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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: willo on February 03, 2006, 05:08:41 PM

Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: willo on February 03, 2006, 05:08:41 PM: Hey everyone, ever have some cool ideas in your head about what your dream guitar would look like?

Well I found this cool website:

http://www.nymphusa.com/kisekae/kisekaeE1.asp

If you scroll down, and click on the model of your choice, you go through to a virtual guitar builder program thing, and get to $%&# around until you have created your monster guitar!

Here's what I 'created', for lo-fi scuzzy kind of wierdo angular, retro things:

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y244/ianwillo/potentialguitar3.jpg)

I'd have a low ouput humbucker at the neck (humbucker to counterbalance the feedback from the f hole - which isn't too visible in the photo), and a nice meaty tele singlecoil at the bigsby-equipped bridge. Keeping it simple with just the two controls, one for tone and one for volume, and the pickup switch beneath the pickups for quick switching. Stick it into a fuzzbox and away we go! Somewhere between a classic Danelectro, a Les Paul and a thinline tele...

Design your own and post them, and then cry over the fact we have no money!
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 03, 2006, 05:33:09 PM: dude how do you get the pictures ?!?! i made one but cant do anything with it???
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: dave_mc on February 03, 2006, 05:47:58 PM: i've made shredloads- there's a cool jackson one too- www.jcfonline.com/resources/csgen/JCFCustomShop.htm
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: willo on February 03, 2006, 06:04:42 PM: Quote from: sambo
dude how do you get the pictures ?!?! i made one but cant do anything with it???

'print screen' it, then upload it to photobucket, imageshack or whatever. There's loads of different templates on that website, including ibanez, jackson, LP, tele, strat etc, but unforunately no Jazzmaster :(
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Post by: Ratrod on February 03, 2006, 06:06:29 PM: Quote from: sambo
dude how do you get the pictures ?!?! i made one but cant do anything with it???

Same thing. I made this Dragonburst Strat with bigsby Filtertron bridge strat middle and tele neck. I want to save it.

Great site btw. Too bad there isn't an explorer.

I took a digital pic of the screen. I'll post it later.
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: dave_mc on February 03, 2006, 06:18:45 PM: ^you can get an explorer on that jackson site i posted up there, ratrod.

Much less options than the other one, but at least it lets you get some different body shapes.

and as willo said, just use "print scrn" and then paste in paint.
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 03, 2006, 06:32:28 PM: I've done some Jacksons on that site. It's pretty cool. Somehow the print screen thing doesn't work.

No bigsby available on the jackson forum. :evil:
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: willo on February 03, 2006, 06:39:51 PM: Quote from: Ratrod
I've done some Jacksons on that site. It's pretty cool. Somehow the print screen thing doesn't work.

sorry, I might not have been clear enough there. You need to do 'print screen' which is kind of like 'copy' - and so you need to 'paste' the image somewhere. So open up Paint or some similar program, and paste it in there. Save it, and then upload it and link to it here - hopefully that makes a bit more sense!
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: willo on February 03, 2006, 07:07:24 PM: Also, I just clinked the link myself and it didnt go where I wanted it to?

So go here:

http://www.nymphusa.com/tele/

you'll see a 'design your own' kisekae guitar or something, click there et viola! Loads of different guitar shapes! :D
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Searcher on February 03, 2006, 07:20:18 PM: Cool waste of time. :)

I have a guitar kinda like the jackson one here and I've just ordered parts for the SG-ish guitar. No BKPs though. :( I'll have to wait til I can afford them. Sucks for me that the CND is half the value of the pound, so BKPs are double price for me.
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Twinfan on February 03, 2006, 11:14:01 PM: My custom Jackson...
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Davey on February 03, 2006, 11:46:52 PM: (http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/5944/rhoads9zu.th.jpg) (http://img229.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rhoads9zu.jpg)
getting built, but i dont know at what stage as i havent heard from laz in over a month

this is what i'm gonna get sometime late this year, or next year.. the sooner the better.. complete with a VHII set
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4323/suncharvel3vz.th.jpg) (http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=suncharvel3vz.jpg)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Searcher on February 04, 2006, 05:50:33 AM: Quote from: Twinfan
My custom Jackson...

