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Post subject: A Shark is about to be born!
 Posted: May 11, 2010 - 04:17 AM
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It finally came today. I got a sweet deal on an Epiphone Explorer Korina on "the bay" and I'm going to make it a Shark. It was only 3 Bens because it is stamped with "2nd" on the back of the headstock. There are a couple of light surface scratches, but who cares; I'm going to rough it up and paint over it anyway!
As near as I can tell, about everything is near identical with the exception of the switch "route" - it's a little more oblong, too much to be covered with a jack plate. When I cut the chunk from the back, I'll shape a piece and glue it in there to shrink the hole *giggity* and then fill and sand it smooth.
I've already got all the hardware I need, including 3 chrome tuners and a white bridge pickup & ring. I've attached a couple of pictures - I'll take more tomorrow. First thing I did was tune it and plug it in...WOW, awesome sound/tone. Shame to hack it up, but it must be done. 
I'll be asking questions along the way and any help/advice regarding the Shark will be greatly appreciated.
My first question is: How was Ed's wired and what would I specifically re-wire to modify this one to match? I believe Ed only had the bridge pickup wired. |
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Post subject: RE: A Shark is about to be born!
Posted: May 12, 2010 - 06:49 PM
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Posted: May 12, 2010 - 06:57 PM
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| This is going to be a fun project to watch. I'm guessing that's probably a poly finish. What are your plans for that? |
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Posted: May 13, 2010 - 05:22 AM
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Posted: May 13, 2010 - 03:00 PM
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| I did it over a squier some time ago, I didn't rough it up... Still paint chips off today to see the original paint. I would sand it all of really, but eddie didn't do that... You can still see the white under coat. Maybe a primer. If you don't want to sand it all off, rough the %$# out of it. |
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Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 05:57 AM
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Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 06:16 AM
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| Is it weird that I like how it looks already? Maybe I should of invested in one of these... |
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Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 02:25 AM
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Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 02:48 AM
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| This is going to be sick man. Cant wait to see progress! |
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Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 12:48 AM
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Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 02:38 AM
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| Hell yeah. This is going to be killer. You need to find some good paint. |
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Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 05:38 AM
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Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 07:07 PM
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| Id actually love to do one myself but it has been said that Eddie killed the tone when he chopped it. |
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Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 01:25 PM
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How's this bad boy going???
Any updates???? |
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Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 03:51 AM
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