing god.

 

[PRSKILLER]

Awesome geetar man

 

[Pauly]

Yes, his transcribing expertise is on the shelves...in the official Octavarium tab book.

 

[Battle-axe]

That really is awesome!!

 

[Shawn]

Nice!

 

[7 Dying Trees]

now that looks cool, not into scallops too much, but it is very cool love the colour of the axe as well!

 

[Chris]

I was just looking at that on petrucciforum. Very cool.

But WTF... some guy? That's bakerman, a valued and senior member of the Petrucci board!

Well he's nobody until he registers here.

 

[The Dark Wolf]

Well he's nobody until he registers here.

I thought you were nobody until somebody loves you?

 

[Chris]

I thought you were nobody until somebody loves you?

True, but when you register here, Shannon 's you.

 

[The Dark Wolf]

True, but when you register here, Shannon 's you.

Not I. I'm relegated to status of "fucktard" by him.
I guess there's an exception to every rule

 

[Chris]

Not I. I'm relegated to status of "fucktard" by him.
I guess there's an exception to every rule

Have you seen his avatar? That's his version of pillow talk dude.

 

[The Dark Wolf]

Have you seen his avatar? That's his version of pillow talk dude.

Which one? He only has about 900!

I ain't saying he gets around, but man... that's a lotta pillows and a lotta talkin'...

 

[Nik]

Yes, his transcribing expertise is on the shelves...in the official Octavarium tab book.

Yeah, I know, I might actually get that.

He has some awesome work at powertabs.net.

I don't dig scalloped frets, but that guitar looks nice without fret markers...

 

[Kagami]

Holy cow that looks SOOOO awesome !!!!