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The Bastard UV from Hell! (666k here to slay)

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#1 · (Edited)
Been a long time coming, and it's taken 8 years since the idea, and 10-12months since getting all the base parts sorted out. It initially started out as a sorry mess, and needed a lot of work and new parts, but, eventually, it's got here.

To see the little story of how it started out, read this thread:

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/sevenstring-guitars/70351-the-uv-bastardisation-project-thread.html

Anyway, here it is, specs:
-sims swamp ash uv/jem body
-uv7bk neck, with real screw head inlays, and 17-24th increasing fret scallop
-pickguard paradise pickguard (that needed a fair bit of modding to fit right)
- fernandes 7string sustainer
- dimarzio DS7 + Blaze single

And, a lot of credit to Rob at deadlight designs for getting the susstainer working, doing the scalloping, routing for the sustainer and the inlays :)

And finally, the pictures:








http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp283/7DyingTrees/UV_From_Hell/DSC04822.jpg
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp283/7DyingTrees/UV_From_Hell/DSC04823.jpg
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp283/7DyingTrees/UV_From_Hell/DSC04824.jpg
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp283/7DyingTrees/UV_From_Hell/DSC04825.jpg

The old ones pre oil and bad light:
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp283/7DyingTrees/UV_From_Hell/DSC04818.jpg
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp283/7DyingTrees/UV_From_Hell/DSC04819.jpg
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp283/7DyingTrees/UV_From_Hell/DSC04820.jpg
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp283/7DyingTrees/UV_From_Hell/DSC04821.jpg

More pictures to come...
 
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#2 ·
that's awesome! but is the sustainer supposed to remain covered in red that way?
I totally dig the screws inlays and the progressive scalloping. and the work of bursting (hope the spelling's right) is great.
btw the link to sevenstring doesn't work, or at least, doesn't work for me.

EDIT: you put in there http two times
 
#16 ·
Ahhhh, the ones on my BSB are only printed paper covered in resin, and thats from Ibanez. Real screws look much much better
i know, i have a BSB, and the inlays suck, so when i get some more cash it's going over to rob to have them replaced with screws (plus get scallops done, as they just look cool)

I wish ibanez had put real screws in the bsb and dbk, it would have made both more slick looking (then again, i wish the dbk didn't have a wizard neck, as i vastly prefer the jem profile)
 
#23 ·
yeah, it's quite hard to photograph, which is weird really, but will try again tomorrow.

I just strung her up, and she plays beautifully, got a lot of girth on the bottom end which is fun, and the neck is very playable! Got the neck and nut shimmed, and the action is tasty as hell :D

Overall I am well chuffed with it, it also looks even cooler with actual strings on it, kind of like a real guitar :lol:
 
#24 ·
just been playing it, verdict: awesome!

the sustainer works as a neck pickup when off, and actually sounds better than a stock neck ibby pickup, not as good as a blaze, but it does well to be honest. The DS7 in swamp ash is a winner, the guitar itself has a full low end naturally so the DS7 tightens it up nicely, it's also a nice lead pickup as well, in combination with the sustainer, the notes catch that little bit of feedback when held, something my vht UL does, so i am looking forward to playing through it at loud volumes with this :)

Otherwise, it still feels like an old UV, but the swamp ash body really does add a singing quality to it, i am impressed. I know sims has a bit of a bad rep here, but he did an excellent job, and i am very happy with it.

Also, it looks wicked with strings, i must try to get some good pictures tomorrow!
 
#29 ·
well, pickguard is easily replacable as i can trace it, but for now i kind of like the ott it brings to the axe, not sure what other pickguard i could use really colour wise, black is too dull for my tastes (although a smoke black mirror one could be cool) but we'll see :D

If you're around, sure :)
 
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