Sherman Guitars 10 in progress (Lots of pics!!! 56k = bathroom break time!)

[XEN]

Hey guys, here are the first shots of the 10 string that Mike Sherman is building for me.

Stats:
Figured maple and walnut neck
Figured maple core body
Figured rosewood top and back
Massacar ebony fretboard
Rosewood pickup cover
Figured rosewood headstock cap

Planned tuning: C# - F# - B - E - A - D - G - B - E - A, single course, low 0.140 to a high 0.006
ETS individual bridges with piezos
Custom Villex pickup

I came up with the design about 4 years ago, but at the time it was for an 8.

Please check out Mike's new myspace page here and his website will be up and running soon at http://www.sherman-guitars.com. The guy is a total master guitar builder and has been building them since 1978. He's also cool as hell to work with and really cares about the outcome of a project. I have never been happier working with anyone on an instrument.

 

[God Hand Apostle]

guitars that have body designs like basses are where its at. NICE!

It's gonna be a bitch to play sitting with that lower horn, but nothing a strap cant fix.

 

[BinaryTox1n]

Christ, TEN strings?
holy hell.

It looks amazing, by the way,
you said you designed it yourself?

 

[JJ Rodriguez]

What scale length is it? Why didn't you go with fanned frets? Kick ass design by the way.

 

[Pauly]

Holy shit!

 

[Nik]

Wow man, how are you gonna get away with so many strings without fanned frets?

In any case, nice--I'm happy for you. I guess you won't be complaining about not having enough range anymore I absolutely love the headstock. I don't like how the upper horn makes an arc and connects to the body, though.

 

[Seedawakener]

39 frets?! Is it even possible to play the highest ones?

Other than that... NICE.

 

[Pauly]

Lol look at the gap between the last frets, pick-tapping only lol.

 

[Oguz286]

HOLY SHIT

Niiiiiiiiiice!

 

[7slinger]

damn that is gonna be a monster

 

[JJ Rodriguez]

Lol look at the gap between the last frets, pick-tapping only lol.

You could fret that, you would just be pressing down several frets before it as well. It would be tricky to play something like that, but I imagine you would get the hang of it.

 

[djpharoah]

39 frets...
shit thats beastiality

 

[dpm]

Absolutely awesome. And with the maple body it will sound that way too
I'm so jealous of Mike for being able to work on these things full time. One day....

 

[Desecrated]

I hate the body, but i like the neck. 10 strings and 39 frets sounds like fun.

 

[Papa Shank]

That looks really amazing, you got me jealous!

 

[msherman]

I hope Eric has big hands!!! This thing is a monster. I`ve been beveling the top in stages with imput from Eric....until we get the look to where he is satisfied. It`s a little time consuming since he is located in Germany and the time difference slows things down a bit.
I got some more done on it today, and will be carving the neck tonight.

DPM, don`t be jealous......I gave up my pornstar carreer to persue guitar making

Mike

 

[JJ Rodriguez]

What's the back look like?

 

[Karl Hungus]

Holy shit, that thing looks incredible!

What scale lenth is it?

 

[Nik]

I'd guess somewhere around 30-32"

Bit of an overkill IMO, although I'd love to try it just for the hell of it

 

[skinhead]

Hey fo you use all the frets?
Really nice guitar, with that bass style in the cut.
Good luck.