Wolfi RR Build

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:09 am

I will also be signing the guitar near the AZ logo on the back of the headstock.
Thanks too, to all my fans here and especially Wolfi for being so patient with me
during this build. I'm deliciously close to finishing the guitar and will post more pics
as I complete it.
( Someone a while back did say that it looks good enough to eat.)

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:29 am

You are simply the best!

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:04 am

Thanks Wolfi. Here's the back of your headstock as of 06/30/2015.
I just have to clear coat it for protection and it's it's ready to get polished
and go for final assembly.
Info about the signature: It's a rub-on graphic image and it's my artistic signature
that I've been using on artwork etc. for many years. This rendition was
assembled in Illustrator, sized and printed on a plastic release sheet in multiples
then coated on the back side with an adhesive. Rubbing the graphic on the front
of the sheet with a plastic stylus transfers the graphic to the desired location.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:05 am

Cool.

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:54 am

That looks cool!!! Like it

birnie · Post by **birnie** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:01 am

That signature image is awesome Tom !
I literally said it out loud to the monitor as soon as I saw it "wow, that looks awesome!"

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:00 pm

AZGuitars wrote:Thanks Wolfi. Here's the back of your headstock as of 06/30/2015.
I just have to clear coat it for protection and it's it's ready to get polished
and go for final assembly.
Info about the signature: It's a rub-on graphic image and it's my artistic signature
that I've been using on artwork etc. for many years. This rendition was
assembled in Illustrator, sized and printed on a plastic release sheet in multiples
then coated on the back side with an adhesive. Rubbing the graphic on the front
of the sheet with a plastic stylus transfers the graphic to the desired location.

Mental Tom Palecki logo. So Cool.

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:17 am

Hey D did you mean Metal there, I know I'm kind of Mental already.

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:53 am

AZGuitars wrote:Hey D did you mean Metal there, I know I'm kind of Mental already.

MeNtal as in iNsane. As in Way Cool

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:56 pm

That is great. T shirts please T.PALECKI guitars !!!

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:45 pm

A shirt would be a great idea!!! I wanna one too

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 2:45 am

Sounds like a great idea. I'll look into it.

Iceman75 · Post by **Iceman75** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 3:46 am

I'll take a T-shirt, too!

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:38 pm

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:25 am

Every time I see that animation it makes me laugh . . . .
Nice embellishment.
Thanks D.

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:49 am

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:37 am

Getting close to the completion of Wolfi's RR. Positioning parts for assembly, drilling mounting holes, etc.
Pickups arriving soon. Bridge SD-SH-4 / Neck SD-SH-2. Will wire it all up when the PU's come in.

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 5:55 am

OMG - It looks sooooooooooooo amazing !!!!!!
More pics please

Wolfi

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:28 am

Glad you like it Wolfi . . . .
The guitar looks very red in this photo because I shot it under overhead fluorescent lights but it's really an intense pink.
Yer gonna love it. I'll photo the details too as I complete the build.
Tom

Post by **Genebaby** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:28 pm

Man, that is so nice looking.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 2:00 pm

Yummy!

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:21 am

I have a question that everyone can weigh in on: For Wolfi's RR I'm looking at Seymour Duncan pickups, an SH-2 Neck and SH-4 Bridge. I'm thinking that as they were introduced in the mid to late 70's that this is what Vinnie may have had in his pink RR. The only thing that I'm hesitant about is that they are made to look like they are actually from the 70's. Kind of well used if you will and I wonder how they will fit in with the brand spanking new look of the RR? Here's the info:
By the way I can get them both in all black.

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 3:14 am

Both in all black I think !
Wolfi

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 6:15 am

One black (bridge) and one black/cream (neck), just like Vinnie's ? No cosmetic aging for me.

Great work! It was really nice to see the making of this guitar! Thanks!

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:36 am

This is the VV RR model I'm building for Wolfi with all black SD's The only difference is the trem which is a newer model Floyd.

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Sat Aug 15, 2015 3:38 am

That's it !

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:52 am

The black/cream Seymour Duncan looks kind of motley. I wonder where it comes from. Black pick-ups look better, even though less vinnie-ish...

n3p · Post by **n3p** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:59 am

Amazing! Hey Wolfie do you still have your zebra monster?

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:15 pm

Still have it! It's the guitar for my son. He really like it

Wolfi

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 5:32 am

I've talked with the pickup girl at SD and she's going to set me up with an OEM account so I can get
their pickups at a good discount. Just a few details I have to put in place first to become a dealer basically.
She already has me down for the antiquity set (see Vinnie photo above) all black, no SD names like the photo
and I will get them as soon as I clear up the paperwork.

Post by **Genebaby** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 6:55 am

That's really cool Tom.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:14 pm

No branding on the P/U is good.

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:22 am

Hey Shram, I just saw an article on the web a few days ago and it said that Bat Girl died a few days ago.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:15 am

AZGuitars wrote:Hey Shram, I just saw an article on the web a few days ago and it said that Bat Girl died a few days ago.

Yep! Sad but true.

Hate it when good boobs turn bad and kill their owner.

Grew up watching the show (geez even watched a few eps a couple of weeks ago) like many of us here. She had the most awesome apartment.....

and bottom too!

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 11:35 pm

Ohh no zebra stripe on this one.

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:08 am

Finally . . . . I'm in with Seymour Duncan. The lady I'm dealing with there at first told me she needed my business license # so she could set me up. Don't have one, so I went a'lookin for one and discovered that since we live in an unincorporated area of the county we don't need one. So . . . I sent her a long email regarding this fact and she told me we can get along without it, and she set me up. How cool is that?
Also, the pickups are on the way and will be here in a day or two. So I can complete Wolfi's guitar and do the shipping thing again.
By the way, per the photo of Vinnie holding "The" guitar I posted a while back, both pickups are all black / no logos and that's how they're coming.

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:01 am

That is so cool!
Can't wait

Post by **Genebaby** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:56 am

Excellent stuff!!!

Mickey · Post by **Mickey** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:34 am

This is really cool! And probably the most exciting guitarbuild in mankind =)

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:57 am

Mickey wrote:This is really cool! And probably the most exciting guitarbuild in mankind =)

Maybe!

Mickey · Post by **Mickey** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:02 am

shramiac wrote:
Mickey wrote:This is really cool! And probably the most exciting guitarbuild in mankind =)
Maybe!

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:10 am

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:31 pm

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:16 am

Update: Got the pickups and finishing parts installation.
The bridge PU has the SD logo on it but the neck is blank.
Wolfi, is that ok with you?

Post by **Genebaby** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:35 pm

Tom, if I remember right the logo can be removed, possibly with tape or maybe just rubbing.

I think people have done it before to get the old-school look.

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:09 pm

Hi Tom,
Hope you can remove the SD-logo, but if you can't do it, no problem! I'm fine with all you make

WOlfi

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:45 am

I'll try the suggestion from GB first but if there's any problem I'll order another one WO the logo and
use the logo one on something else. Will let ya know how it works out.

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:23 am

Fine, thanks!
Hope to become this masterpeace this year

Wolfi

AZGuitars · Post by **AZGuitars** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:36 am

Update on the logo business. I checked it out and I'd rather not mess with it.
The logo is basically printed right into the material (used to be silkscreen on the surface,
now it's more high tech - sub surface printing process).
And I don't want it to look shabby so I'm going to order a new one WO the logo.

Post by **Genebaby** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:13 am

Ah, ok, looks like the old ones could be removed successfully.