Star Spangled Star Project

diablo175

diablo175

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Bought a limited edition Floyd w/ stars and stripes finish because, well, because it was there. Oh, and it was 15 % off. :P   But needed a guitar to put it on that would be thematically aligned. So, after much contemplation and searching, came across this BTS Charvel Desolation Star that seemed perfect for the project.

I have assembled all the necessary, crucial components and am getting ready to send it out for an initial fitting and then an appropriate themed paint job. 

The neck is a Locke Custom Guitars custom order (I DO NOT recommend these guys)

The pickup is a very cool, custom-wound Gravelin 5150 era replica. 

A mandatory kill switch volume pot. 

And some Gotoh Tuners. 

More bits and bobs are on their way but this is essentially what it will be:

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M, Z, A!

M, Z. A!

Sorry, couldn't help this brief thread hijack. Besides, he started it! 😜

This from the the internet machine...I cut and pasted this so I suppose that's why it's hard to read like this...














"MZA" in Loudness's song "Crazy Nights" has no actual meaning; it was a nonsensical placeholder vocal by singer Minoru Niihara that the producer, Max Norman, decided to keep because they couldn't come up with a better line. Niihara originally sang it as a placeholder during a demo and then, unable to replace it with anything better, it remained in the final version of the song. 
  • Original purpose: Niihara was asked to sing something over the main riff during the pre-production of the Thunder in the East album.
  • Accidental creation: He sang "M-Z-A" as a meaningless guide vocal by accident.
  • Producer's decision: The producer, Max Norman, liked the sound of it and decided to keep it, despite it having no meaning.
  • Failed replacement: The band tried to come up with a meaningful replacement, but they could not find anything better than "M-Z-A," so it stayed. 













 
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gorch said:
You think black tuners are the right choice? They don‘t blink in light.
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It’d be great if I could get a put ahold of a set of red and blue tuners. 
 

The closest I could come to that would be buying a set of red and a set of blue tuners and then mixing and matching. Not really interested in investing that kind of $$. 

 
diablo175 said:
It’d be great if I could get a put ahold of a set of red and blue tuners. 
 

The closest I could come to that would be buying a set of red and a set of blue tuners and then mixing and matching. Not really interested in investing that kind of $$. 
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You could buy white tuners then just get the tuning keys themselves in red and blue

 
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