Finished my 5150 replica possibly maybe !

[Eagle]

I was prevaricating on the neck because of the fact that I had played it .
I can explain but anyway here it is ;

It’s scratch by scratch replica to a point because some details are deliberately omitted and the pickup is the one it has now even though I have the right one. It also plays like a Tyler which the original definitely doesn’t , looks the part and sounds pretty much identical.
I may fit a FRT5 if I find one for less than a small car but this is only a couple of months newer and is modded to be similar.
It was just an idea I had that became a professional challenge.

 

[Eagle]

I have a 83/4 JBJ that I am experimenting with adding a resistor to get the slug coil to read 160k like the broken original.

 

[Eagle]

And a picture or two for reference ;

Copying someone’s random beat to shit guitar when nothing was done as you would expect was the hardest relic I have done.

 

[Eagle]

Any discrepancy in colour is incredibly hard to confirm even with the two likely possible original paint codes, time and every photo makes this guitar a different colour.

 

[2112]

Incredible work, nice to see this (potentially) finished!

We want to hear clips now

 

[Eagle]

My photos look a bit red and Ed’ usually looks more orange in old pictures compared to seeing them yourself.

Newer studio photos but still not great.

 

[mavrick102000]

Good to see here. I was following the long build thread on the other forum.

I see you're still using the vintage neck plate vs. the repro with the correct SN...

 

[Eagle]

Good to see here. I was following the long build thread on the other forum.

I see you're still using the vintage neck plate vs. the repro with the correct SN...

Yes , still torn.

 

[Whizzinby]

Wow, that’s badass!

 

[hemmelight]

Looks awesome. I can't imagine how much of a pain it was to get every scratch correct.

 

[Eagle]

Looks awesome. I can't imagine how much of a pain it was to get every scratch correct.

It’s the only way to get the look. The internet is full of shit lazy attempts at copying this guitar.
It’s like getting a likeness in a sketch. Lots of tiny details add up to a recognisable person. Get a few wrong and it quickly loses it. Most don’t even start with the stripes correctly positioned.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Looks awesome. I can't imagine how much of a pain it was to get every scratch correct.

I love detailed builds like this.