NGD: Neptune Swirl Strat

[JEngelking]

Well, kind of NGD. This was one of my first guitars, a (what seems to be) brandless, "Grand Prix" Strat. I've just never actually officially shared it like this on the forum.

It all started a couple years ago when I disassembled it with plans to refinish it, but didn't get around to actually doing it until a few months ago.

Progress thread is here.

Here's what it looked like before:

And now here's some after pics, a big improvement I think.

Poor little guy was hiding in the corner...

Little bit less shy now.

And here's a little something I've been working on, all guitars recorded with Neptune here.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/oceansbuiltonsinkingships/the-surreality[/SC]

 

[mnemonic]

Very cool, nice to see it done.

I take back what I said about thinking a white pickguard would look better, black with white pickups looks really good there.

Also, H/S with just a volume knob is a great setup, my favorite, actually.


So, how does it play?

 

[Dawn of the Shred]

Nice man!

 

[shadowlife]

That came out great! I really like the colors you chose.

 

[JEngelking]

Thanks guys! Yeah, HS is definitely one of my favorite serious as well, if not my most favorite.

It actually plays pretty great, I haven't played it in like three years or for however long it's been dismantled, so it's like playing a brand new guitar. It's a plywood sandwich body, and is surprisingly loud acoustically. I forgot to mention when I brought it in for the setup that I wanted it in Drop C, so I think it'll play even better when it doesn't have 10-52s in standard, that's a bit heavy for me on the low strings.

 

[VVolverin3]

I thought the first photo was it... didn't look like a great swirl to me... oops! :S

Haha, that's brilliant mate, looking fantastic.

 

[Lasik124]

Looks good!

 

[JEngelking]

Thanks guys! Really appreciate the kind words, I'm very happy my first swirl turned out well, and on the first dip no less.

 

[Unleash The Fury]

that guitar looks so cool!

 

[JEngelking]

Thanks man!

 

[beezwx]

Very nice, looks sweet!