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Location: Massachusetts | Well I returned the 05 Collectors I bought at GC and bought Jim's 05 on the forum. THANKS JIM!!!!
Great guitar but it does feel like a narrow tight neck. Assuming I can get used to this one I would like to add abalone dots or inlays to the neck.
The factory won't do this.
Anybody done this? Anybody know of anyone in Ma that can do this? I assume adding dots would be a breeze but anything fancy like a diamond or something probably might be real hard.
I always wanted a CL cause of the abalone but if I can customize this one with a little bit on the neck and maybe an abalone or an abalone/mop truss rod cover and the pearl tuner buttons...it would be sweet.
Any thoughts? Any pictures of O's or other guitars with abalone dots I should look at? Any good online dealers you've dealt with for abalone dots?
What about that Fretware.com...are they legit? Might be a good way for $12 to see what they look life if the company is legit and the stickers won't harm the board..course I can try it on my s771 first.
Oh, I think guitars look nekkid without fretboard markers plus people complained when they jammed with me on my s771 they had to work real hard to find out where I was playing. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | george.chapman@pollak.com
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Location: Upper Left USA | I have stripped maple Viper necks and replaced the black dots with Abalone. It isn't right because I can't remove the frets and resurface, but it can be done. I'll only do it if the neck is beat. Viper neck sans abalone
The Fret ware dots are good, especially if you need the reference points.
The Abalone TRC is much simpler. I need to get back into the Shop and concoct some LX TRC options.
Since the 05C has a bolt on neck the Factory should be able to make a custom neck for your with as much "Bling" as you can afford??
This baits a question - "Can a "Folklore" width neck be added to any LX bolt on? |
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Adding abalone dots/ inlays to an O
