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Yngwie
is one of the
most influential guitarist of the 20th century. In the early 80's he
practically invented the Neo-Classical metal style of guitar.
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This guitar is being built right here at Randyciak.com in honor of the Master shredder and his amazing style.
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donor guitar: Mexican Fender Deluxe Stratocaster, large headstock Olympic white body, Jumbo frets, w/rosewood (Note the original Duck is Maple, but the Master Shredder uses both types of necks! Check out the Body - It's complete with road bruises!! |
Guitar is disassembled and the neck fret board scalloping begins. |
Rough
Scalloping is almost completed! |
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Scalloping is complete. First run of hand sanding is next on the agenda, plus any scallop reshaping needed to make her perfect! Next, We will finish sand, oil finish the fretboard, and relic the neck |
Another view of this amazing 21 fret hand-scalloped neck. The headstock has also been squirted with nitro too (Just like real 70's strats!) were - it will age nicely! |
Parts
are collected - Mint Green Pick guard Dimarzio HS3 & YJM Pickups Brass Nut, and the infamous Ferrari and Donald Duck stickers. |
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Next the body will be
painted with Nitrocellulose Vintage Cream Lacquer then reliced to look aged |
Body is sprayed in
Vintage Cream Nitro - She is starting to look more & more like the duck! |
Mint Green pick guard
and aged pickup covers and knobs really give it a vintage vibe |
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| Back preview /sticker placement |
Making room for the
Brass Nut - can you say SUSTAIN!! |
Brass nut installation
is complete. "Duck" sticker applied to headstock |
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Next step is to relic
the body & neck to look like it has been on tour with the Master Shredder! Note: wrong duck sticker installed :( - real 70's disney duck stickersare on there way!! |
Time to Age the body -
some people would think of this as a sin.... |
Using a photo of the
original Duck to replicate each and every scratch |
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Body wear is coming
along nicely Check out my calibrated belt buckle to create the authentic body rash! |
Fnal sanding of the
nitro to add to the the worn-in look and feel |
Backside of the Duck
Replica Body complete - PLAY LOUD! |
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Front side aging
complete - just add "Play Loud" sticker!! |
Pre - assembly of this
vintage cream beauty! We are getting excited to string her up and play her!!! |
The illusion of making
this axe look as though it toured with Yngwie in his ground breaking years is very believable |
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Time to Wires up the
Dimarzio Hs-3 and YJM Pickups!! Configuration is as follows - Dimarzio YJM / Neck 70's reissue (middle Pup that gets in the way of our Master Shredder's furios picking- never used) and Dimarzio HS-3 bridge. |
We follow
Dimarzio's Directions and tie the Back and White wires wires together and shrink wrap them.The red will go to the 5-way switchand the Green and clear will be soldered to ground. |
Ahh- the wiring assy is
complete - We cant wait to string her up and play some Neoclassical tunes!!!! |
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Pickguard installed with
rusty and missing Strat screws :) I'm getting anxious! Neck was taken back off for the final scallop shaping, sanding, and oiling.
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Neck is re-installed and
guitar is strung up. Check out that scallop Job!! We adjusted the neck heel height, saddle height intonated her and set pickup height to find the ultimate tone "Sweet Spot" Scalloping is PERFECT!
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Its Alive!!!!
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Many Cigarette burns added to |
 SHE SOUNDS, Looks & Plays AMAZING!!
Nice White Leopard |
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Due to popular
demand - We will be showcasing another Duck replica project in the upcoming
weeks!!!! We will be using a brand spanking new Olympic white 70's Strat
reissue w/Maple neck
for the donor!!! STAY TUNED!
