The Raven

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Skitchy, Skitchy, Yah Yah Yah!

The donor... a 25.5" scale 305. Ideal for an 80's Super-Strat Metal machine.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd272/hansomatic/Collection/Raven/IMG00319-20110819-1940.jpg

Skitchy gets to work by plugging the corners of the treble pup:
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd272/hansomatic/Collection/Raven/RavenPlugged.jpg

The routing begins:
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd272/hansomatic/Collection/Raven/RavenBuckerRoute.jpg

And then the Floyd Rose route...
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd272/hansomatic/Collection/Raven/RavenMod.jpg

And then Skitchy adds the nut shelf (snicker) and the thread savers. No bolts through this neck!
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd272/hansomatic/Collection/Raven/Nut_Shelf.jpg

A little paint, black hardware, some pup mods, some electronics wizardry, badda-bing, badda-boom... and here it is.

The Raven!

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r727/PRSGuitarLover/PRS_Guitars/The_Raven/IMG_0003_zpsb672e0a4.jpg


http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r727/PRSGuitarLover/PRS_Guitars/The_Raven/IMG_0006_zps6f813508.jpg

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r727/PRSGuitarLover/PRS_Guitars/The_Raven/IMG_0001_zpsbde640cd.jpg

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r727/PRSGuitarLover/PRS_Guitars/The_Raven/IMG_0008_zps20128393.jpg

[themike]

Ive been waiting for this project to be unveiled for about 8 months. Its beautiful - every freaking aspect of it - flawless.

[markie]

Yah-mon.............................. Fugg'in Killer Dude :rock: :rock:

[Danerada]

OH MAN!!!! THAT IS OUTSTANDING!

[DirtyMoonsRJT]

Dayummm!!! What pickups? That looks unbelievable! Big congrats!

[WEDGE]

Very nice! I love mangling a Floyd! Did they trim the neck carve to a soft V or is that just the grain doing tricks?

[Boogie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv4KQbDaCfM

Unfreakin' believeable. :rock:

[iahawk36]

I'm no Floyd guy....but that turned out awesome dude!!!

[11top]

Way coolio! :adore:

[11top]

And somebody just broke the 2000 post barrier!

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Dayummm!!! What pickups? That looks unbelievable! Big congrats!
Thanks! :) PTC Hot-rod 305 Single-coils and a Tremonti in the bridge - which will be replaced with a Deep Dish II later tonight.


Very nice! I love mangling a Floyd! Did they trim the neck carve to a soft V or is that just the grain doing tricks?

I don't think the carve was altered. Feels stock to me.


And somebody just broke the 2000 post barrier!

:cheers:

[DirtyMoonsRJT]

Oooooooooohhhhh:o:rock:!!!!!! Hot-rod 305 single coils huh? Extra winds? Looks like the pole pieces or whatever the equivalents are on a 305 are exposed? Details?

i can't even begin to imagine how badass this guitar must be....I haven't played a Floyd equipped guitar in.....uhhh...many years...salivating on this one big time!

[gag halfrunt]

-[ @ n $ 0 |v| a T ! ©;45053']Thanks! :) PTC Hot-rod 305 Single-coils and a Tremonti in the bridge - which will be replaced with a Deep Dish II later tonight.



I don't think the carve was altered. Feels stock to me.



:cheers:

Nice mod!

I like the Tremonti pickup choice.

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I gotta leave those details to Shawn, bro. I don't really know beyond the fact that they sound much hotter.


Oooooooooohhhhh:o:rock:!!!!!! Hot-rod 305 single coils huh? Extra winds? Looks like the pole pieces or whatever the equivalents are on a 305 are exposed? Details?

[Mikegarveyblues]

Very nice mods indeed. Not big on Floyd Roses but it works very well on that guitar!

[jfb]

Wow. Killer. I want to send a guitar to the PTC now. Off to hunt for my diamond in the rough.

[aduayer]

not a FLoyd guy, but this is stunning! congrats!!!

[Mike Duncan]

Very well done!!

[swede71]

Wow!

[Shawn@PRS]

That's a bad mamma Jamma

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That's a bad mamma Jamma
Hey Sergio! Now I know the song you and I are doing at my 40th Birthday bash! Sounds like some basic Nile Rodgers licks.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRRtbEeokE8

[Shawn@PRS]

-[ @ n $ 0 |v| a T ! ©;45114']Hey Sergio! Now I know the song you and I are doing at my 40th Birthday bash!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRRtbEeokE8

You're welcome

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I'll play bass on that one for ya.
Cool!

[hippietim]

Shawn, this reminds me of something...

[LSchefman]

Guys, listening to it, I think that's a mini Moog bass on that track, not a bass guitar. So...you'll need a synth.

(cracks fingers)

[themike]

Guys, listening to it, I think that's a mini Moog bass on that track, not a bass guitar. So...you'll need a synth.

(cracks fingers)

Or an AxeFX!

[QueenCityGuitars]

For this type of guitar, it's got to have a Floyd. Well done, Hans! All you need now to conjure the beast is...a Diezel. \m/

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Guys, listening to it, I think that's a mini Moog bass on that track, not a bass guitar. So...you'll need a synth.

(cracks fingers)
So you'll be there, Mr. Schefman? :rock:

[justmund]

Outstanding idea, incredible execution! Congrats Hans!

[Daniel]

Nice work!

[Raven17]

Awesome!!! Ready to make one for me? I'd like mine with the Tremonti.
:top:

[JustRob]

That is awesome! You continue to fuel my GAS.

