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Custom guitar of my own design. It started out as a blue 1986 Washburn G5V, but I didn't really like anything about it...from the shitty tremolo to the HSS pickup configuration...even the paint wasn't brutal enough.

So, I did what any reasonable metal head would do...I stripped that son of a bitch down and went full custom! I designed the pickguard and cut it with a reciprocating saw out of 3/32" aluminum sheet from the local junk store. I then "antiqued" it by doing the following:
-whipping it with a chain
-beating it with a hammer and chisel
-stomping on it
after which I painted it with black Krylon and used mineral spirits to rub most of it off, leaving a worn, industrial look. In the former single coil pickup sockets are mounted 4 10mm red LEDs, which are wired to where the pickup switch used to be (powered by a shielded 9V battery).

Other modifications include:
-Hand-worn matte black paint job
-Gotoh tune-o-matic bridge with string-thru-body configuration
-DiMarzio D-Sonic humbucker (bridge position).

It plays like a champ.

Description
Custom guitar of my own design. It started out as a blue 1986 Washburn G5V, but I didn't really like anything about it...from the shitty tremolo to the HSS pickup configuration...even the paint wasn't brutal enough.

So, I did what any reasonable metal head would do...I stripped that son of a bitch down and went full custom! I designed the pickguard and cut it with a reciprocating saw out of 3/32" aluminum sheet from the local junk store. I then "antiqued" it by doing the following:
-whipping it with a chain
-beating it with a hammer and chisel
-stomping on it
after which I painted it with black Krylon and used mineral spirits to rub most of it off, leaving a worn, industrial look. In the former single coil pickup sockets are mounted 4 10mm red LEDs, which are wired to where the pickup switch used to be (powered by a shielded 9V battery).

Other modifications include:
-Hand-worn matte black paint job
-Gotoh tune-o-matic bridge with string-thru-body configuration
-DiMarzio D-Sonic humbucker (bridge position).

It plays like a champ.