Here are before and after photos of the Detonator that had recently been parted out on eBay. Aside from the gutted body and neck, the seller did have the original tuners, so I bought them as well. As mentioned in an earlier thread, I was able to take some original parts from my white Detonator that was not all original when bought years ago. From the white guitar I took the bridge, the original DiMarzio VS-1 neck pickup and the middle, which is a DiMarzio Class of '55. The bridge DiMarzio PAF I had in my parts, as well as 2 original Detonator control knobs that were in my parts.
There were no neck screws or cover screws. Fortunately, my local ACE Hardware is the old school type where you can walk in and buy one screw out of a drawer if that's all you need. And they have a few drawers of black hardware, so I was able to buy my neck screws and black cover screws there.
Bottom line, the neck is immaculate. No dings, no fret wear. Body has a few small dings. So it was probably a seldom played guitar that had no case and got dinged being moved around in a closet or from one corner to another in a room. It's really too bad it was "parted out" as it would have been a 9 with a 10 neck if it had been left whole. As it is now, it is close to what it was meant to be.
The body is a metallic gold, but looks original. I think Grot has a gold Detonator in his collection. No price list lists gold as an optional color, but it looks like it came from the factory with that color.
Fun project. Plays and sounds great.
There were no neck screws or cover screws. Fortunately, my local ACE Hardware is the old school type where you can walk in and buy one screw out of a drawer if that's all you need. And they have a few drawers of black hardware, so I was able to buy my neck screws and black cover screws there.
Bottom line, the neck is immaculate. No dings, no fret wear. Body has a few small dings. So it was probably a seldom played guitar that had no case and got dinged being moved around in a closet or from one corner to another in a room. It's really too bad it was "parted out" as it would have been a 9 with a 10 neck if it had been left whole. As it is now, it is close to what it was meant to be.
The body is a metallic gold, but looks original. I think Grot has a gold Detonator in his collection. No price list lists gold as an optional color, but it looks like it came from the factory with that color.
Fun project. Plays and sounds great.