IA Eklundh leaves Caparison guitars.

[lost_horizon]

Nah, it's a Strandberg with True Temperament
I don't think Solar will provide TT frets

The luthier kits and premade fretboards are cheaper than the general public cost. Adds about $600 US to any price which is why heaps of companies are doing them now.

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.

I believe his Caparison just had a Gotoh GE-1996T 7 string version.

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?

He is constantly playing harmonics on the low strings at the same time as playing rhythm. Part of his tone and style. Sounds amazing.

No one needs TT frets because the gap between what they do and what they claim to do is giant

No one needs normal frets. Even fretwave and others have come along, it's just cheaper and easier to half ass it.

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

Price will be $6000 USD, if you can get a TT MII Per Nillson for about $4000 USD, made in Sweden will be at a premium.

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

Get the stainless option? Get them to install them for you? You can even send them your neck.

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

there is a template you buy to make it easier.

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 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.

Yes they are cast and the fretboard holes need to be CNC perfectly to prevent unevenness.

Guys....

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

He's getting a Chapman, duh.

Reverse headstock super tele with 27 frets and Guitarmory pickups. It'll be called the Slob Chapman Digga-digga-de-dah-dah

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.

True

Never played a Capa, but always thought they were really cool...love the TAT for example, but it surely sucks that they have such an ass distribution
Price and quality aside, no one can't purchase what's not available
Also...maybe Caparison should start doing some lower budget stuff in Korea or Indonesia like other brands and get a solid ditribution if they want to grow from the niche

I was trying to buy one a couple of years ago and got the run around. Tooling and the low volumes mean the whole production line has to be set aside for it so it is practically a custom shop anyway. The only reason I didn't follow through was that I just wanted a 7, multi scale and I could get it made custom myself for around half the cost.

 

[Crungy]

Reverse headstock super tele with 27 frets and Guitarmory pickups. It'll be called the Slob Chapman Digga-digga-de-dah-dah

Only in my wettest of dreams!

 

[Matt08642]

Reverse headstock super tele with 27 frets and Guitarmory pickups. It'll be called the Slob Chapman Digga-digga-de-dah-dah

This made me viscerally angry.

 

[lost_horizon]

This made me viscerally angry.

What? You don't like badly wound pickups, polyrhythms and bald soy boys?

 

[jco5055]

What? You don't like badly wound pickups, polyrhythms and bald soy boys?

If only he was going to Yamaha am I right

 

[lost_horizon]

If only he was going to Yamaha am I right

Hey we got Matteo Mancuso our quirky spot is taken...

 

[jco5055]

Hey we got Matteo Mancuso our quirky spot is taken...

imagine Mattias leading the charge with some high end Pacificas though....

 

[lost_horizon]

imagine Mattias leading the charge with some high end Pacificas though....

Imagine they just released Jeff Shroeder's actual touring guitar

Yamaha Guitar Development Custom Shop | Jeff Schroeder - Yamaha Guitar Development

The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder is a tough guy to pin down. On the one hand, he plays in one of the biggest alternative bands of all time, and yet it’s not out of place for him to wear a Michael Schenker t-shirt while he does so. He seems equally at home playing dreamy,

yamahaguitardevelopment.com

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Imagine they just released Jeff Shroeder's actual touring guitar

Yamaha Guitar Development Custom Shop | Jeff Schroeder - Yamaha Guitar Development

The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder is a tough guy to pin down. On the one hand, he plays in one of the biggest alternative bands of all time, and yet it’s not out of place for him to wear a Michael Schenker t-shirt while he does so. He seems equally at home playing dreamy,

yamahaguitardevelopment.com

I don't give a flying fuck about Smashing Pumpkins, but I'm bummed he left because it's even less likely we'll get a sig model from him based on the '90s Pacificas.

 

[jco5055]

I keep my eyes out for a 1412

 

[jaxadam]

All I know about Caparison is I have a Duncan JB/Custom 5 hybrid in the bridge of a Horus and that shit is hella dope yo.

