HighGain510
Contributor
As you may know I'm currently without a 7 string right now but planning on buying one soon. What I do have, however, is a custom Thorn on order!
These guitars made by Ron Thorn are some of THE nicest looking, playing and best of all, SOUNDING guitars I've ever seen! I ordered mine LAST YEAR in August so I'm over a year into it but from what I heard I SHOULD be getting it sometime around or maybe a little after Christmas! Here are the specs for mine:
Thorn Artisan Deluxe # 153:
Carved Top: Bookmatched Flamed Walnut
Body : Chambered ONE-PIECE Walnut w/ Clear Gloss Finish
Total body thickness: 1-7/8"
Tummy cut and rear hand contour: Yes
Neck: Flamed Walnut w/ Oil Finish
Headcap: Match Top
Neck Carve: PRS Regular Carve
Fretboard: Flamed Walnut / 25" Scale / _____" Radius / 22 Frets
Nut: 1.687" Earvana Tusq
Fretwire: Med./Jumbo Stainless Steel
Bridge: Thorn Tremolo w/ L.R. Baggs Piezo - Brushed Nickel
Tuners: Locking Sperzel - UltraLite w/ Pearloid Buttons
Pickups: Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell calibrated set
Neck -HB Rebel Yell neck
Bridge - HB Rebel Yell bridge
Purfling: Paua Body Top/Sides / Fretboard / Headstock
Side Dots: White Mother of Pearl
Dunlop Straploks - Nickel
Inlaid Logo: Pearl/Paua
Inlaid Truss Rod Cover - Brazilian Rosewood & Sterling Silver
Fretboard Inlays: Paua Firesuns
Neck Heel Inlay: "Matt Garcia" Signature in Paua
Controls:
Master Volume, Tone and 3-way toggle switch (Humbuckers, EBMM Metal toggle switch).
Blend knob for piezo.
3-way mini-toggle for Humbuckers only / Humbuckers+Piezo / Piezo only.
Mini Mono/Stereo push button
Mini Toggle (Parallel Humbuckers)
Color: Natural
Body: Gloss Finish
The guitar is going to be sweet (even though it's missing a string as far as most of you are probably concerned
hehe) and well-worth the wait. I've had the pleasure of checking out about 30+ Thorns already at various gatherings here on the East Coast and each and every one was truly amazing and DIFFERENT too! Mine will be the first Walnut Thorn which is pretty cool. Don't see many Walnut guitars anymore, but they have a tendency to be heavy as f*ck so I had Ron CNC a chamber into the body of mine for weight reduction which doesn't really have an effect on the tone!
Here are some early pictures of it:
Here is the Top Wood:
The Body Wood:
This is a finished Thorn that I used to show him how I want my electronics to be positioned:
My Neck rough carved and my top before getting glued together and cut:
I have some more pictures at home of the body getting glued up to the top after the chamber was CNC'ed in the body but I don't think I have them hosted anywhere at the moment so I'll post more if you guys want to see them! I can't wait to get the picture of the fretboard and the top after getting the CNC carve! I'm really excited!!! It's peanut butter jelly time!
I also got lucky as Ron has received SO MANY freaking orders in the last 12 months he has officially closed his order list for at LEAST 1-2 years!!! The last orders that were placed were pretty much told they had to wait 2 years for theirs to be ready... ouchies!
Got my order in at a good time! ![Headbang :hbang: :hbang:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/hbang2.gif)
![Headbang :hbang: :hbang:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/hbang2.gif)
Thorn Artisan Deluxe # 153:
Carved Top: Bookmatched Flamed Walnut
Body : Chambered ONE-PIECE Walnut w/ Clear Gloss Finish
Total body thickness: 1-7/8"
Tummy cut and rear hand contour: Yes
Neck: Flamed Walnut w/ Oil Finish
Headcap: Match Top
Neck Carve: PRS Regular Carve
Fretboard: Flamed Walnut / 25" Scale / _____" Radius / 22 Frets
Nut: 1.687" Earvana Tusq
Fretwire: Med./Jumbo Stainless Steel
Bridge: Thorn Tremolo w/ L.R. Baggs Piezo - Brushed Nickel
Tuners: Locking Sperzel - UltraLite w/ Pearloid Buttons
Pickups: Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell calibrated set
Neck -HB Rebel Yell neck
Bridge - HB Rebel Yell bridge
Purfling: Paua Body Top/Sides / Fretboard / Headstock
Side Dots: White Mother of Pearl
Dunlop Straploks - Nickel
Inlaid Logo: Pearl/Paua
Inlaid Truss Rod Cover - Brazilian Rosewood & Sterling Silver
Fretboard Inlays: Paua Firesuns
Neck Heel Inlay: "Matt Garcia" Signature in Paua
Controls:
Master Volume, Tone and 3-way toggle switch (Humbuckers, EBMM Metal toggle switch).
Blend knob for piezo.
3-way mini-toggle for Humbuckers only / Humbuckers+Piezo / Piezo only.
Mini Mono/Stereo push button
Mini Toggle (Parallel Humbuckers)
Color: Natural
Body: Gloss Finish
The guitar is going to be sweet (even though it's missing a string as far as most of you are probably concerned
Here is the Top Wood:
![FLAMED_WALNUT_2.jpg](http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/m/f/mfg140/Thorn%20Pictures/FLAMED_WALNUT_2.jpg)
The Body Wood:
![Thorn_Walnut_Back.bmp](http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/m/f/mfg140/Thorn%20Pictures/Thorn_Walnut_Back.bmp)
This is a finished Thorn that I used to show him how I want my electronics to be positioned:
My Neck rough carved and my top before getting glued together and cut:
![Thorn_153_Neck_Top_2.jpg](http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/m/f/mfg140/Thorn%20Pictures/Thorn_153_Neck_Top_2.jpg)
I have some more pictures at home of the body getting glued up to the top after the chamber was CNC'ed in the body but I don't think I have them hosted anywhere at the moment so I'll post more if you guys want to see them! I can't wait to get the picture of the fretboard and the top after getting the CNC carve! I'm really excited!!! It's peanut butter jelly time!
![Banana :banana: :banana:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/banana.gif)
![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)
![Headbang :hbang: :hbang:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/hbang2.gif)