My VV project – work in progress…

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:28 am

Thanks a lot for your comments.
The guitar is working now. It stays In tune fine. I want to play it for a while to see what needs to be improved.

The Vinman came up to my house this afternoon to SIGN the headstock and listen to those awsome italian songs!

I'd say pictures are better than reality, you don't see or feel everything, just like when you look at cars pictures...

Mickey · Post by **Mickey** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:47 am

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NessiSanders · Post by **NessiSanders** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:03 am

OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Genebaby** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:45 am

It looks amazing. The knobs are not in yet?

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:04 am

Genebaby wrote:It looks amazing. The knobs are not in yet?

No, just a fast connexion...

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:14 am

Genebaby wrote: The knobs are not in yet?

No we are all here I think!

I've said it 3 or 4 times now...you are amazing Tuko!!!!

I can see why you were worried about the low E string being close to the edge! But if it's only close at the 1-3 fret, you shouldn't have a "slide off" problem.

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:27 am

That just looks monumental. Great Work.

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:17 am

Outstanding!

Post by **Streetbeat** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:25 am

More pics !!!

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:19 am

I'll put some more pics in a few days...
It's getting busy again at work... Too bad!

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:17 am

birnie · Post by **birnie** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:17 am

Brilliant stuff !
Looks fantastic in the sunlight...
+1 to more photos

....maybe a youtube demo/rundown ??

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:32 am

Thanks! I need to bring some improvement to it now before I take new pics. For example, I'm not happy with the fretboard...

I'm also thinking about recording something approximatively vinniesque...

The guitar is kind of heavy, heavier than a Les Paul that's for sure... I didn't expect that. It's mainly because of the filler I think. I like the materials this guitar is made of : wood, plastic, aluminium, filler close to concrete. Concrete guitar... Never seen that!

Post by **Streetbeat** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:36 am

it's just amazing

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:42 am

Not knowing the brand of that guitar, I did some research and found something. I think it's a Jarock! See the pictures below : same neck. Mine was a double guitar though...

Some info on Jarock:
Reading up on some Dutch guitar sites, (gitaar.net), I came across this interesting info and a lot of pics: Jarock is a boutique (badge engineered) guitar imported into the Netherlands in the late '70s by the van Will brother’s Jaap, Rob and Koos. Manufactured in Japan that produced Ibanez and Greco. Funny thing is that Matsumoku and FujiGen both manufactured Greco/Ibanez in the '70s

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tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:10 am

They say that the Pear guitar is 49 inches long. Mine is exaclty the same!

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:29 pm

Post by **Streetbeat** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:58 pm

grrrrrrreat

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:33 am

Sweet Eye Bone!

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:18 am

Eagle-eyed Ed... If Ed saw my guitar, I think he'd say : "the guitar looks pretty good from 20 feet away".

http://www.edroman.com/guitars/abstract/vtwin.htm
New News

Prices are starting at $9,000.00 Which is $5,000,00 higher than "The Ed Roman V Twin" starts at.

The guitar actually looked pretty good from 8 feet away. It did not measure up to the level of quality that we are doing on our V Twin Model. In fact it doesn't measure up to the Jackson model that was discontinued 10 years ago. I am a bit surprised, I know Tom Pilecki & I know he is capable of better quality. I suppose cost issues & royalties to Vinnie Vincent may play a part in this.

Ed Roman
2011

Post by **Genebaby** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:31 am

The guitars when they were at NAMM suffered from Vinnie changing his mind, they were not technically finished or ready but Tom took them out anyway.

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

I've just found a name for this guitar: it'll be the ULTRASH VVV model!

: Vinnie Vincent guitar

birnie · Post by **birnie** » Fri May 15, 2015 8:18 am

Haha, nothing like a bit of honesty

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Sat May 16, 2015 1:49 pm

Your masterpiece!

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sat May 16, 2015 2:19 pm

How did you make the V inlays? They have a pink border around them....amazing!