Wow. I didn't think anyone would have anything brighter than me!
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Spleen on February 04, 2006, 11:31:51 AM: Here's me trying to replicate my heavily modded 81' Gibson Les Paul. It's a little more blue/less green but overall a not bad likeness. The guy I bought it from redid the sunburst finish himself. There were no blue/green sunbursts in 1981. :D

(http://www.rhythmslave.com/images/MyGibson.JPG)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 04, 2006, 01:08:41 PM: That blue green sunburst looks fantastic.
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 04, 2006, 01:09:49 PM: im still struggling to get mine on here i dunno what to do!!! :(
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: indysmith on February 04, 2006, 01:17:36 PM: Sexy Ibanez
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: indysmith on February 04, 2006, 01:18:49 PM: I like them in blue!
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: indysmith on February 04, 2006, 01:19:43 PM: Jackson RR with a more vintage gibson feel
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: indysmith on February 04, 2006, 01:20:57 PM: I had to fuse the headstock of an Ibanez onto the body of a soloist to make my S-series model look convincing
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 04, 2006, 01:31:04 PM: ok seriously- how do you get them on here??!?!?!?!!?
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: indysmith on February 04, 2006, 01:36:56 PM: dude, make the guitar. get it on the screen. press the "print Screen" button on your keyboard (above the arrow keys, and delete etc. on top row). Open paint. Click Edit->Paste. Cut out the picture. Click Edit->copy. Open a new page in paint. Click edit-> paste. Click File->save. Save it as a jpg. Come on here. click "browse" under "add an attachment". find your picture. Click on it. click submit.

You really do suck my patience man :P
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Post by: sambo on February 04, 2006, 01:46:04 PM: ok i didnt need QUITE such a patronising explanation.... :shock:

anyway heres a weird tele and a cool spartan lp....
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 04, 2006, 06:24:07 PM: Here are some of my creations.

(http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9696/dragonstrat3tw.th.jpg) (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dragonstrat3tw.jpg)

(http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6999/jexp0bu.th.jpg) (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jexp0bu.jpg)

(http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/7651/thintele8kk.th.jpg) (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thintele8kk.jpg)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 04, 2006, 06:26:40 PM: wow the green burst on that strat looks sweet.... strange pickup combo though lol...
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 04, 2006, 06:36:50 PM: The strat has a tele bridge and neck pickup and a vintage strat pickup in the middle. One master volume below the switch so it doesn't get in the way when you're strumming hard close to the bridge.

I should build this one.
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 04, 2006, 06:38:39 PM: yer you should!!! looks interesting and sounds like it would give you a really different sound...... if you do build it... you have to keep the green burst though :P
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Neemo on February 04, 2006, 08:49:03 PM: my dream guitar
(http://koti.mbnet.fi/pupp3t/customjackson.JPG)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: tewboss on February 05, 2006, 12:48:01 AM: ha ha I rule:
(http://www.paultew.com/images/jackson.jpg)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Jp. on February 05, 2006, 12:59:48 AM: It looks aliitle boring but it should also have a Bigsby trem witch doesnt appear to be on there
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Jp. on February 05, 2006, 01:03:13 AM: I just realised something... Indysmith actually taught me something abou this forum.

Being generally too lazy/busy to look into picture hosting on this site I assumed this forum was like most others and you had to link a site to your reply and host the picture from another site!

Thanks Indy 8)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: indysmith on February 05, 2006, 11:31:57 AM: hehe no worries man! :lol:
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: indysmith on February 05, 2006, 11:36:22 AM: yay I made a LP featuring my beautiful face!!!
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 05, 2006, 04:10:52 PM: Those colors!.......what were you smoking?
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: March on February 05, 2006, 07:01:06 PM: I already own my dream guitar...

http://community.webshots.com/photo/332830655/1512462569067881716fvHDyY#
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Tricalibur on February 05, 2006, 07:17:46 PM: This Is my totaly awesome dream guitar wih gold warpigs in all 3 positions. Yeh I kno I am something of a control freak :D . Someday...
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 05, 2006, 07:28:42 PM: I couldn't help myself and made another dragonburst guitar. It's a simple Tele with a flame maple top.