 

[MFB]

All I know about Caparison is I have a Duncan JB/Custom 5 hybrid in the bridge of a Horus and that shit is hella dope yo.

You sick fuck, you own something that's not an 18V modded RG570 in Drop C?

You're dead to me.

 

[neurosis]

All I know about Caparison is I have a Duncan JB/Custom 5 hybrid in the bridge of a Horus and that shit is hella dope yo.

Pickups are probably the one thing these guitars come with that is not really my thing. They almost sound hollow if that makes sense. Nice cleans but strange with distortion. They almost sound like you added a presence knob turned to 11 no matter what rig you go into. It works for lower tunings though. I overhauled the Dillinger but kept the Horus as-is.

Do you mind sharing what tuning and gauge you have on yours? /end of off-topic

 

[Hollowway]

It's an 8 with a trem - @Hollowway would be the best bet for someone on here to have it.

I played a Horus and was not impressed. It wasn't bad at all, but nothing stood out enough at the price it was listed.

Yeah I would LOVE one, but those mofos are expensive. Brett Beebe (iirc) had one he was selling for somewhere in the 4 thousands, and I was tempted, but just couldn’t rationalize that.

I’m hoping he’s no going to Strandberg, because I just can’t see them making a whole new guitar for him just to have an 8 string trem. I mean, I’d love to see it, but I suspect it would just be a variation of the standard 8.

 

[OmegaSlayer]

Imagine they just released Jeff Shroeder's actual touring guitar

Yamaha Guitar Development Custom Shop | Jeff Schroeder - Yamaha Guitar Development

The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder is a tough guy to pin down. On the one hand, he plays in one of the biggest alternative bands of all time, and yet it’s not out of place for him to wear a Michael Schenker t-shirt while he does so. He seems equally at home playing dreamy,

yamahaguitardevelopment.com

Why should Yamaha mass produce a could guitar that would be a run for Ibanez's money?

 

[adriangrizzly]

At this point: I can't wait for him to show his Charvel Signature guitar.

 

[jaxadam]

Pickups are probably the one thing these guitars come with that is not really my thing. They almost sound hollow if that makes sense. Nice cleans but strange with distortion. They almost sound like you added a presence knob turned to 11 no matter what rig you go into. It works for lower tunings though. I overhauled the Dillinger but kept the Horus as-is.

Do you mind sharing what tuning and gauge you have on yours? /end of off-topic

The BH whatevers that came in the Horus suck, but the PH whatevers that came in the TATs are absolutely killer pickups but I swapped those with BKP Black Dogs. I think PH whatevers came in my Angelus also but I swapped them with EMG TWs and added a push/push pot to split them. The Horus and TAT I have in standard E with 9’s and the Angelus I have in Drop C with 10’s.

 

[manu80]

Waiting for the Dean with a badly printed apple graphic on the body

 

[ThePIGI King]

The BH whatevers that came in the Horus suck, but the PH whatevers that came in the TATs are absolutely killer pickups but I swapped those with BKP Black Dogs. I think PH whatevers came in my Angelus also but I swapped them with EMG TWs and added a push/push pot to split them. The Horus and TAT I have in standard E with 9’s and the Angelus I have in Drop C with 10’s.

I've often heard people compare Caparisons to j customs. I know you own both, would you agree with that?

 

[jaxadam]

I've often heard people compare Caparisons to j customs. I know you own both, would you agree with that?

My TAT II is one of the best playing guitars I own. It feels, sounds, and plays incredible. It is right behind my ESP MII-UC. I only have 7 string J Customs and don't have any experience with 6 string J Customs but I'd say that they're pretty on par as far as I can tell from playability and sound, at least for me but I have never really had much trouble or problems with any guitar; I'm not too picky as long as it is an Ibanez RG570 with 18 V EMGs.