I got a cheap Cat Series which was heavily mutilated by a Ibanez Pro Rocker Trem and Locking nut which I wanted to modify. This is how it looked originally when I got it :
I wanted to have the horns look more like the horns on a Westone Pantera, so I started sanding. I also gave the lower side of the body a little shaping :
I opened the room for a 3 Humbucker combination:
I always wanted to have an aluminium pickguard, so I bought some and took out the saw. When I was finished, I found out, the I cut it out mirrored !!!! GRRRRR
So I bought the next plate and started sawing again. This time I remembered the flamed Avenger I saw somewhere here on the forum. I needed that stuff, too !!!! :
Here are the holes for pups and trem :
Here it is with the pups installed, I took 2 MMK 45 which are splittable with the push pull tone pot for bridge and middle position and a Dimarzio Super Distortion for the neck position. I will put black blank pup-covers over the pups later on.
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Now I needed to prepare the body for putting color onto it, 5 layers of spray-filler are enough to make it look even
Now I don´t know which color to take. Seventies Metalflake Green ? Flip Flop Orange ? Matte Black ?
OK, I couldn´t help and put the neck onto the body and give it a try :
Wow, this thing rocks. And it is HEAVY. This must be by far the heaviest guitar I own. Having 3 Humbuckers is real fun, and putting the 5 way selector onto the position with middle and bridge pu and the split them both brings out a very strange sound.
When finished I also want to modify the headstock (no sense in stopping to modify now
) but I haven´t decided what to do yet. Of course it will also receive some aluminium application !
Usually I am happy with 100 % original Uncle Matts, but as this was already modified, I can do all modifications I can think of without remorse.
Any suggestions for color or other modifications ?
Oliver !