Okay, I took a bit of a different twist on the IV electric mando kit. I wanted a punk rock mando for both Morris Dancing and some Irish music. The Morris demanded a Union Jack, but the Irish demanded that I shoot it full of holes.
The bullet holes are actually those decals for your car. I cut the neck into the shattered look, painted the whole thing blue, and laminated a printout of the Union Jack onto the body and the pick guard.
It still needs a little setup, but it sure looks cool!
That looks cool as !
I think you have set the bar, for the IV electric kit, very high. That looks GREAT. Thanks for the photo.
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Erin go Braugh! That looks awesome. Congrats. Did you do anything with the back?
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excellent!!!!
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Cool! How much is the electric kit? What do you have to do to it? Just bolt on the neck and finish it? My Telecaster would love a little brother like that.
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The kits are $125 from International Violin (although we are told that they are on order for now) and very easy to build. Set up is a little harder, but not much. I used a bone nut and lowered the action a little, but out of the box it is a nice instrument.
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I would put my woodworking skills at about a 3 on a scale of 1-10, and I found the kit very easy. As for the back, it's the same blue as the neck, headstock and body. I did put a small Union Jack on the back of the headstock, since there was a large blank area where the bullet hole is on the front.
It's really fun to play this thing through my old DOD GS30 multi-effects box - chorus, wah-wah, reverb, delay, doubling, etc. Heavy metal celtic mando!
My wife is just glad I have decent headphones.
In actuality, I'm thinking of buying a small headphone amp and using the electric to learn tunes at work during my lunch hour.
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Jamie
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