![]() It was made to be admired, but it was also built to play. The Floyd Rose system works as designed and stays in tune. This guitar plays like butter, fast, and enough cool for 20 guitars. The neck is 1 13/16" and 25/32" thin at the nut, and 2 1/16" wide and 7/8" thin at the 12th. The neck is straight, wide, fast and true! The frets are big/fat and in great condition. The finish isn't "pretty" like so may others, but it is very raw not to take away from all the carving and little paint detail. I am guessing that the pickup is a Dimarzio, but whatever it is, IT SCREAMS!!!! The longer I own Red, the more I appreciate the smaller details like the lines and shadows John painted into the teeth, and broken parts of the bones, and on, and on, and. Then Gerry donated an amazing Charvel Strat neck which they modified by cutting the "ball" off the head stock. Red started life as a Kramer Beretta body that was transformed by John with hand carved bones into the original body, then he carved the hands and Skull out of separate pieces of wood which he then attached to the body which you can also see in the pics. Frog was not a guitar player, he was an artist who was also a neighbor of George's. When I first got Red (also known as Blood) I thought, man that is a raw, rough, detailed, beautiful, ugly, and all around AMAZING playing and sounding AX. I happened to know said "Coin Collector" and had purchased many fine guitars from him through the years, and finally got the chance to purchased Red from him a few years ago - and here it is. After they build and some play time, the guitar was sold to a friend of Gerry's from Indianapolis, IN, and later Red was purchased by a "Coin Collector" from Indianapolis who locked it away for many years but did bring it out to ask George Lynch to sign the guitar which George did, and he added "Red Bones" down at the bottom of the guitar (see Pics). The story as told by Gerry Ganaden (guitar tech for Lynch, and an amazing player as well!!) who helped build and donated parts to complete Blood Bones (see YouTube video link below for the story straight from Gerry - Gerry discusses the building of Red in PART 2 of the interview). Frog" Garcia appropriately named "Blood Bones". This is THE original #1 prototype of the now famous Lynch Skull & Bones Guitar which Johnny "J. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.OK Lynch Mobbers and just plain fans. If you want an awesome “Bones” Guitar with superb playability and without Chris’s wait time, this is it. Guitar will be well packed and shipped with insurance and signature requirement. I do not want to sell this guitar but I need to to pay some bills. ![]() It even has a gold tooth! Comes with the custom Stenciled hard case. The Neck Profile I would describe as a thin U shape. The pickup is a Seymour Duncan Distortion. The guitar is made of Alder, has an ebony finger board, stainless steel frets, 43mm nut (R3), Schaller Strap locks, Original Floyd Rose bridge. ![]() The guitar is Chris’s High Definition build. The guitar has been stored in its case since I’ve gotten it back in August of 2017. The condition is immaculate and was played only a handful of times. This thing is incredible to behold and a legend of a guitar. Chris even makes them for George Lynch to sell. Blows away all other builds including the ESP version. His builds are based on actual 3D scans of Georges original “Bones” guitars. Chris’ time spent with the original “Bones” is well represented and the detail he puts into his builds is incredible. This is the most accurate replica out there. Up for sale, regrettably, is a George Lynch “Bones” guitar made by the one and only Christopher Woods. ![]()
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