The dreaded Harley Benton 7-string (56k: take a short nap)

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jarrydn

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Duuuude, very nice :)

Even if it plays like shit, at least it looks hot as :D

It would have been nice to accquire a hardtail one to mess around with. I was going to originally convert this one to a hardtail, but there'd be way too much messing around.

But dude, those pics are seriously impressive :)
 

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How much do those fine instruments run you unmodified?
 

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Sarcasm.

Mine cost around 150 euros new. In hindsight, thats 150 euros too much. :lol:
 
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Desecrated

A friend of mine got one six months ago, it was a good guitar, the pickups was really bad, but he switched to duncans, still cheaper then ibanez. and sounded much better.
 

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Just car paint in rattle cans. It's the direct sunlight that makes the color look so good. And as I've said before, it looks good...from a distance. :lol:
 

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It definitely looks like a screwdriver job :p

Here's what my current vision for it is:
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Still not 100% on the headstock. I might have to look into reinforcing it if I want to do a gnarly cut-away.

:yesway: That'll look nice, it's lookin' good so far and yeah, the routing job is pretty bad from those pics. :agreed:
 

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Sarcasm.

Mine cost around 150 euros new. In hindsight, thats 150 euros too much. :lol:

No oshit!!!

150Euros its like... 200$

I got my Jackson DR7 for 200$ and i think (now someone should post :nuts: )
That its really good....
 

jarrydn

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I think that you have to obtain some quilted maple 8/10 mm for the top :hbang:

And yeah, that route it's made with the teeths and under LDS influences.

Hehehe, I just realised that it looks like a quilted top :p.

It was more meant to convey that it was going to be green over a stone textured finish.

Anyway, paint starts going on tomorrow :)

Oh, and I won't be cutting the headstock up all funky like that. I backed out at the last minute :p.

Some more pictures D:

Body blocked, puttied etc:
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Some rattlecans!:
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Headstock mostly sanded down:
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Silver primer:
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Let there be rock!:
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Some more pissybits. Almost done :D

Just need to inspect all the bits thoroughly when they are properly dry, then it's time for some clearcoating action!

Oooer
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Cavity plate doo-dads
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It sunk half a mm or so where I filled in the neck pickup, but the bridge is holding out fine, and to be honest, I could care less :p
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So there we have it. What was once a pretty shit guitar is...well...still a pretty shit guitar, but green and bumpy.

Assembly pics and sound samples in a few days, hopefully ;D
 

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Cheers fellas ;D

Looking at some of the other threads...it seems like green is quite a popular colour this month :p
 
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