(http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/7022/dragontele3bs.th.jpg) (http://img415.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dragontele3bs.jpg)

Here's how the body (from Warmoth) looks in real life.

(http://www.warmoth.com/showcase/bodies/pt262A.jpg)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 05, 2006, 08:23:56 PM: nice paint job march! but what the hell is going on at the headstock!?!?!?!

cool stuff ratrod i love dragonburst guitars...
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Davey on February 05, 2006, 08:38:13 PM: wow, that warmoth looks stunning!
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Hell Hound on February 05, 2006, 08:45:21 PM: Hehe Warmoth are killers, I'll do a baryton tele one day, with BKP Warpigs :twisted: :lol:
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Davey on February 05, 2006, 09:31:39 PM: Quote from: Hell Hound
Hehe Warmoth are killers, I'll do a baryton tele one day, with BKP Warpigs :twisted: :lol:
thats just evil!
i like it
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: willo on February 05, 2006, 09:35:58 PM: man, you guys don't do subtle do you?? :D
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Davey on February 05, 2006, 09:50:03 PM: no $%&#ing way hahahaha
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Hell Hound on February 05, 2006, 10:17:31 PM: And I'll push the thing to the point of make it looks like your grandpa tele :lol:
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: indysmith on February 05, 2006, 10:30:05 PM: My little brother did this one (age 8 ) - i swear he's a midget clown on LSD.
Looks disturbingly like his dress sense
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 05, 2006, 10:41:22 PM: ahahaha :D
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Post by: Hell Hound on February 05, 2006, 10:43:13 PM: :lol:
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: froglord on February 05, 2006, 10:48:34 PM: Quote from: March
I already own my dream guitar...

http://community.webshots.com/photo/332830655/1512462569067881716fvHDyY#

March, is that the exact same Tyler that Guitarist reviewed a while back? Certainly looks like it. Very nice paint job.
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 10, 2006, 04:47:07 PM: That site is very addictive.

Steve Mr Pig, this one's for you. The Giger babe Jackson Soloist.

(http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/7400/gigerjackson9eb.th.jpg) (http://img157.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gigerjackson9eb.jpg)
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Post by: indysmith on February 10, 2006, 05:20:37 PM: Dude that is FIT!
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Post by: Kilby on February 10, 2006, 07:32:19 PM: Try adding a cats ear pickup (it is an option)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 10, 2006, 07:33:07 PM: I promise, this is the last one I'll post.

Jackson Randy Rhoads featuring Giger's Fallen Angel.

(http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/3471/rrfallenangel2yp.th.jpg) (http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rrfallenangel2yp.jpg)

Edit: I just found out it's not a Giger but a Luis Royo.
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: crispsandwich on February 10, 2006, 08:23:53 PM: This is mine. Any guess as to the inpsiration for the colour scheme? :D[/img]
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: indysmith on February 10, 2006, 08:32:08 PM: no :? lol - i dont like it

EDIT: WEST HAM COLOURS!!!! omg you loser :wink:

EDIT II: You shoulda had yellow pups and headstock
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 10, 2006, 08:36:19 PM: west ham is amazing lol... i support chelsea (supported them since i was a kid my dad supported them all his life- i dont support cause of the money!!!) but i went to a game at west ham and the atmosphere was amazing... im like half chelsea half WH fan now....

but i dont suppose many people on here care much for football lol...
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: _tom_ on February 10, 2006, 08:42:45 PM: Ratrod those Giger ones look kickass!
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: crispsandwich on February 10, 2006, 08:47:16 PM: I originally made the headstock yellow but thought it looked horrendous. The maple fretboard is close enough to yellow for me :D. I don't want it to look ugly now do I? ;). I decided some time ago that I want a mahogany Strat built for me. It'll be that colour scheme and it'll be called The Hammer. It'll have a set of BKPs in (obviously). Probably a set of Mules and an Apache or a Sultan in the middle. It'll be my all-round electric axe. As Tim quite rightly says with regards to pickups vs styles, it's all about technique. So I'm not bothered about having high output pickups in it. I've already got an axe with a Nailbomb in and that's more than enough output for me :D. Now I just have to get a good job, earn some cash and then contact Johnathon at Feline to see if it can be done.

