'85 Rampage

I got my '85 Rampage body back from the painter yesterday! I spent New Year's Eve evening assembling it. Assembly came to a halt when I discovered that I didn't have a 500k solid shaft pot in my parts collection. When I bought the guitar back in 2010 it had been painted red with a rattle can. I had Seuf Guitars in Kansas City strip and refinish the body back to it's original Rampage Red color. When they stripped the paint, they found that someone had taken a chisel or screwdriver and had attempted to add a neck pickup. They had filled the hole with wall spackle. The guys at Seuf's removed the spackle, squared up the hole and installed a piece of maple to correctly repair the damage. I had them age the body so that it would match the 27 year old neck.







The guitar currently has a Superhawk neck pickup in it. It's temporary until I decide what pickup I really want. I hope to have the parts to finish it by the end of the week. I'll post better photos then.

Sprinter 92

Sprinter, did you post pictures of the before? The reason I ask is that it looks like chips still in the body or are you keeping the relic appearance-- Darwin

Darwin the pictures in the first post are current pictures. I had them relic the body so that it would match the neck. Here's a before photo. The rattle can job looks decent in this photo but in person it was awful.





Sprinter 92

Thanks Sprinter. The relic resto looks great--Darwin

Great looking guitar. I've been looking for a lefty, but no go so far. The closest I can find is :



A "J Frog" Glock 22...

He made these in the early 80"s so I wonder if he tried this design first???


Cheers,

Will

Ok, after doing a bit more searching, I found the Kramer Pacer & Beretta. The Nug' loved this design back in the day... I wonder if the Rampage could be ordered with a slightly offset pickup?


Cheers,

Will

Will, the Frog is cool. Almost like a Jackson. I like the Blue.-- Darwin