[Shawn@PRS]

On this date, January 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe first published his poem 'The Raven'

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...

[Boogie]

On this date, January 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe first published his poem 'The Raven'

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...

I know what needs to be on the TRC...

"Nevermore..."

[rugerpc]

Hans - this one is out of the park!

The hot 305s and their top detail add so much to the look of the guitar. I'm a HB kind of guy, but this thing has me jonesing.....

[rugerpc]

I know what needs to be on the TRC...

"Nevermore..."

this

[Sekunda]

Awesome project! Looks like a shredder... (and not the guy from TMNT) :cheers:

[TAJ]

That looks amazing!! I gotta find myself a project guitar NOW!! Thanks for the post!

[38Roars]

NICE... Thats quite a makeover project!!

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I know what needs to be on the TRC...

"Nevermore..."
"Darkness there - and nothing more"

But I guess that's a bit much for a TRC. :evil:


On this date, January 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe first published his poem 'The Raven'

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...

Serendipitous.

[John Beef]

Wow! I usually find superstrat types kinda useless, but this thing is SEXY.

[veinbuster]

Take no prisoners.
I love it.

[martysnarf]

I think I've seen neck and middle pups like that somewhere.... Hmmmmm..... maybe some "Doctor's Office"...??? ;)

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I think I've seen neck and middle pups like that somewhere.... Hmmmmm..... maybe some "Doctor's Office"...??? ;)

Or Moonraker.

http://bond.neoseeker.com/w/i/bond/9/9b/Jaws.jpg

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By the way, I just got an Orange Tiny Terror from our very own Sergio deBlanc and I've been ripping it up 80's-style with The Raven for the last hour.

My fingers hurt, my ears are ringing, and the neighbors have looked at my house through their windows twice already.

[Sigh]

Heaven.

http://www.smilys.net/rauchende_smilies/smiley7111.gif

[crgtr]

Nice mod Hans. I love it. I'm actually a big Floyd fan. Save me a song at your B-Day party and bring the Raven!! Would love to trade some tasty liks with ya brotha'!

[aduayer]

-[ @ n $ 0 |v| a T ! ©;45414']Or Moonraker.

http://bond.neoseeker.com/w/i/bond/9/9b/Jaws.jpg
hell yeah!

[sergiodeblanc]

-[ @ n $ 0 |v| a T ! ©;45114']Hey Sergio! Now I know the song you and I are doing at my 40th Birthday bash! Sounds like some basic Nile Rodgers licks.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRRtbEeokE8

OH! Funk Yeah! We can turn it into a medley with this one, it is the exact same riff:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCON9ILP_cI

I will insist you call me by my stage name: Johnny "Guitar" Weber.



Guys, listening to it, I think that's a mini Moog bass on that track, not a bass guitar. So...you'll need a synth.

(cracks fingers)

Yup.



-[ @ n $ 0 |v| a T ! ©;45131']So you'll be there, Mr. Schefman? :rock:

:call:



Oh and about the guitar?























http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p506/sergiodeblanc/likecola.jpg

[VHTStark]

Hans, this is my new favourite super strat!! Congrats on the "new" axe and awesome job PTC as per usual!

[izzyizborn]

Real nice, Hans! Stellar work!

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Thanks!

This guitar has a lot of low-end heft. I just yanked the Tremonti and dropped in my favorite PRS pickup from the 80's; a Deep Dish 2. It matches the spirit of this instrument perfectly.

It just rips in this guitar and works perfectly with the single-coil combinations Mr. Zimmers cooked up. This guitar + the Tiny Terror I scored from Sergio is a special combination.

I am a happy camper!

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd272/hansomatic/Collection/Raven/Raven_DD2.jpg

[hippietim]

Very cool!

[swede71]

Hans,steelblock on the original 305 tremolo?Im just curious about the steelcomponents as advertised.

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Hans,steelblock on the original 305 tremolo?Im just curious about the steelcomponents as advertised.

Mine had a brass block.

[Michael B]

Nice Hans!!! The Raven looks like a shredder!!

[Mike Duncan]

I wish I had the nerve to do the Floyd. Love this guitar!

[Aeetus]

Killer ..... so cool!

[Mike Duncan]

Hans - do you notice any difference in tone from the PRS trem to the Floyd? I'm sure there are some differences, but anything that REALLY jumps out?

[Tim]

Brother..... That is BADAZZ!!

That could be one of the coolest PRS there has ever been!

[Jet Whitey]

I like Black Birds!!! That turned out great!!!!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r312/Teasme4764/IMG_2754.jpg

[francric]

Very Cool Hans............................

[themike]

I just wanted to bump this thread because I got to play Le' Raven this weekend and I was blown away. The feel, the tone, the beauty - it was all there. We stood upstairs and took guesses when we heard some good tones - "is that an LP?" "Is that a DGT?" "Is that a strat?".... nope, it was the Raven!

[Shawn@PRS]

Caw, Caw!

[crgtr]

I just wanted to bump this thread because I got to play Le' Raven this weekend and I was blown away. The feel, the tone, the beauty - it was all there. We stood upstairs and took guesses when we heard some good tones - "is that an LP?" "Is that a DGT?" "Is that a strat?".... nope, it was the Raven!
True dat!

[veinbuster]

I think the raven might have gotten more play time than any other one guitar at Indy.
And it always sounded good.

[themike]

I think the raven might have gotten more play time than any other one guitar at Indy.
And it always sounded good.

Its true - that guitar just felt and sounded RIGHT in all aspects. Everyone gave it a go haha