Hate/Love Abasi's Toone? How 'bout Reyes' new one...

[sage]

I'm pretty sure that's the guitar Bill and Ted play in the future... WYLD STALLYONS!

 

[Mukersman]

I like that sketch guitar he has (had?) and his strandberg more, but this is pretty nice. I can't say I like how the bridge looks, all floating and detached.

Edit: Tosin's geetars i mean.

 

[loktide]

definitely not a fan of this builder

what's up with the oversized pickup routes?

all in all, it reminds me of a more refined devries in many senses. there, i said it

 

[guy in latvia]

i actually think it looks quite awesome, im sure its comfy as hell playing standing up, not sure about sitting down tho...

 

[stigmatodiaboli]

i'm slowly becoming a fan of the headless guitars, and this one takes it! looks like a work of art!

 

[Goatchrist]

I dig it a lot!
But I like this one even better!

 

[guy in latvia]

^holy cow +1

 

[USMarine75]

Oh I found a picture of it being made...

Here's some of his earlier work:

 

[JohnBorn]

i didn't like the heart shape plate on the volume knob

 

[Vyn]

Toone I'm sure makes sweet guitars in terms of playability and sound but I just can't stand the designs. Never really got the point of a headless guitar IMO.

 

[kerska]

I mean if we're just talking aesthetics, I guess it works for them and what they are doing.

Personally I think it's ugly as shit...

EDIT:That one with the burnt wood is actually pretty bad ass...

 

[stuglue]

I can't imagine the sustain being good, after all there's very little wood plus it looks very unwieldy to sit and play. Also look where the input is,I can see players standing on the lead a lot

 

[Fred the Shred]

I played the original Sketch and the multiscale you see above at NAMM (name's Blur). Sketch sounds absolutely massive and is ergonomically excellent, and while Blur's wiring wasn't done at that time, it did sustain massively and again hugged the body just fine.

The only thing that didn't work well for me on Blur is that it's fully flat on the back and has a rectangular profile, which makes sense for someone who doesn't rely as much as I do on thumb over the neck antics.

 

[mountainjam]

I don't have a problem with the design (especially since he's using wood he didn't pull out of the fireplace stack), but I personally can't stand that headless hardware. That is waaaay too much metal and too big, compared to a steiny or Strandberg. I don't understand what the point of no headstock is if you need a big old headstock like that. And the tuner hardware is monstrous. If I were getting a headless guitar the idea would be that its streamlined and minimalist, not simply that it has the tuners at the butt. This system has way more metal than a regular bridge and HS.

Thats exactly how I feel about toone. The amount of metal is just overkill. Well said hollowway

 

[Riffer]

I think it looks like a piece of furniture. Not my thing.

 

[Mazzy]

It's hideous, but interesting.

 

[USMarine75]

I'll bet this beast is the equivalent of a fat/ugly chick in bed... awesome performance... because it has to.

 

[OrsusMetal]

what's up with the oversized pickup routes?

I like the look of this one quite a bit more than the newly refined Sketch. It looks cleaner. Minus the pickup routes. I just noticed that the routes look like they were done freehand or something on this guitar as well as Sketch. I personally would be a bit upset if I ordered this guitar and the routes looked like they had leftover gaps from a EMG to passive conversion. :2cents:

That aside, I bet it plays very well. I love ergo stuff and love the Klein influence that this design has.

 

[Konfyouzd]

I'd like to play one before I decide how I feel. Something tells me it's like one of those kinda homely chicks that somehow becomes gorgeous when you realize how cool she is as a person...

 

[nheyne]

Even though I love this one, I think it's just good to see some innovative designs that shake things up. Some of Toone's guitars, like his basses, are just weird with no asthetic value really. This one makes you stare at it.