GMW Green Meanie Run

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Hey folks, a few of us have decided to put together a run of Green Meanie replicas with GMW Guitars. I spoke with Lee at GMW the other day and he's thumbs up on doing this.

GMW has done two variations of the Green Meanie over the years: version #1 has the normal lower horn and version #2 has the deeper cutaway on the lower horn.

The basic specs for the run are:
* maple neck/fingerboard
* alder body
* H/S/H pickup config
* 5-way switching
* 1-volume and 1-tone control
* Original Floyd Rose bridge
* pink Lion's claw

Here's what they've typically done for Version #1:
* all pink Air Norton neck PU, all black Virtual Vintage Blues DP 402 middle PU and all blue Evolution bridge PU
* solid single ply 0.060" pickguard
* chrome Floyd, string tree and clamp, plus black tuners and black strap buttons
* pink V and T control knobs, Fender strat style

Here's what they've typically done for Version #2:
* pink/black zebra Air Norton neck PU, all pink HS-2 middle PU and all creme Evolution bridge PU
* solid single ply 0.060" pickguard
* black Floyd, string tree and clamp, plus black strap buttons and chrome tuners.
* black Fender strat V control knob and white Gibson barrel knob

These will price out as follows, just so that everything is complete:

$1200 base price
$200 two extra PU's
$50 pickguard
$50 custom painted lion's claw (we usually just painted them the same Vai neon green, but pink is fine)
$150 GMW form fitted lime green G & G case

Total $1650 with form fitted case.

Ok, that's the basics. Now the cool part. The configs are simply guidelines. You can change pickups, pickup colors, hardware color, pickguard color, green Sperzel tuners, etc.

For example, Chuck is skipping the lion's claw altogether! He went with PAFs and a 3-ply pickguard. I am going with knurled knobs, Breed pickups, and the scalloped neck heel.

Sure you could order one of these anytime you want but Lee is planning on running the bodies and necks in a batch and do sequential serial numbers. And the matching GMW embroidered Lime Green G&G cases are being ordered for this run.

Lee is estimating 4 months delivery time. If you are interested, contact GMW by the end of the month because that is when they are planning on putting in orders for pickups, cases, and beginning the necks and bodies.

http://www.gmwguitars.com


Here's an idea of what the cases should look like: