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Actually PB, in that shot, they are not glued together yet. I do the bevels before gluing the wings together.
And yes it would be a pain in the butt if they were glued together first. You can relax now.

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Yes, that's the one that was pink. whoever repainted it put a piece of tape in the spring cavity
to save the fact that is was "the"pink one. Vinnie must have made the change for V V I .

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The photos were emailed to me somewhere in mid 2010 and since Vinnie was locked in mortal combat with Kiss he had some of his friends hold onto, to hide in other words, his guitars so Kiss or the court couldn't get their hands on them. Then he would tell everyone that he didn't have them anymore. So...

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OK evh5150, here's what I've got . . . .

Enjoy.

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I found some but I'm looking to see if I have more before I post.
T.

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It's a lot better to glue the wings together first thus eliminating the chances of getting any glue on the paint job. Masking is much easier and a lot safer than repairing and/or repainting. Plus the mask and paint is done before clear coating so any little edges will get covered up by, at least, 6 ...

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Now we're getting down to details. I've got the bevels laid out now on the wings and I'm ready to put the plane to them. When that is done they will be ready to glue onto the neck. But first I need to route for and glue the "V" inlays into the fret board, add the binding, glue the FB to the neck and...

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All of the fins are a little over sized at this point. I still have to do some trimming on all the edges
on them. They will look better then. Also I'm using the templates that were created when I built
the original 4 guitars for the NAMM show and those were made from the outline that Vinnie sent me.

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Rough cutting the fins on my Band Saw: http://i.imgur.com/lsHOxiE.png Rough fins assembly: http://i.imgur.com/TV0KXZ2.png The next operation is to plane the wings on my planer to the correct sizes and then use the hand plane to bevel the edges on the parts. After that the wings are ready to be glued...

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Yes it is for one of the guys . . . . More will be revealed as I go along.

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VV Wings Templates. Cutting them out today and adding champhers to the edges.
Will post photos of them when done.
Note: the 1 & 3/4" thick block of soft Maple under the templates.

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Milled Truss Rod Slot . . . .

Truss rod fitting . . . .

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Hi Guys,
Yes I have the address details and I'm ready to send. Nothing left but to fill out the paperwork and call
for a pickup. I have one more Q. for you Wolfi and will send privately now.
T.

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I'll check into that and fix it.
Thanks GB

By the way, it's an older version so the lead in (Black Screen) is longer than it should be.

Also on another note . . . The last screen has a Copyright notice from Vinnie.
The thing is, since he never paid me for the work, I still own the copyright. Ha Ha.

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Enjoy

T.

PS: As soon as it ends stop it as some other weird video starts.
Being new at this I have no idea why it's happening.

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Hi Dannii, I installed DropBox a while back to send stuff to one of my US clients which worked fine. Next time I tried to use it, it wouldn't work. I tried dumping the original D-Box file and reloading a new one but that didn't work either. Otherwise it sounds like a good idea. As you so eloquently ...

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I've got a couple of copies on my computer so I guess that's where the link is so the youtube
deal will probably work better. I'm not a real wizard on a computer and I just know enough
to be dangerous.
I'll give that a try, thanks.
T.

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Hi guys, I thought I'd try this. I'm just posting the video file for the VV promo and hope it works. I guess you may be able to copy and paste to your browser or maybe clicking on it might work too. Let me know if this works. Good Luck, Tom VV2_+time1a.mov PS: Just tried it myself. Copy / Paste may ...

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Vinnie may have done it himself so he wouldn't have to pay anyone else.

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Here's the neck and head stock getting glued together in my nifty gluing jig. I usually make all of my own special function jigs for each type of guitar I build. Especially if I'm making more than one of each design. http://i.imgur.com/bdny73e.png Next I'll be putting this assembly back on the mill ...

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I did the design and artwork for the video promo and put together the sound and art slides. I then sent it to a friend
of mine who does video work and he changed it to a web video. Someone else did the WIX for Vinnie I presume. It wasn't me
and I wouldn't know who it was.

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Hi Dannii, Sorry but it took a long time for me to reply to your reply to me. I recently watched several vids on the web by John Lear. He's the son of Bill Lear who built the LEAR Jet. John is an accomplished pilot who has flown 52 different types of aircraft during his career and I believe he also ...

