Alter Eagle - VG No. 0030
Todd Mac found out about me via mutual friends and after looking at some of the guitars I made, he decided to drop by for a visit to my studio & shop. To my amazement, Todd tours with a band called "Alter Eagles", an amazing Eagles tribute band - Google them and you will be amazed too! Todd plays all of the Joe Walsh parts and had some prety good ideas when it came to putting a guitar together for him. I ended up inlaying the "dreamcather cow skull" on the 5th & 6th frets of this guitar and his band's name on the 11th & 12th frets. One thing I was NOT expecting on this guitar build, was the density of the quilted maple carved-top I had to carve. The top ended up being the hardest top I had ever carved and felt like I was trying to cut through titanium! The quilt though being incredibly dense, was the largest quilt I had worked on and one of the most awesome bookmatches and figuring I have ever seen on a guitar. Although the photos are cool for you all to see, photography never shows how cool they actually are in person - photography is unable to show the "flash" on the shells used in the inlays when you move your head around, seeing the colors change, etc. Looking forward to seeing this guitar hit the stage!
Series: X-15
Serial#: 0030
Date completed: 11/10/16
Weight: 7.8 lbs.
Fingerboard:24 frets, 25" scale, 12" radius
Tuners: 6-in-line black Schallers
Nut: Black Tusq® Nut
Pickups: In-house handwound LickupPickups
Electronics: Vol, Tone, two 3-way mini dp switches for coil tap, 3-way toggle with a total of 15 separate tones.
Bridge: TonePros AVTII black wraparound bridge
Top: Quilted Maple
Body: Sapele Mahogany
Neck: Flamed Maple
Fretboard: Ebony
Headstock: Seahorse
Pickup rings: Metal
Finishing: Blue trans finish. Paint by Moecolors
Extras: Inlay of Eagles "One Of These Night's" album cover on 5th & 6th frets, band logo "Alter Eagles" on 11th & 12th frets, custom trussrod cover with Todd's initials made from white Mother-of-Pearl, custom controls, glow-in-the-dark side dots & custom backplate
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Testimonial coming soon!
