i also think it is Japanese basswod too. i was actually pleasantly surprised at the quality of the wood.And sure i will be taking a ton pf photos as i work on it (and my concurrant black MIM P-Bass to either Lake Placid Blue or candy Apple Red--if I go CAR it will be an authentic finish, the way fender originally did em, dye the body yellow and everything.) If you guys think it is OK to run a thread on an Ibanez here i will put a thread together when i start spraying, but don't want to get on Brad's bad side. I am building myself a spray booth first, no garage, so its going on my deck, i don't expect it to be warm enough to spray 'til close to the end of the month.

I believe (hope) it's fine. Everyone who has run a self-build project thread here is in fact showing non-Fender work. Nobody's ever objected before - and an Ibanez is after all just a Fender Tribute guitar, when all's said and done!

Lots of us be delighted to see threads on any or all of the projects you mentioned. Go for it!

Cheers - C

I think fender negate themselves from guitar build projects by not selling replacement necks or bodies. I generaly agree with their abstinance but think they could make a killing by selling differnetly logo'd replacement parts.

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