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Oops! I missed something on the post above. The Trademark was for his signature name - VinnieVincent per Streetbeat's post.
Just making sure my reply was clear to everyone.

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Starting off with the first couple of photos . . . .

Headstock on the mill:

Prelim fit of head stock to raw neck blank:

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Last time I looked his trademark had run out on that one. I was tempted to renew it myself which would be a good
idea so I can use it on my VV builds.

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Sheesh! Vinnie was just a - pain - in - the - ass for everyone he's dealt with. He probably wanted money from the guitar companies he dealt because shape of the guitars were his initials. I believe it was Gene Simmons too that suggested that Vinnie change his last name to Vincent and he probably thi...

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Another development version of the crossed VV Guitars . . . .
This is a composite illustration combining Photoshop and Illustrator elements:

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Man those closeup shots are killer back at the beginning of this page. Good luck Dannii on all the things you're dealing with. I've just been ordering new parts for the White and gold VV build. I need to get to the lumberyard now too for the some more soft Maple for the wings. Got the basic neck bla...

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Hi Dino,
I sent him a PM a couple of days ago to get his address etc. so I can get a shipping quote for him but he hasn't replied yet.
I also don't know if he has looked at the photos i posted.

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Hi Dannii,

Just checking in. Wondering how you're getting along after some time with the new axe.
Is it holding up to your punishment?

T.

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Thanks for all of the compliments you guys.

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Here's a close-up . . . .

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Wow Vic, that was fast . . . .

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Oh Boy! Here it is at last. Been working full time on this for the last several days and I'm proud to announce that it is done. Next is shipping and I'm looking at this coming Monday to do the deed. Wolfi, please send me a PM with your address etc. I'll check back later tonight here. By the way the ...

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I'll look through my collection and see if I can find them myself and re-post them.

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Here's a piece of art that was a precursor to the art on the cover of the catalog: "Hatchling"

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I noticed that myself but I figured that the missing knobs were just part of the
explosion the poster was trying to depict. I looked over the poster with a magnifier
but didn't find the knobs anywhere. So it's another Vinnie mystery. I did see that the
logo on the head stock is Ibanez.

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The look on his face was priceless. I wish I had a picture of it.
If I remember right he was only using DM strings as well.

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The first time I ever met Vinnie In person was at the 1991 Winter NAMM Show. He was signing posters in the Dean Markley booth. Kind of funny because my cousin was with me and he saw Vinnie and said, "Hey, there's Ace Freely". So we walked over there and my cousin say's "Hi Ace". With a stern look Vi...

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Sorry Birnie. He did say he was working on some stuff but it never materialized.
Just like everything else he said he was "going" to do.

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Streetbeat Hi, I just made up an artwork in illustrator and took it to my printer.
They make banners as well as catalogs so all they did was blow it up to the right size and print the banner.
They added the hanger grommets too.
And, GB. I got a bunch of stuff so I might as well post all of it.

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Hi Guys,
Don't remember if I ever posted this stuff on the forum.
This was supposed to be an album cover
There's a lot more too . . . . .

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I think it's 4 different sounds per pickup.and most likely 4 X 4 = 16 for both together. Then that X 3 for the pickup select = 48 ?
Any one else can chime in on this as I think my brain just popped out of my left ear.

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Just noticed too that you can see the Prizm sparkles in some of the shots in the black area's. Out in the sun they really pop out.
There's also sparkle pearl in the white parts. It really pops out too when viewed in the sun.

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The middle switch is pickup select. The other things are pickup coil select for bridge and neck pickups. They actually come attached to
pickup rings which I cut off so I could mount them near the select switch. Also you can see them much better there when you're playing.

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More news on the pickup. I got a chance to examine the SD logo on the new pickup, which came with one also, and discovered that it is silk screened. So I tried a little scratchy scratchy and it works pretty good. Once I get it all off I can polish it back to gloss where the logo was. Will keep every...

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FYI - Just sent in an order to Seymour Duncan for another bridge PU WO a logo.
I'll let ya know how it goes.

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Yeah, just a thought too, if guys wanted the pickups to look kind of well used, it
wouldn't matter if they were scratched up a bit.

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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 t...

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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.

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