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I do not "make" very many guitars, If I do, very limited, and very special.

After over a year now, I am finally building out the Bengal...

specs~

Neck custom built by my dear friends at Warmoth (TY!)

25.5 scale

medium C carve, but fast

1/4 sawn neck, scarf joint

SS 6150 frets

Ebony board

dancing dots

Angled headstock

custom Headstock design

2 piece Hondorian ribbon mahogany body w/ deep maple flame top

Setneck pitched at 13 ish degrees

I refer my finish on it as "Kat's eye gold"

Schaller Locking tuners

Gotoh Floyd Rose trem.

WCR Murkat's special editions, direct mounted

(butyrite bobbins, A2 aged mags, 40/60 potting)

Dimarzio 500k volume pot

CTS 500k tone pot with rare Holland caps .022 musical cap

Switchcraft standup pick up switch

recessed fender Strat style input jack

Custom volume/ tone knobs

etup with EB Rockers 10/46

weight~ 9 lbs.

Tone~ PUNCH on the bridge pup.

Liquid bell tone on the neck pup

together, that LP combo thing

gobs of sustain, very articulate.

There are some more tweeks to do, strap buttons, cavity and truss rod covers to do. more polishing.

Have a case made, etc.

Guitar will be avail for sale once completed.

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Maybe it's just me, but aren't those inlays a bit off-center? :D

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! My first first thought was 'that's really cool'. My second first thought was 'aren't those inlays a bit off-center?'. Love the dots!

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Well, I am glad that the dancing dot inlays are creating conversation at least :)

A big Thank you to Rob Rounds (Pesocaster) at Warmoth putting up with me on the custom order neck specs.

Now working on the lil things....

Working with Rick at KCG for a custom made huge big block for the Gotoh floyd.

Gold ribbon tape for the pickups

SKB TSA case

Back plates

Strap locks

The reverse slant on the pickups really brings a different tonal quality to the table...

Steve Stevens was really onto something or by coincedence... Very musical. And when you add flutter, dive bomb, etc.

the reversed angled Murkat spcl's really add this something more than straight on mounted pickups.... Very cool.

Thanks for the comments. I am really proud of the outcome of this creation.

J

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That's a beauty Murkat. I love the dancing dot inlays

And am very intrigued by the input jack.

Please let me know if you are going to enter in unofficialwarmoth GOTM contest.

I wouldn't want mine to have to compete against it.

Great job.

:D

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The Master. Said it a hundred times, I'll say it a thousand more.

You are the best, Jay. Bar none.

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Nice work, Jaye. It looks rad! Beautiful woods, finish and detail work. I especially like the inset, input jack.

The body looks like it was originally drilled for a bolt-on neck. Did you fill the screw-holes on the body and glue the neck in? What kind of joint did you use?

Working with Rick at KCG for a custom made huge big block for the Gotoh floyd.

Nice. Inquiring Gotoh-owner minds need to know: Is it similar to the stock block w/set-screws and channels for the spring-hooks? Or, is it similar to a standard Floyd block? Will it be available for purchase?

I like the Gotoh Floyd on my SoCal, but, like most floaters, it could use a bit more booty/stability in the bottom-end.

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Thank you all for the fine Kudos

Nice work, Jaye. It looks rad! Beautiful woods, finish and detail work. I especially like the inset, input jack.

The body looks like it was originally drilled for a bolt-on neck. Did you fill the screw-holes on the body and glue the neck in? What kind of joint did you use?

Working with Rick at KCG for a custom made huge big block for the Gotoh floyd.

Nice. Inquiring Gotoh-owner minds need to know: Is it similar to the stock block w/set-screws and channels for the spring-hooks? Or, is it similar to a standard Floyd block? Will it be available for purchase?

I like the Gotoh Floyd on my SoCal, but, like most floaters, it could use a bit more booty/stability in the bottom-end.

Originally, I was going to do a bolt on. But, I changed my mined about that as well as other things about the guitar.

After I plained the neck shelf at an angle, I also routed a channel, then made a excepting protrusion on the neck tounge

to accept the channel. Glued it up. Then using hard wood dowels to join the neck body interface even more so.

Very stable. Strong as a gibson tenon area on a Les Paul, the feel of a strat interface.

Rick Peer is very approachable in what he can do for you in regards to anything brass, etc.

Like John Mann, runs, owns a few milling machines. Cottage small biz. He aims to please and put coin in the pocket

like all of us :)

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