Watch this space...

[bubs_42]

Talk about holding out until all the right pieces fell into line. WOW!

 

[Disturber]

Getting there, but something's still missing...

Yeah, you need to put strings on it!

 

[Steve Haynie]

Enola.

 

[BrianM]

That's insane!!! Only a Matthes : )

 

[coolfeel]

holy effing shite... That is fantastic! Great Job and congrats!!!

 

[G Man]

Holy craptastic, that is all sorts of bad assery right there. Love it!

 

[Ting Ho Dung]

Elo Kiddies?

ETA: Ah... Nevermind. I get it now. That's awesome!

 

[BTMN]

Song off the first Cheap Trick album and a cool one at that.

 

[kizanski]

A few years back, the Stikeleathers and the Matthai hung out for an evening of stories and fun in Georgetown. An absolute blast, as always, and we ended up killing at least one bottle of Maker's Mark. In an opportune moment of clarity, I asked Stike if he'd ever reconsider his firm "no checkerboard graphics" policy...ever.

Surprisingly enough, there was a distinct "maybe" uttered that evening, and I proceeded to beat him down about that every few months or so until he finally got sick of me, and said to just toss the white whale in the trunk the next time I was in Raleigh/Durham.

The good friend that he is, Stike sweated through the tape/masking job from hell, and the paint started to fly.

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[Tres Aardvarks]

Eh, it's alright I guess... /emoticons/default_wink.png

Nice to see your vision getting realized on it!!! /emoticons/default_smile.png

 

[unfun75]

So he did the inlay work with the frets still on?

 

[cmatthes]

Yep - the original frets are still in excellent condition, and Shannon easily could have charged me an extra $400 or so. He didn't want to possibly mess up the finish, and he's also just REALLY TALENTED.

This guitar is great!

 

[kizanski]

...and he's also just REALLY TALENTED.

I'm looking forward to the resurrection of my Lazerus Standard as well!

 

[Steve Haynie]

The action shots better include a shower of guitar picks over the audience.

 

[BTMN]

Somehow I know they will. /emoticons/default_cool.png

 

[cmatthes]

Nice to play a guitar I've owned for 13 years...for the very first time!

The Shlabotniks are fantastic in this guitar, btw...

 

[Biz Prof]

Holy grail.

Who did the headstock repair, Chris?

 

[Brentrocks]

Damm. That turned out most excellent

 

[David B]

Amazing!!!

 

[geoff_hartwell]

So Awesome!!!!!