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To me the upper bout looks more like an ESP viper than an SG. Although I do think this would be a much more attractive body than the Viper if the two sides of the lower bout were balanced.
 
Highernoon said:
It looks like someone stripped one of Zakk Wylde guitars of it's bull's eye graphics.
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I've known Mike for a lot of years now and he's an incredibly nice guy with a healthy amount of talent for this. His designs are not in my wheel house but that's ok, I like what he's doing. I've seen a fair amount of evolution over the last few years from Mike, I think he's really starting to find himself in terms of design. For instance:

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The one I'm holding is the guitar we worked on together last week. Mike spent a few days in a row at the shop so I could help him with the UV finishing learning curve he's been struggling with. I really liked this new model, it has many ergonomic and design improvements that fit my style more than some of his other earlier models.

He's a great guy who has been learning quickly and building very good guitars. I don't think Mike's built more than 30 guitars yet so I'm excited to see where his stuff evolves too over time.

Mike was a quick study on finishing on this one. It came out really nice
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dougk said:
I've known Mike for a lot of years now and he's an incredibly nice guy with a healthy amount of talent for this. His designs are not in my wheel house but that's ok, I like what he's doing. I've seen a fair amount of evolution over the last few years from Mike, I think he's really starting to find himself in terms of design. For instance:

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The one I'm holding is the guitar we worked on together last week. Mike spent a few days in a row at the shop so I could help him with the UV finishing learning curve he's been struggling with. I really liked this new model, it has many ergonomic and design improvements that fit my style more than some of his other earlier models.

He's a great guy who has been learning quickly and building very good guitars. I don't think Mike's built more than 30 guitars yet so I'm excited to see where his stuff evolves too over time.
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I think it's really awesome of you to help out a fellow builder and at the same time for him to be willing to come and learn some technique from someone else :thu:
 
There's much there I like.
I think I would have moved the cutaways a little farther down the neck. Or make them deeper while keeping the SGish points.

I do like from the bridge Pup to the end pin and the overall look. Just needs to be refined for ease of access.
 
jp_nyc said:
That’s pretty damned cool. I want to see a version where the f-hole mimics the horns and points at the lower horn.
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I agree. I'm not a big fan of the semi-hollow but this one is really pretty. Like you said, the f-hole would look good mimicking the horn and I'd also like to see a more refined neck joint where the horns taper a bit smoother at the pocket. This one looks like upper fret access may still be a bit limited.
But overall that's a beautiful design and finish.
 
I love the carve on the SG body around the cutaways and that is one of the things that grabs me. I agree that there should be more access to the frets around the cutaways. The beauty of the wood and the carve grab me the most. As an awful guitarist I wouldn't be messing around with the frets near the body anyway.
 
Nah, I don't like the SG meets Gibson RD Artist mashup of the body. Also, it sure is lacking in upper fret access.
 
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