Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Frak on June 21, 2012, 03:30:03 PM
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Hi there! This is actually a belated GD, I've had this guitar since months already, but didn't have much time to write a proper review.
Let's start with a video, shall we? Apologies for the very sub-par quality, cr@ppy iMac camera and built-in microphone...at least I make stupid faces.
This will be part of a new Abiogenesis (http://www.facebook.com/abiogenesisofficial) tune, probably a post-break. Still not 100% convinced about certain parts, we'll see how it progresses...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pif-8jF8sKI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pif-8jF8sKI)
'nuff talk, pictures.
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5864881/daemoness/1.jpg)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5864881/daemoness/2.jpg)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5864881/daemoness/4.jpg)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5864881/daemoness/5.jpg)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5864881/daemoness/6.jpg)
Specs:
- swamp ash body
- purple-ish burst quilt maple top
- three piece flame/birdseye maple set neck
- ebony fingerboard
- 20" radius
- Hipshot fixed bridge
- Hipshot tuners & hardware
- BKP zebra ceramic Warpig bridge
- BKP VHII neck
Some words about this incredible instrument: Dylan makes awesome stuff. Really really awesome stuff. This is with no doubt the most shreddable 7 I've ever played, the neck is as thin and blazing fast as you could ever desire, but at the same time very comfortable during chords and riffs. It kinda resembles a JP7 neck, just a hair thinner.
This is imho what an ultimate 7 string shred machine should be built, it begs to be played. Fret access is incredible, the smooth ebony fretboard and superb fret work make it so simple to slide across them.
Inlay work is, as usual, mind blowing, but I never get lost because of the huge side block inlays. This aspect, coupled with the unbelievably light weight, makes it a perfect live guitar.
Actually, I do think I'll use it live as my main 7, only complain I have is that I use the trem all the time and this instrument should be even better with a Floyd imho.
The guitar itself has a very broad frequency range, but due to the rather bright wood combo (expecially the very crisp and percussive sounding ebony fretboard) it's a bit on the brighter side. That's why I didn't like the original BKP Rebel Yell in the bridge (a very upper-midrange focused pickup) and swapped it for a Ceramic Warpig.
I have to say this pickup is the perfect choice for my playing style: very aggressive, throaty midrange, very evil sounding during chugs or purrs, but not as compressed as the Aftermath. Thanks to the brighter resonance of the guitar, it doesn't sound dark at all, but cuts thru like a knife.
I was scared it might not couple very well with the VHII, but to my surprise they are working reaaaally good together.
To further improve its qualities, the sustain is the longest out of any guitar I own, Blackmachines included. I guess ash just wants to resonates for hours :) And it never, NEVER goes out of tune, thanks to the slightly more angled headstock, which definitely helps in this aspect.
That's it, hope you liked this NGD! :)
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Oh god... :o
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Congrats, looks stunning :-)
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Holy moly! I'm so glad I'm getting myself a Cimmerian too :D
Congrats dude, looks amazing. How is the string height?
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Holy moly! I'm so glad I'm getting myself a Cimmerian too :D
Congrats dude, looks amazing. How is the string height?
Action is super low with very minimum buzz, I'm happy with that.
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awesome
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Nice! Metal/shred guitars aren't my thing, but I do like your choice of timbers and the colour (I've got a Warmoth Strat body in a very similar rose/purple burst). :D
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Nice - 7 strings aren't for me though but I can certainly appreciate why others would like that.
And good to see a Philly Q stock response getting an airing again.....
I've got a Warmoth Strat body in a very similar................
:lol:
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And good to see a Philly Q stock response getting an airing again.....
I've got a Warmoth Strat body in a very similar................
:lol:
I thought long and hard about mentioning that, I genuinely did...... :|
But it really is a very similar colour! :lol:
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/PS2329A2.jpg)
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I'm another "7 strings shred etc aren't for me" guy... but wow, that looks pretty damn fine :D
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To echo other, seven strings/pointy is not for me but the workmanship looks ace and I'm sure she plays like a dream.
