NGD RAN crusher 8 custom 30"

[BigHandy]

Mine came out to just Under $3500CDN after all shipping and import fees.
Mine took 14Months. (Crusher FF8 with a couple wood "upgrades").

Just as I expected, the Halo Guitar's custom calculator gave me around the same price, but maybe they work a bit faster... Looks like it will remain a desire for me for a while and stick to mass production ERGs...

Edit: I wasn't the Halo rather the Skervesen calculator, sry...

 

[Speedos]

you can't imagine how it was waiting for this guitar for more than a year...i couldn't even sleep on thursday night knowing that friday it will arrive. I felt 6 again around Christmas, waking up tirless more than 20 times a night to go check under tree and see if santa came. This guitar remembered me of that lost excitement ..damn

 

[Nlelith]

Looks absolutely beautiful, that neck heel... HNGD!

 

[Schectersilence]

That's beautiful and that neck pocket is one of the tightest over ever seen! I was really close to going with Ran for my custom, as they were happy to make a Crusher FF9. I know I'd have been really happy if I had, but I wanted to go to meet the luthier and I wanted it to be "local" (UK).

Unrelated, do Ran use CNC only? You can change so much, I imagine it'd be quite awkward on a CNC, so I presumed they use a combination of hand and CNC. Am I totally wrong?

 

[chopeth]

around 5.6 kg

What? isn't that too much even for a walnut/ovankgol 30'' eight stringer? all of my guitars are around 3.5 kg

Btw, congrats on that awesome piece of instrument, I am also waiting for the last month to get mine

 

[Speedos]

What? isn't that too much even for a walnut/ovankgol 30'' eight stringer? all of my guitars are around 3.5 kg

Btw, congrats on that awesome piece of instrument, I am also waiting for the last month to get mine

that is the flight case, the guitar itself is around 3.9-4kg

Unrelated, do Ran use CNC only? You can change so much, I imagine it'd be quite awkward on a CNC, so I presumed they use a combination of hand and CNC. Am I totally wrong?

Not sure about that m8, but if i'd have to guess it would be in combination, yeah

 

[IChuckFinleyI]

I'm swollen with envy! HNGD!

 

[dimitrio]

very nice, congrats! And +1 for oil finish

 

[Peteus]

I find it odd that they don't bond in the supports in the case. I mean a £160 case and they can't be arsed to finish it properly! Hope it plays better than my FF8 does.

 

[Humbuck]

delete

 

[SilentCartographer]

boner jams 03

 

[SilentCartographer]

Im a fan, and dat heel indeed!

 

[Speedos]

I find it odd that they don't bond in the supports in the case. I mean a £160 case and they can't be arsed to finish it properly!

-Well , from another point of view, i guess i can use this case for more guitars since it has these parts of foam that i can move around . Mine came really snug and fit though, and it doesn't really bother me to adjust the foam if it is needed
-The guitar plays fantastic... i wish i could try an ff8 as well, what don't you like about yours ?

 

[Speedos]

another short riff on the clean channel, this time with a shure sm57 and a scarlett 2i2 interface , recorded in audacity. Yet, i have no idea how to record. It seems that it still doesn't sound as authentic as it does in real life. I'm not sure how i can bring that awesome tone through the mic to the computer . On the "metal" channel it's even worse...in real life the walls crumble , inside the computer it is soulless and muddy
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/proxxey/ran-crusher-custom-30-with-shure-sm57[/SC]
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/proxxey/ran-crusher-8-custom-30-with-shure-sm57-clean-channel[/SC]

 

[Speedos]

made a small instrumental, i managed to capture a nicer tone this time with the shure
one is the instrumental with a small solo, the other is without. Hopefully my mixing isn't as bad as i think ( nor my playing ).

some feedback on these ones would be nice (how the mixing is, how the tone is , etc.)

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/proxxey/ran-crusher-8-30?in=proxxey/sets/ran-crusher-8-30-instrumental[/SC]
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/proxxey/ran-crusher-8-30-instrumental?in=proxxey/sets/ran-crusher-8-30-instrumental[/SC]

 

[SilentCartographer]

beauty

 

[Nlelith]

^Can't say anything bad about mixing or playing. There's not much to mix anyway, though, so it's not really a best example to judge your mixing skills. As for the music, I really like it, especially with the solo.

 

[Speedos]

another more recent short post rock improv
[SC]https://soundcloud.com/proxxey/warpigs-instrumental[/SC]

 

[MAJ Meadows SF]

That guitar looks massive. Wow. Beautiful stuff, and I dig the tones you are getting in the clips. I think she's a winner!

 

[jeremyb]

Beautiful guitar man, congrats!!