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The Wilkinson locking saddles SUCK They won’t work on traditional bridge plates because the action height screws are in the wrong place (despite Wilkinson’s claims to the contrary) — so you basically HAVE to use their bridge plate, which has the correct grooves in each of the six saddle...

That looks awesome…slide players are going to love that. Unfortunately it’s still got a fixed radius. And I suspect they will be out of stock for 2 years! [/MEDIA]

Gotoh has a height adjustable locking nut? What? Link!!!??

Hantug are ridiculous, they are perpetually out of stock of everything, unless you’re a giant builder like Aristides etc that orders by the 1000s of units. I always wanted that Lo-Pro they had though, that was pretty sick. I don’t think they make them anymore. They also had anodized colored...

The Gotoh trems have locking studs (like Ibanez) and the saddles feel a lot nicer when palm muting. They also tend to be a lot more corrosion resistant if you sweat a lot while playing like I do, since made from higher quality metals. They also come stock with nicer blocks. Someone else put...

That’s exactly what I’m thinking of doing right now…the Gotoh Floyd is a drop in replacement for an OFR right? What about the locking studs from Gotoh? I wonder how difficult they are to install and replace the stock non locking OFR studs… These new Jackson’s and Charvels that have the Gotoh...

So I am wondering if anyone knows of any other builders that use this bridge, aside from Suhr, particularly ones that sell more affordable ($1-2K USD new) six string guitars. I would love to get a Suhr, no doubt, but I’m not really interested in spending Suhr level money on a guitar at the...

V guitars are great if you're playing standing up 24/7 and have a lot of room to move around. If not, you're going to destroy the ends of them and bang them into everything within a 100ft radius. If I had to pick the most economical one that fit my style, I'd go for a Solar..not as pretty, ugly...

Remember, these Silver Sky guitars cost a couple hundo to make (if that, wood, parts and labor combined), and the limited edition colors sell for thousands. They're making a lot of money selling to people who buy these things. They want total control over the profits and the colors and all...

It’s supposed to be, catering only to the domestic Japanese market. There are many Japanese artists that use Strandbergs, there’s even an Anime character that plays a Strandberg (and a real human artist that performs live as that character), lol. Don’t think they want people exporting them to...

I envy people who live by luthiers who are competent and don't require you to leave your guitar in their garage for 3+ months just to get something simple done. In places like this (Western NY / Buffalo NY) guitar center is really the only option, and it's a terrible option because of stories...

By good customer service, yes, they accept no questions asked returns within the time frame, I believe it's two weeks, no restocking fees and such, they still offer that -- but it's not like they're going to pay for a fret dress on a brand new $2300 guitar (that should come with level frets...

I would be one of those fanboys if they could get their fretwork and QC in line with the price they charge, or had an option to buy one made by a US company that could ensure quality standards, even if it cost a little bit more. I love everything about it, and the Endureneck is fire...Most...

I asked Kiesel if they would make me a multi scale 7 with the same scale Strandberg uses (26.25-25.5) and they said no. That's my only issue with them, they use 27" scale for all their multi-scale 7's...My fingers are just too fat and short to be able to play down by the nut with that long of a...

So I got a replacement today. No finish issues on the body like the last one, no polish issues on the frets, but the frets are again not level out of the box. I set the proper neck relief to 0.010" (capo on 1st fret, 24th fret held down, measured at 7th fret on bass side) and went to work with...

I just received this beautiful purple Boden Original 7 and am going through my usual checks when I buy a new guitar -- neck relief is perfect right out of the box, measured at 0.009" at the 9th fret with a capo on the first fret and pinky on the 24th fret. Next thing I did was I took out my...

Guitar workers in Japan may not be Instagram fuccbois posting about booking charter flights to Vegas every weekend, but on average they are treated and paid much better than their Indonesian counterparts, and their work speaks for itself the maj. of the time.

Aristides tech and mfg is very impressive, highly suggest anyone interested warch some of their factory tour vids. They really did approach making guitars from a totally different angle. All of their guitars are made from perfectly constructed aluminum alloy molds that are accurate to like...

The pricing on the Indonesian made models really is something to be downright offended by, especially considering how much the folks making them are being paid...kinda makes my blood boil a bit actually . I guess if people will pay those prices though — and it seems like they will, since they...

My bad. I didn’t know “Fano” and Desert Son were one in the same, now it makes sense, and pre-Washburn was “Strictly 7” — got it They had a red seven string from DS on their website (Strandberg themselves) not too long ago, I almost bought it, but someone else got it before I could save up...