Most production guitar bodies are probably made from two or more pieces. If necks can be made from multiple pieces, then why couldn't bodies be made the same way?
Some people argue that one piece bodies sustain better and sound better, but two piece bodies are probably just as good.
A supreme thank you, Wi77. This is definitely what I need :)
Well, if I have the dimensions, it doesn't really matter if I have it in my hands or not, as long as they are accurate. The luthier is experienced, he'll know how much to route, what depth etc... Everything is done the same as for a...
A local luthier is building me a custom 7 string, and because a seven string doesn't exist in my town, I won't have the pickup for the next couple of weeks, and he has never build one I need to know the dimensions of the pickup route for the standard 7 pickup (DiMarzio, SD...). Metric, imperial...
So i traded my Ibanez hardshell case for this body, from what I gathered it's a Stagemaster 7.
First some obligatory pics (sorry for the crappy quality, it's the middle of the night here):
...a really nice shade of gunmetal grey...
...the only ding, kinda spoils the...
I'm a casual browser, usually visit 4chan and 7chan one to two times a week.
On another note, I wonder if there's a rule 43 on sevenstring guitars. :spock:
I recommend the Schaller arm mod, I've done it to my RG550, and it rules! No more loose arm bullshit, flutter 'till the end of time!
A bit of a warning though, in my particular case I had to file the threads in the hole a bit so that I could fit the Schaller arm holder, so there's a chance the...
Here's a drawing I did of the BL-5 in slanted (26.5 - 28 inches) and normal setups . The BL-5 has just enough spacing for a regular 8 string guitar, but for fanned uses it seems the pole position would not be ideal.
Anyway, I asked the Q-tuner guy for advice, and here's the answer I got...
Very very very sexy guitars. I approve of this thread. :drool:
One question though. Where did you get those single string guitar bridges? I only saw the ABM bass-like ones, did you make these yourself?
I don't really like women doing screaming vocals. Most of the time, they sound too shrill and thin to me.
I'll take George Fisher over a female death vocalist any day. As for screamo, I don't listen to it anyway. :)
So, my vote is no.
English is not my native, so I may not have been clear enough. The design thing was a statement to everyone, not just towards you. I'm genuinely curious as to how many truly original guitar designs have been made in the past 10 years or so.
Ripping off guitar shapes isn't just small luthier's...
Dude, they are just following a customer's request, the law doesn't apply to them and they obviously don't give a fuck, so I don't see a point arguing over this. :shrug:
Honestly, there are far worse things in the guitar world than RAN Guitars. Ed Roman, all those chinese copycats with real...
I agree with Desecrated. :agreed:
The point is, they're not really hurting the major manufacturers. Some of the stuff they provide are indeed ripoffs, but they also provide guitars that aren't one on one copies, either with a different body shape, different specs, headstock, whatever...
I'd...