My son and I are making an EVH Frankenstrat!

[ledvedder]

I know these have been done hundreds of times through the years. But, I just wanted to share the build of an EVH Frankenstrat that my son and I are doing. He's really excited about doing this, and it's something I've been wanting to do for many years.

This is what we started with. It's a Musikraft body that someone had painted red, but never finished. So, he sold it to me.







2 more coats of black.



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[ledvedder]

Then came the taping for the white coat.

[ledvedder]

Like a surgeon!

[ledvedder]

My son has a knack for the details!

[ledvedder]

The white coat completed!

[ledvedder]

Then came the relicing of the black and white version. I gave my son a blade and various grits of sandpaper. I was a bit frightened!

[ledvedder]

Got some of the relicing done. It's so difficult trying to simulate years of wear and tear!

[Thurston]

Cool project!


Will it reflect light in a cool way?

[ledvedder]

Cool project!


Will it reflect light in a cool way?

Yes it will! I'm also creating a set of hands to play it, because we all know that is where the tone comes from.

[itchyfingers]

Very cool, ledvedder! I loved helping my dad out with projects when I was your son's age.

Here's a quick and cheap tip for getting more realistic relicing, (I am knee deep in a relic partscaster build at the moment) - brown shoe polish. Smear some into the wood, let it sit, then buff it out. A few coats really help to bring out the amber hue that results from it having been played for 30 years. It also doesn't go very deep into the wood like a traditional stain, so you can always sand it out and start over if you aren't digging it. Also great for dirty-ing up a pickguard.

[ledvedder]

Very cool, ledvedder! I loved helping my dad out with projects when I was your son's age.

Here's a quick and cheap tip for getting more realistic relicing, (I am knee deep in a relic partscaster build at the moment) - brown shoe polish. Smear some into the wood, let it sit, then buff it out. A few coats really help to bring out the amber hue that results from it having been played for 30 years. It also doesn't go very deep into the wood like a traditional stain, so you can always sand it out and start over if you aren't digging it. Also great for dirty-ing up a pickguard.

Thanks! I was planning on doing the brown shoe polish trick on the bare wood spots when I finish scraping away the paint. Gotta give it years worth of muck and cigarette smoke! I've used the shoe polish to darken a Mighty Mite neck that was way too light, and it worked great.

[skybluegary]

Cool

[JerEvil]

That's awesome man! So cool. I should do something like this with my son…

Maybe an EVH inspired flying V...

[Beef]

Looks like it's coming along nicely!

[ledvedder]

It's starting to reflect light in a cool way!

[Tortuga]

Whoa! Great job!

[ledvedder]

New neck from Musikraft!

[ledvedder]

Some more progress. We did the cigarette burns, crud in the pickup cavities, tuners and nut.

[CrunchBerries]

Sweet project man!

[Eddy Current]

Great job and the grain on that neck is gorgeous.

[ajaxlepinski]

That's looking sessy!!!

[Beef]

Still coming along great!

[ledvedder]

[Tortuga]

Looks killer!

Did EVH's actual guitar have a birdeye neck, or is that a stylistic change?

[clipless bumper]

Are you going to age/dirty up the neck?

Looking good so far!