Watty
Naturally Cynical
All,
More pron for your viewing pleasure. As was mentioned in my other thread, this build is going to be using some choice woods, but we'll get to that in a minute. To the disclaimer first:
This is a semi-copy build. I love Vik's Duality shape, ain't no two ways about it. Seeing as how he's tentatively closed his waiting list (let alone how long it is now), Tyler Robbins, who was recommended by another forum-ite, agreed to build one provided we changed other design cues. To acquiesce to this request, I'll be using the headstock that I designed for my BlackWater build as well as a custom neck profile to differentiate it from the real thing. That said, let's keep the negativity associated with "copy-building" to a minimum (or nil) if at all possible. Please note that Tyler's not taking orders for any more guitars until late this year, just in case you like what you see; also note that this shape is probably not a regular thing as I had to sweet talk him a bit.
Now that that's out of the way, onto specs:
Curly Redwood top
Black Limba Body
Rosewood Neck
Ebony Fingerboard
Ebony Binding (body)
Redwood Binding (neck and headstock)
Schaller Hannes Bridge
Bareknuckle Pickups (NB or BH)
25.5", SS Frets, etc.
Got some cool ideas on the binding orientation, especially when it comes to doing some side block inlays for the fingerboard. You'll just have to wait and see how they end up, but suffice it to say it should look phenomenal. Going with a deep brown stain on all the redwood bits to contrast the limba and ebony tones; will end up being a very "dark" looking guitar, hopefully with a sound profile to match.
Preliminary Pictures (of the likely top and body orientations):
More pron for your viewing pleasure. As was mentioned in my other thread, this build is going to be using some choice woods, but we'll get to that in a minute. To the disclaimer first:
This is a semi-copy build. I love Vik's Duality shape, ain't no two ways about it. Seeing as how he's tentatively closed his waiting list (let alone how long it is now), Tyler Robbins, who was recommended by another forum-ite, agreed to build one provided we changed other design cues. To acquiesce to this request, I'll be using the headstock that I designed for my BlackWater build as well as a custom neck profile to differentiate it from the real thing. That said, let's keep the negativity associated with "copy-building" to a minimum (or nil) if at all possible. Please note that Tyler's not taking orders for any more guitars until late this year, just in case you like what you see; also note that this shape is probably not a regular thing as I had to sweet talk him a bit.
Now that that's out of the way, onto specs:
Curly Redwood top
Black Limba Body
Rosewood Neck
Ebony Fingerboard
Ebony Binding (body)
Redwood Binding (neck and headstock)
Schaller Hannes Bridge
Bareknuckle Pickups (NB or BH)
25.5", SS Frets, etc.
Got some cool ideas on the binding orientation, especially when it comes to doing some side block inlays for the fingerboard. You'll just have to wait and see how they end up, but suffice it to say it should look phenomenal. Going with a deep brown stain on all the redwood bits to contrast the limba and ebony tones; will end up being a very "dark" looking guitar, hopefully with a sound profile to match.
Preliminary Pictures (of the likely top and body orientations):
congrats dude