-Danny :)
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Post by: willo on February 11, 2006, 07:29:34 PM: Still continuing with my minor telecaster obsession:

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y244/ianwillo/teletobacco.jpg)

You don't really see that kind of burst/pattern colours on many telecasters these day, which is a shame cos I think it looks very nice. I am definitely wanting a telecaster sometime soon, so this may be one option for me :)
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Post by: _tom_ on February 11, 2006, 08:28:10 PM: Id say the only burst that'd look good on a tele is sunburst, they only suit "vintage" colours in my opinion, yours looks too green or something :lol:
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 11, 2006, 08:32:05 PM: Tip: you can make the colors more transparent. It will show the wood grain behind the paint.
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Post by: sambo on February 11, 2006, 09:10:06 PM: i think the opposite of tom lol i dont like sunburst on teles... i think colours like the yellow one yours work much better...
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Post by: HTH AMPS on February 11, 2006, 11:56:37 PM: here's mine - tastefully done don't you think? :wink:
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: willo on February 12, 2006, 04:03:12 AM: erm...it's certainly unique... :D
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 12, 2006, 09:53:58 AM: unique and very large if that cat is to scale :P
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Post by: Neemo on February 12, 2006, 12:31:01 PM: perhaps it's a kitten 8)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: sambo on February 12, 2006, 12:43:01 PM: perhaps it is....
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Gochaz on February 12, 2006, 02:39:54 PM: Check out this beast:
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Post by: _tom_ on February 12, 2006, 03:08:52 PM: Gochaz that is indeed hot, I'd love that with a bridge humbucker and maybe a maple fingerboard
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Post by: _tom_ on February 12, 2006, 03:34:21 PM: Heres the strat I want for rock! Wouldnt be suitable for bluesy tones but I love the look of it with the zebra pickups and single volume knob!
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Gochaz on February 12, 2006, 03:46:55 PM: Thanks very much! Yours aint too bad either..

I'm not really a fan of humbuckers, my Strat'd ideally have a mahogany body and a set mahogany neck, with a rosewood or ebony fingerboard, going for that Les Paul Junior type sound. However, god knows what the tremalo would do to the sound. I'm tempted to save up and try to pay someone to build it, actually.
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: booboo_bass on February 15, 2006, 12:16:52 AM: Hmmm not really sure what was going on here...

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/maltesers49/guitar.jpg)
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Ratrod on February 21, 2006, 08:03:56 PM: If you're feeling creative, try some of the textures on this site for designing your dream guitar. (Use the DIY function and paste the texture)

I sure had alotta fun with it.

http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: Tin(it)us on February 22, 2006, 12:56:18 AM: Ended up with a thinline Custom with relic'ed Gretsch finish :lol: Didn't use the Filtertrons because I'd prefer BKP-91/90 in this one
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: genocidal tendencies on February 22, 2006, 05:08:14 AM: This one is as close as I can get to the strat I'm putting together, but in reality she's got a carvin neck and she'll have white pickups, not cream. I think the colour might end up being a bit darker as well.
Title: Design Your Dream Guitar
Post by: genocidal tendencies on February 24, 2006, 12:56:27 AM: I love these things.

This one I decigned after listening to some iced earth, the basic concept is to be able to go from a heavy metal tone to an acousticy mellow one with the flick of a switch. Then I got a bit carried away and added some extra stuff.

The powerbridge switch is a three way toggle that either has the powerbridge on its own, the nailbomb (and associated electronics) on its own or both mixed in.

The sustainer (fernandes) is pretty self explanitory. As is the coil split switch.

The second tone pot has been swapped for an EMG afterburner that gives a variable amount of added gain. I also put in another EMG gain circuit - the PA2, just for fun.