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chimi42
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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).
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Nice! I find the RD to be a very comfortable shape to play.
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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?
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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).
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chimi42
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Yep! That is ebony.
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Nice to see this finally coming to fruition man! Lookin' good.
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chimi42
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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).
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that looks awesome!
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