My new Black Lotus 7

[NikNik]

Hi Everyone!
My name is Nick, I'm from SERDCE band.
Some of you may know that I've been playing ViK guitars for a while with my Black Lotus 7 model.
Some time ago we (I mean SERDCE) decided to switch to one guitar line up! But still 2 lines were composed for record sessions of our new album "Timelessness" and I'm gonna perform both in the studio.
I visited Vik in the shop to discuss specs of my new Lotus, 7 of course. Lots of options were got through but there's not so much you can add to a perfection so we focused on working out tonally the best match for my main guitar keeping design and functionality almost the same.
Thought I would share some progress on my new Black Lotus 7.

The spec will be as follows:
- 22 frets, 26.88"
- Black ash body with Canadian quilted maple top
- Bird's eye maple neck, ViK ISNC set-in
- ViK traditional 7 headstock with top matching head plate
- Ebony fingerboard with compound radius
- DiMarzio pickups
- Gotoh 510 tuners with black plastic buttons
- OFR 7 tremolo
- German fretwire
- 2 way truss rod
- 2 CTS 500K pot
- 3 way toogle switch
- Switchcraft long type input jack
- Gotoh speed knobs
- "Glow in the dark" side dots inlays
- Lots of bindings
- Transparent black staining
- Nitro-cellulouse high gloss front/satin back finish

Here are some pictures:


This is the top for this one

Gluing the top and cut the shape

 

[solar369]

Awesome, keep the pics coming! I wanna see how this turns out!

 

[scherzo1928]

sweet, he makes some seriously beautiful instruments.

 

[Speculum Speculorum]

That is going to be one sweet guitar. Keep it up man! The dimension of that quilt is going to be superb!

 

[Prydogga]

Awesome! That looks like it's going to have my ideal top on it. Black stains are win.

 

[Sebastian]

Now that will seriously be killer

 

[noizfx]

Thinking about getting this for the glow in the dark inlays?

 

[NikNik]

Thinking about getting this for the glow in the dark inlays?

There will be "glow in the dark" side dots like this

and a pearl Lotus symbol on the 12th fret area.

 

[signalgrey]

Id get a VIK in a heartbeat. Hes by far one of my favorite builders.

 

[NikNik]

So, let's continue!
In the beginning we planned that the neck would be made of five pieces, just as on any Lotus.
After some thinking and discussing we decided to go with solid bird's eye maple neck for this axe.
Here's "private stock" blank Vik was keeping for such a project!

 

[Despised_0515]

That last shot...
Got me GASing for a Lotus 7, that's for sure

 

[scherzo1928]

Thats one classy headstock. The design itself is really nice, the binding looks beautiful, and the 510s just take it all to another level.

 

[Daemon]

WAOUW just waouw !!
Dude.. amazing job =)
Really gorgeous headstock, excatly what I love

 

[SirMyghin]

This is some beautiful work, the headstock is amazing.



oh, and inb4omgmissingthelast2frets!

 

[NikNik]

Hello again!
Today I'll share with you the great progress!
Are you ready?
Beware and take care your eyes!)

Here's the shape

Bended/glued the binding

That maple awesome!

According to Vik, carving quilted maple is a mеss due to its complicated grain structure.
Anyway it was compelling to watch how the shape was born with the help of some chiesels, planes and skills.



And I, with a big truck of happiness!!!!

 

[-Nolly-]

Gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing this one done! The double binding is a particularly neat touch

 

[SirMyghin]

I can see carving that being a paint the grain is hardly straight, one of my flame tops has the same type of squirrelly grain. It is kind of a in between curly top.

 

[BlackMastodon]

Dayomn! Seeing that makes me love black bindings on natural bodies. Still not a huge fan of white/abalone on black finished bodies but this is just amazing.

 

[b7string]

Arghh that headstock! So nice Beautiful carved top too. These are nice guitars, no doubts there.

 

[Jontain]

vik's work just looks flawless.