My new custom 7, completed!

[darren]

Wow. That's uh... 'unique' looking.

I was going to say... "interesting"...

 

[Rooster]

Nice work. I personally love the look of pickup rings on sevenstring guitars, especially with EMGs in 'em.

Thanks. The rings were made for me by Dave at Frets On The Net. He hand makes some amazing stuff. Excellent prices too.

SRS

 

[WarriorOfMetal]

so, correct me if i'm wrong, but it looks like you drilled 3 holes where the screws that normally hold the sustain block onto the Floyd would go, and just attached the bridge that way, so that you end up with what's essentially a fixed floyd. is that right? do you have any way of adjusting the action? seems like a pretty cool idea.

 

[Rooster]

so, correct me if i'm wrong, but it looks like you drilled 3 holes where the screws that normally hold the sustain block onto the Floyd would go, and just attached the bridge that way, so that you end up with what's essentially a fixed floyd. is that right? do you have any way of adjusting the action? seems like a pretty cool idea.

Aha! Good eye. That's exactly what I did. I disassembled and surface-mounted the trem right to the body. Adjusting it was the really tricky part. I used 1 inch stainless steel washers to bring it up 1/8 of an inch, to the right height. Then I used .5 mm brass shims and raised each saddle up to the perfect height.

If I'd had a better router, I could have routed the body out to exactly the depth I needed. But, that'll be next time.

OR!!! If Ibanez would make the 7 string locking hard tail bridge available...but never mind. That'll never happen.

SRS

 

[yevetz]

Looking good.......congrats

 

[ukfswmart]

Dude, that was a very clever way of putting a guitar together. Nice work!

 

[HaGGuS]

nice 1 ..

 

[Carrion]

Neat way to make a custom guitar.

 

[heffergm]

Don't like the body shape, but the headstock is fantastic. Very nicely done.

 

[tezifon]

gratz per the creative process ^^

 

[Rooster]

Dude, that was a very clever way of putting a guitar together. Nice work!

Thanks. It was a lot of fun. The thought of trying to make a neck or a proper neck joint raises my blood pressure, so this was the best way for me to go. Next time I'll make the whole body. I ended up completely changing the neck joint anyway, so why the hell not?

SRS

 

[Ruins]

7 days... fuck! that's fast!!!
the design is cool i like it. very unique way to create custom
too bad that you took so less pics though
i would love to see some close ups

 

[Trespass]

Damn thats hot, and clever.

 

[dissident]

hot

 

[playstopause]

Who's "you guys" and how is it "harsh?"

I just said it was unique. Hyperbole, anyone? You can be so dramatic sometimes, Nick.

It's just opinions.

Most of the time there's comments like these, you feel like they're adressed to you (and you react accordingly... ).
Anyway, i just wanna say i'm pretty sure this was adressed at Stitch's comment, wich was way, way more rude than yours.


NOW DON'T GET ME WRONG! DON'T GET ME WRONG! PLEEEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG!
Please.

PSP a.k.a "the psychologist".

 

[Drew]

Not my thing at all, stylistically, but that was well executed.

 

[halsinden]

you know what? i sort of dislike but also really quite like it.

more importantly, i really like the fact that you've done it. nice one man.

H

 

[Rooster]

7 days... fuck! that's fast!!!
the design is cool i like it. very unique way to create custom
too bad that you took so less pics though
i would love to see some close ups

My camera sucks monkey dicks! I tried to do close ups, but they were really bad. I'll add some more tomorrow, when I have time to mess with lighting a bit.

SRS

 

[mikernaut]

I love it. One of the coolest original shapes I've seen in a long time.

 

[kristallin]

Very unusual, and not in a bad way. Definitely very interesting!