Home Brew Explorer Guitar - Some Riffs from The Cars Candy-O

I built this guitar out of a Hondo Deluxe Series Body, Ibanez and Kramer (low-end) humbucker pickups, a Washburn Wonderbar Trem, and a Kramer Striker neck.

Everything in this video is from The Cars Candy-O Album from 1979. here's a listing of the tunes I do

1.) Lets Go
2.) Since I Held You
3.) It's All I Can Do
4.) Candy-O
5.) Nightspots
6.) You Can't Hold On Too Long
7.) Lust for Kicks
8.) I Got a Lot On My Head
9.) Dangerous Type

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[carter20081985]

so which is better esp or gibson

[creepingnet]

I don't consider either better, just different. Personally, I like Gibson's version of the Explorer better, the ESP's are too pointy for my taste. The older EXP models they made when Hetfield was an endorser are my faves of the ESP models of their time though.

[CoolCarsGT]

Dean Dime or explorer?

[creepingnet]

Tough call since I like both.

[Guitarshredder7B]

Hey i wanted to buy a Explorer ... but then saw I could buy bodies seperatly at Warmoth... do i NEED a finish on the body? It doesnt look like you have a finish on yours? I want to just buy the body cause I have a neck and all the hardware .... minus the body :P and the paint was kinda expensive (for what im looking to do) (ie - trash guitar)

[creepingnet]

Actually, there's a funny story behind the finish....Originally I was going to put a high gloss finish on it, but I could never figure out how to do it, so for months, I was putting this stuff called "Wood Conditioner" on it every few weeks to bring the grain out. Well, one day I left the can open, and it turned into this sticky glue-like stuff, but being cheap, I still used it, and it acted as a wood sealer, lol. So what sealed the wood is dried up wood conditioner.

[HDeathknight]

über tone!

[TheJawProject]

@creepingnet Hetfelds still a endorser

[LeeB9999]

ZZZZZZZZZZZ.

[natetheguitarkid]

all i can say is HOLY SH*T!!! That was badass!! Sorry, im 13, just got into guitar. not used to eargasmic shredding.

[MyAccount4TrollingU]

Too much blues. NO blues in Cars songs.

[natetheguitarkid]

@creepingnet

Thanks so much!! You saved me alot of confusion!! Ive been trying to play some of these since i started playing guitar 2 years ago, im 13.

[MrBonghit1]

great tone what effects or settings do u use? Rock On!

[bcancun123]

AWESUMMMMMMMMMMM NESSS

[metalhead384]

How did u do the phase inverder thing

[Mothor1995]

Nice vintage sound :)

[chiliv3ndor]

dude, you shredddddd.....