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[Zado]

the burl is acceptable to me, however the inlay is not. Vine of life inlays look tacky af 99% of the time imo

Wasnt the burled top, accordin to the general opinion, the trend of yesterday so unacceptable on any guitars as well?

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

I'm assuming this is a signature guitar, but whose is it?

 

[Zado]

I'm assuming this is a signature guitar, but whose is it?

It's sort of a replica of the guitar Joe Holmes plays/ed

 

[KnightBrolaire]

Wasnt the burled top, accordin to the general opinion, the trend of yesterday so unacceptable on any guitars as well?

burl is fine, when it's a nicely figured piece of burl imo. The bigger problem is manufacturers like using shit burl (or shitty veneers) that barely has any figure, so it ends up looking terrible.

 

[feraledge]

Some may like this

It kind of looks like the moon crashing into the sun. Parts of the burl with a lot going look good, the others not so much, but yeah, with that much going on, the tree of life inlay is overboard for sure.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

It's sort of a replica of the guitar Joe Holmes plays/ed

Joe is interesting. He's played with loads of groups, but rarely gets used to record albums.

 

[SoundAsleep7]

Oh, if you insist.

Nice pics great set up you got there.

 

[technomancer]

I liked the tree of life better before they cheaped out on it. Check out an RG8670 where the stems were brass and the leaves were mirror and mop in different locations. Looked killer

 

[A-Branger]

Some may like this

looks pretty decent and one of the best examples of this new bandwagon of burl tops. BUT mostly because it is indeed a beautiful top. Ibanez being Ibanez I doubt they would keep all the tops in a similar quality, it is playing roulette with them. Yes, it is a Jcustom, so your stakes are higher, but its still a roulette.

Still remember years ago when they did a limited edition of a SR premium in Buckeye burl. Exactly the same as a SR premium with a stupid $$$$$$ extra tag. The stock photo looked amazing drool worty, the basses that hitted the stores that put pics of it showed basses with reaaaaly minimal buckeye, some with a decent amount of figuring, mostly with barely any and a few of them with nothing, almost looked like a plain maple

 

[xzacx]

All I can think of when I see the unfinished cutaway is "plywood."

 

[LeviathanKiller]

All I can think of when I see the unfinished cutaway is "plywood."

YESSS
I can't stand crazy tops but then an unfinished or lighter colored side. Almost always looks horrendous imo.

 

[Crundles]

For the last few years I've been on a distinctly modern-style GAS wave. You know, your Stranbergs, Padalkas, Skervesens, Claases - typical ergonomic, headless, fanfret, wobbly designs, sci-fi pickups, etc.

But every now and again I'll come across the PRS Sandstorm Dragon's Breath finish and be like ... Bruh

This particular example belongs to someone here on SSO, and damn are they lucky.

 

[AkiraSpectrum]

Someone's ESP Custom Shop that is making me drool, hard (love the stained flamed maple binding):

 

[narad]

Someone's ESP Custom Shop that is making me drool, hard (love the stained flamed maple binding):

That's sick, but at the same time I think they will eventually wear through some of that finish on the binding. Kind of happened to one of mine.

 

[Samark]

 

[KnightBrolaire]

hawt. who's the builder? skervesen?

 

[feraledge]

All these Charvel NGDs are getting the best of me.

Anyone else notice that the Pro Mods remain about $100-200 more on average than DK2 Pros? Same production line, relatively similar guitars, but makes it really disappointing when crack deals are so damn hard to find.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

All these Charvel NGDs are getting the best of me.

Anyone else notice that the Pro Mods remain about $100-200 more on average than DK2 Pros? Same production line, relatively similar guitars, but makes it really disappointing when crack deals are so damn hard to find.

I think a lot of that has to do with the perception that Dinkys are subordinate to Soloists, thus positioning them in a lower tier to many players.

Obviously that's not really the case, while Dinkys are typically cheaper than Soloists, it has nothing to do with quality or anything.

Charvel doesn't have that kind of baggage.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

Kind of want a carol ann triptik or henning cherry bomb even though they might be redundant sounding with my other amps.
the amp GAS is getting out of control, I need to quit lurking on rigtalk/tgp

 

[narad]

Kind of want a carol ann triptik or henning cherry bomb even though they might be redundant sounding with my other amps.
the amp GAS is getting out of control, I need to quit lurking on rigtalk/tgp

I have a Tucana 3. Pretty cool amp.