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Sun May 17, 2015 7:02 am

I just did a pink line with paint... Before that I buried the V's with a Dremel, then filled the V's with glitter paint, and varnish. The V inlays is a great idea, but I think I should have taken more time to do them. They look OK on the pictures though, or a few feet away...

I'm thinking about recording something with that Ultrash VVV, and put it on youtube.

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun May 17, 2015 12:13 pm

You should do that for sure!!

Iceman75 · Post by **Iceman75** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 1:03 am

That is amazing!

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Wed May 11, 2016 1:57 am

At last I've recorded something with that Ultrash VVV ...free adaptation of a Vinnie/Kiss song... I have to shoot some pics/cuts of it before posting all that on YouTube.

I've also found these pics recently, and now I'm 99% sure the guitar was a Kawai/Kawaj F1 double neck.

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Post by **Genebaby** » Wed May 11, 2016 9:05 am

Cool, look forward to seeing it in action.

birnie · Post by **birnie** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:39 pm

Bring it baby ! Yeah !

birnie · Post by **birnie** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:40 pm

Ultrash VVV ???
Gonna have to do Dirty Rythm yeah ???

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Tue May 17, 2016 7:05 am

Here it is on YouTube!

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SonOfTheAnkh · Post by **SonOfTheAnkh** » Wed May 18, 2016 4:28 am

tukoztukoz wrote:Here it is on YouTube!

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This is amazing dude! Well done!!

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Thu May 19, 2016 6:58 pm

Easy to see yet still amazing to try and comprehend this build ! WOW !!!#

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Thu May 19, 2016 11:08 pm

SonOftheAnkh, Poserboy, thanks a lot.
I'm thinking about making an acoustic VVV version

, or another VVV from pieces of wood and a japanese Jackson neck if I can find one...

Another idea is to get the famous VVV Pear #3... I already got some info from Tom about it. I have to decide, and ALSO to tell my wife before ordering it!

SonOfTheAnkh · Post by **SonOfTheAnkh** » Fri May 20, 2016 12:49 am

tukoztukoz wrote:SonOftheAnkh, Poserboy, thanks a lot.
I'm thinking about making an acoustic VVV version , or another VVV from pieces of wood and a japanese Jackson neck if I can find one...

Another idea is to get the famous VVV Pear #3... I already got some info from Tom about it. I have to decide, and ALSO to tell my wife before ordering it!

You should make a 12-string acoustic VVV! That would be so cool!

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Fri May 20, 2016 4:42 am

Twelve strings, why not? The most important thing is to find a good neck that makes you want to play the instrument.

SonOfTheAnkh · Post by **SonOfTheAnkh** » Fri May 20, 2016 4:53 am

tukoztukoz wrote:Twelve strings, why not? The most important thing is to find a good neck that makes you want to play the instrument.

I don't have a lot of experience with acoustic necks but if you somehow wanted to use an electric neck I would recommend Kramers. I've been a Kramer player for quite a while and the necks are great.

tukoztukoz · Post by **tukoztukoz** » Fri May 20, 2016 7:37 am

Yes, as long as the neck is a good one, I'd use it. The problem is to find a guitar that is not in a too good condition, because I'd hate to destroy it for this...

SonOfTheAnkh · Post by **SonOfTheAnkh** » Fri May 20, 2016 9:59 am

tukoztukoz wrote:Yes, as long as the neck is a good one, I'd use it. The problem is to find a guitar that is not in a too good condition, because I'd hate to destroy it for this...

I'm sure you can find plenty online

VinceVandergraff · Post by **VinceVandergraff** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:55 pm

looks better than those thirdworld horrorshow knockoffs Egg Roman made. most likely plays better too.

I remember browsing on his website about 10 years ago and wondered why NONE of the guitars had prices listed, then read where he wrote something along the lines of:
"don't bother calling my shop to inquire about pricing. if you have to ask, then you can't afford it!"

I suppose his customers at that time were used to handing him a blank check when they picked something out LOL.

he had a crappy photo of what appeared to be a really nice USA RR1. could have been a custom order, but maybe it was an Ed custom special that he modified from a Japanese model to appear like a USA built model, and most likely charging twice what a USA model went for at the time.