raymeedc Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 ..... & down the block to my Luthier. My black Xaviere XV-560 Thinline arrived today. Incredible value at the $176 I paid for it on their Clearance site. Very good pickups/wood/finish, cheap hardware. I just dropped it off at my local "Master Guitar Builder/Luthier" (doesn't everyone have one down the block from them?), who will be giving it a grind & polish, cutting a bone nut, replacing the tuners with a set of Grover Imperials my brother had lying around (will nicely compliment the Art Deco stepped headstock), a Pigtail aluminum wraparound tailpiece/studs that I had on a Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Special I recently sold, a Gotoh bridge/studs I picked up at Stew-Mac, & a set of Art Deco chrome knobs I found on Ebay. The whole thing, with the original purchase price, should wind up costing me about $500..... these guitars make a great base upon which to build a relatively high quality, personalized, customized instrument for very little money. If this project turns out to my satisfaction, I will be repeating this process soon with an Xaviere XV-600.
raymeedc Posted January 15, 2012 Author Posted January 15, 2012 Pictures! When the guitar is back in my hands (shouldn't be more than a week or so, depending on when it's finished), I'll surely be posting pics.
BigKahune Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 . Congrats. Waiting on your pics. Like this ? -
raymeedc Posted January 16, 2012 Author Posted January 16, 2012 . Like this ? - Yes, but mine has cream colored pickup covers.
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