IA Eklundh leaves Caparison guitars.

[ChrispyFinch]

My money is on Kiesel. They seem to match levels of eccentricity, imo.

 

[somethingsomething]

I can't imagine Caparison is that mad about no longer having to build a sig guitar that appeals to approximately .0000000000001% of guitarists.

 

[Andromalia]

I can't imagine Caparison is that mad about no longer having to build a sig guitar that appeals to approximately .0000000000001% of guitarists.

Which is half of their customer base.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Every time I see true temperament frets, I shudder at the thought of crowning them.

I can't find the video ATM but Ben from Crimson Guitars did a video on doing fretwork on one and it looked so tedious lol

 

[StevenC]

Curious about the collective SSO reaction if it turns out he's moving to Ibanez and his new sig is an Indo, 27 fret plain black RG with unbound rosewood fretboard, no SS frets, no Lo Pro and some silly 12 fret inlay

Also curious about the pricepoint if he were to get a Strandberg sig, especially if that's a TT 8 string with a trem

Yeah, I mean, it's unlikely he'll go for a wildly different spec. Like he plays an 8 string with a whammy bar. I'll be delighted if he goes to Ibanez because that's what I've been wanting them to make for years. Unless it's just a strandberg with TT.

I can't find the video ATM but Ben from Crimson Guitars did a video on doing fretwork on one and it looked so tedious lol

I thought they did something special in the process like casting the frets ready to go or whatever so that crowning wasn't necessary? I could be wrong.

 

[Crungy]

Guys....

Strandberg? Wrong.
Kiesel? Wrong.
Solar? Wrong.
Gibson? Wrong.

He's getting a Chapman, duh.

 

[narad]

Which is half of their customer base.

Oh shit lol

 

[jaxadam]

I just hope whatever it is he puts some EMGs in it.

 

[USMarine75]

Not gonna lie I've never heard a song by him or Freak Kitchen or whatever that was like "Oh, of course he needs TT frets" can anyone point me in a song direction or project that would change my mind?

If EVH was born 10 years later I think he might have used TT frets. He would have said he invented it of course. He hated the issues with G and B string intonation.

My point is that anyone that plays both 3-string triads (on the middle and upper strings) and open chords could use TT frets. Mattias does so why not.

 

[soul_lip_mike]

Isn't Caparison starting a new custom shop-esque line?

 

[jco5055]

I'm probably just being gossipy, but I find it interesting in his wording about basically fretting over this decision for the past 2 years. I wonder if he either doesn't like the quality of his guitars now, or some other company offered big $$$ and he felt too loyal to Caparison to leave, or something else? Honestly I would imagine the money/better offer thing being the most common, which would be fun to think what company that could be...with his rather "wild" specs on his sig, I feel like it has to be some company that could still do that stuff.

 

[jco5055]

Isn't Caparison starting a new custom shop-esque line?

yeah, but even as a big Capa fan it's kind of trash, it's basically just a "choose your finish/pickups/add a top" level of customization, and starting at $6500 or something

 

[MaxOfMetal]

I'm probably just being gossipy, but I find it interesting in his wording about basically fretting over this decision for the past 2 years. I wonder if he either doesn't like the quality of his guitars now, or some other company offered big $$$ and he felt too loyal to Caparison to leave, or something else? Honestly I would imagine the money/better offer thing being the most common, which would be fun to think what company that could be...with his rather "wild" specs on his sig, I feel like it has to be some company that could still do that stuff.

Nah, he just said that to give the decision an air of gravitas.

"Niche guitar dude almost no one has heard of is moving from a brand maybe a few more people have heard of to another brand that will continue making a guitar that realistically almost no one is going to buy."

Doesn't seem that big of a deal in that context.

 

[gabito]

So is he finally going to Play Authentic™ or what?

 

[AltecGreen]

He can move to Dragonfly.



Dragonfly showed off a few of their guitars with TT frets. They gave one to Jeff Young at NAMM.

 

[jco5055]

He can move to Dragonfly.



Dragonfly showed off a few of their guitars with TT frets. They gave one to Jeff Young at NAMM.

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I wish Dragonfly would update their site, it definitely doesn't show all their actual models/options etc

 

[USMarine75]

By the way random but how cool is this...

Freak Guitar - Tunings

Also for anyone that doesn't know wtf this is lol... here's an older song of his I like:

 

[jco5055]

By the way random but how cool is this...

Freak Guitar - Tunings

Also for anyone that doesn't know wtf this is lol... here's an older song of his I like:

I admire his use of different tunings; i've personally delved too deep into interval-based fretboard visualization that I couldn't do anything unless I'm in E standard, or at least a X standard tuning...unless I just played around blindly to find sounds haha

 

[gunshow86de]

Do you think the strandberg trem could cope with IA's wild stuff?

Oh. A strandy with an orginal FR? That would be something else.

Calling it now.

 

[eaeolian]

He can move to Dragonfly.



Dragonfly showed off a few of their guitars with TT frets. They gave one to Jeff Young at NAMM.

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They couldn't find anyone better to give a guitar to?