Pics of my custom guitar

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    • December 28, 2009 at 2:10 pm
    legatofix
    Member

    Hi there,
    Just wanted to share pics of my custom Legra electric guitar:

    (i) dense Swamp Ash body(with no top/cap)
    (ii) bolt-on 2piece maple neck
    (iii) 24 Jumbo stainless steel frets with Abalone dot inlays
    (iv) 25 inch scale length with 12 inch fretboard radius
    (v) Schaller 455 fixed wraparound bridge
    (vi) Graphtech nut with Sperzel locking tuners
    (vii) Pickups: DiMarzio Breed (bridge)
    DiMarzio Cruiser (neck)
    (viii) 5-way pickup selector (with no coil tap)
    (ix) High gloss polyester paint-“Pearl Red Burst”

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    • December 28, 2009 at 5:23 pm
    billmeedog
    Member

    Hi legatofix, šŸ™‚

    That’s one SWEET guitar man! šŸ˜Ž I really like it. šŸ˜‰ The headstock (with it’s shape/contour and the Sperzel locking-tuners reminds me of my Blade guitars. (BTW, my Blades are the older/vintage-type with the pointier headstock, as I said, reminiscent of your Legra Custom’s headstock.:cool: ) I find it interesting that you chose a 25″-scale, only because mostly I see either the old “Fender-standard” (25.5″) or the old “Gibson-standard” (24.75″,) even on custom-guitars. (I do admit that I have heard of other scale-lengths being used that differ from the Fender & Gibson types! Is it Yamaha who dabbles with the “in-between” scale-length = 25″? Not sure…) Anyways, that’s NOT a huge difference! BTW, I love the finish/color. Very nice! šŸ˜Ž Personally, I might’ve opted for maybe one single coil in there somewhere (neck and/or middle positions?) or maybe a coil-tappable humbucker in the neck, but I realize that’s NOT for everyone! šŸ˜‰ I too dig the bridge-humbucker…Gotta have it! – (LOL!) šŸ˜‰

    I’ll assume that you have it setup (by you or by an excellent tech/repairman) to play AWESOME, correct? šŸ˜‰

    Awesome axe! Thanks for sharing! šŸ˜‰

    ~Bill Meehan~ šŸ˜€

    • December 28, 2009 at 5:43 pm
    legatofix
    Member

    thanks Bill,
    I think most PRS guitars have a 25″scale length. The body shape was inspired by
    Brian Moore guitars and the neck+headstock by Suhr. I just overhauled the guitar as it first had a Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard and EMG pickups. That combination didn’t work very well. The Maple definitely combines well with the Swamp Ash body and don’t get me started on the DiMarzios….they sound amazing! The color was inspired by the Ernie Ball Musicman JP6 (Petrucci signature). Check out http://www.legraguitars.co.uk
    Bob does have customers from the US on his client list!
    cheers,
    Ajay
    xx

    • December 28, 2009 at 6:01 pm
    TheAngusBurger
    Member

    Gorgeous guitar, reminds me of Greg Howe’s Laguna (Swamp Ash, Maple Fingerboard, Humbucker + Rails etc). His legato’s certainly pretty decent! What’s the neck joint like on it?

    • December 28, 2009 at 6:43 pm
    legatofix
    Member

    hey there angus…..the Greg Howe “references” are very deliberate!! The neck joint has 6Spax screws (as opposed to the standard 4screws) which give a much better alignment (almost as good as a set-in neck according to Bob Johnson the luthier) between body and neck. Check the link :
    http://www.legraguitars.co.uk/quality.htm

    • December 29, 2009 at 7:02 am
    billmeedog
    Member

    @TheAngusBurger 9794 wrote:

    Gorgeous guitar, reminds me of Greg Howe’s Laguna (Swamp Ash, Maple Fingerboard, Humbucker + Rails etc). His legato’s certainly pretty decent! What’s the neck joint like on it?

    Hey AngusBurger, šŸ™‚

    Good call on the Greg Howe/Laguna Guitar comparison! šŸ˜‰ I missed that originally, but now that you mention it…..BINGO!!! šŸ˜Ž

    ~Bill Meehan~ šŸ˜€

    • January 5, 2010 at 7:42 am
    Sean Conklin
    Sean Conklin
    Member

    Very nice looking axe there!

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