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DLR Guitars
May 31st, 2006, 01:21 AM
Well, I promised myself after completing a guitar in January that I wouldn't build another one for a while. Well, that was a complete lie. Anyway, heres the latest guitar in the DLR Guitars line. Its a copy of a Kramer Baretta. Its got the Eddie Van Halen strat striping (the black and white) to incorporate a couple different eras of EVH. So this will probably be the last one I build for a while now....like until August....

Amd mow for some pics

The beginning
http://i2.tinypic.com/118zw5d.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/118zyw8.jpg

And the final product:

The fretboard is unfinished maple, and is already starting to get the well-played look.
http://i2.tinypic.com/118zz90.jpg

Complete with a hand-made humbucker with white bobbins and black poles.

My little helper, Tessa.
http://i3.tinypic.com/11901vt.jpg
killerkiwi
May 31st, 2006, 01:31 AM
how did you get your logo on there?
DLR Guitars
May 31st, 2006, 01:35 AM
water-slide decals from a guy on Ebay. You print them, seal them with a clear coat so it doesn't run, apply to the headstock, and then lacquer on the whole she-bang.
Dro0
May 31st, 2006, 02:09 AM
woah, the guitar came out great :D, you made the neck too??
aussie_skater
May 31st, 2006, 03:07 AM
SWEET. make me one. pls. for free :D
1ZeroReapeR1
May 31st, 2006, 04:12 AM
that looks good. I like the paint job, looks nice. I would love to beable to make my own guitars ! I think I would go nuts with how many I would have in my house, haha. Great job !
Robot_Boy
May 31st, 2006, 04:16 AM
thats very tasty indeed. especially the fretboard. how come the pickup cavity goes right through the body?
JacksonMIA
May 31st, 2006, 06:19 AM
I like it. Especially the white, angled bucker. It's a little different than most of the black and white striped EVH guitars you see.
DLR Guitars
May 31st, 2006, 08:35 AM
woah, the guitar came out great :D, you made the neck too??
Yup, the neck too.

[aussie_skater]
SWEET. make me one. pls. for free

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA. I'd love to make one for you, but I'm the farthest thing from being rich enough to do it for free.



[Robot_Boy]
thats very tasty indeed. especially the fretboard. how come the pickup cavity goes right through the body?

The pickup is a standard humbucker, but its mounted from the back, so that way it is very clean looking without the plastic ring that would be needed for a top-mount humbucker. This was an experimental design for this guitar.



[JacksonMIA]
I like it. Especially the white, angled bucker. It's a little different than most of the black and white striped EVH guitars you see.

I like the white pup too. As for the stripes, I wanted to pay tribue, not just copy him.

Thanks all for the kind words.
Smallfrie_Omega
May 31st, 2006, 08:55 AM
how does the humbucker sound like that? get some sound clips for us?
skibum
May 31st, 2006, 10:10 AM
That is a sweet guitar. How does it play/sound?
gorham
May 31st, 2006, 10:25 AM
thats schaweet!
DLR Guitars
May 31st, 2006, 02:16 PM
It plays like a dream, and sounds great too. I'll have a soundclip hopefully later tonight. A buddy of mine and I re-made the theme from a TV show, Double Dare. With a little luck you'll be able to hear this guitar on that track if it gets finalized tonight.
JustStartin
June 1st, 2006, 08:57 PM
Killer axe! Eddie would be proud!

Its on you. Eddie is fried taping charvel bodies, doing zero. Looks tight, nice work. :)
ViOLATiON
June 1st, 2006, 10:04 PM
That's wicked. Good job!
bugman
June 1st, 2006, 10:07 PM
My little helper, Tessa.
http://i3.tinypic.com/11901vt.jpg

golden retriever/collie mix?


nice guitar too.
DLR Guitars
June 1st, 2006, 10:15 PM
We have no idea what she was. She was rescued from a pound. Shes the sweetest thing ever.