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My RD project
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:17 pm
by chimi42
Long story short always wanted a single pickup gibson RD style guitar. Had Chris at Retro guitar make the body for me. He did a great job- was super responsive and completely took it in stride when last minute i decided i wanted a trans black finish as opposed the original idea of snakeskin (what was i thinking?). His price wasn't far off from warmoth but the body is gorgeous and i got the exact style that i wanted! Haven't weighed the body but it's a nice piece of mahogany.
Got the neck from Warmoth and seems like a perfect match. Ordered a black bridge and tuners. Will be putting a stain on the neck so the headstock doesn't look so out of place.
Thinking of putting a Railhammer pickup in it (i really dig the looks and the reviews seem solid).
Re: My RD project
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:34 pm
by rrobbone
Nice! I find the RD to be a very comfortable shape to play.
Re: My RD project
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:57 pm
by uwmcscott
That looks really nice, and while snakeskin could have been cool I think you made the right choice on the finish. Love the natural streaks in the fingerboard too, guessing that is royal ebony?
Re: My RD project
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:25 pm
by Mossman
chimi42 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:17 pm
Long story short always wanted a single pickup gibson RD style guitar. Had Chris at Retro guitar make the body for me. He did a great job- was super responsive and completely took it in stride when last minute i decided i wanted a trans black finish as opposed the original idea of snakeskin (what was i thinking?). His price wasn't far off from warmoth but the body is gorgeous and i got the exact style that i wanted! Haven't weighed the body but it's a nice piece of mahogany.
Got the neck from Warmoth and seems like a perfect match. Ordered a black bridge and tuners. Will be putting a stain on the neck so the headstock doesn't look so out of place.
Thinking of putting a Railhammer pickup in it (i really dig the looks and the reviews seem solid).
Looks good! I like the streaks in the ebony fretboard (I'm assuming that's ebony).
Re: My RD project
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 8:21 pm
by chimi42
Yep! That is ebony.
Re: My RD project
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 8:33 pm
by slowhand84
Nice to see this finally coming to fruition man! Lookin' good.
Re: My RD project
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:01 pm
by chimi42
Thanks! I think i made the right choice by 86ing the snakeskin. But i may still want a guitar with the snakeskin finish (Retro guitars has a really nice black snakeskin finish actually).
Re: My RD project
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:23 pm
by solteroblues
that looks awesome!