Happy Shredding :D
Paddy
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Wauw! That looks really nice. Beautiful guitar. The only thing I would change if it was mine was some less pointy horns. Big congrats.
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Cheers guys! Dylan actually does make more rounded/less pointy stuff, I'd love to visit his Bristol shop one day. He's just one of the new amazing young luthiers in the UK right now.
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What an absolute beauty! Nice one dude! :D
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That's a beautiful guitar, and the work on the fretboard is magnificent. Congrats!
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Thanks guys, I'm really glad you like it as much as I do! :)
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And good to see a Philly Q stock response getting an airing again.....
I've got a Warmoth Strat body in a very similar................
:lol:
I thought long and hard about mentioning that, I genuinely did...... :|
But it really is a very similar colour! :lol:
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/PS2329A2.jpg)
That INDEED is very similar dude :)
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What scale length did you go with?
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I love that body Philly!
Almost right up my street.
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I love that body Philly!
Almost right up my street.
It's a nice one, isn't it? The first Warmoth body I bought..... and still unused. :lol:
Because it's such an unusual colour, it's really hard to decide what neck, scratchplate and hardware would suit it.
Ideally, I wish I could've acquired a neck with a matching headstock and ebony board like Frak's Daemoness. But Warmoth don't do matching headstocks unless you order a neck and body as a pair and get them painted at the same time.
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Because it's such an unusual colour, it's really hard to decide what neck, scratchplate and hardware would suit it.
Yeah - that's what I meant by the 'almost right up my street' comment. I think it would look best with an all maple neck with a cream scratch plate and pickup covers. Perhaps a black uncovered HB.
I think that's what I would go for. I'm a bit of a luddite though!
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Because it's such an unusual colour, it's really hard to decide what neck, scratchplate and hardware would suit it.
Yeah - that's what I meant by the 'almost right up my street' comment. I think it would look best with an all maple neck with a cream scratch plate and pickup covers. Perhaps a black uncovered HB.
I think that's what I would go for. I'm a bit of a luddite though!
That's quite close to how I was thinking - it was going to be a bit like the Robin Trower signature Strat, with a big-headstock maple neck and white pearl scratchplate with (white) VHII and Irish Tours. But when I tried that, I thought it looked a bit "anaemic" somehow.
So then I was trying weird things like purple and lilac scratchplates, but they didn't work (at all!). Tortoise doesn't work either, looks weird with the body colour.
Now I've gone all traditional and I've come round to a rosewood-board neck, early '60s style, vintage hardware and (again) a white pearl scratchplate, with black pickups and parts.... but I'm also considering a black scratchplate, '70s style (about the only look I haven't tried!)
God knows what I'll end up with! :lol:
(Apologies for the thread hijack! :oops: )
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Because it's such an unusual colour, it's really hard to decide what neck, scratchplate and hardware would suit it.
Yeah - that's what I meant by the 'almost right up my street' comment. I think it would look best with an all maple neck with a cream scratch plate and pickup covers. Perhaps a black uncovered HB.
I think that's what I would go for. I'm a bit of a luddite though!
That's quite close to how I was thinking - it was going to be a bit like the Robin Trower signature Strat, with a big-headstock maple neck and white pearl scratchplate with (white) VHII and Irish Tours. But when I tried that, I thought it looked a bit "anaemic" somehow.
So then I was trying weird things like purple and lilac scratchplates, but they didn't work (at all!). Tortoise doesn't work either, looks weird with the body colour.
Now I've gone all traditional and I've come round to a rosewood-board neck, early '60s style, vintage hardware and (again) a white pearl scratchplate, with black pickups and parts.... but I'm also considering a black scratchplate, '70s style (about the only look I haven't tried!)
God knows what I'll end up with! :lol:
(Apologies for the thread hijack! :oops: )
I would do the CBS neck, satin nitro finish, black pickguard 3 ply B-w-B. and black hardware.
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I would do the CBS neck, satin nitro finish, black pickguard 3 ply B-w-B. and black hardware.
Thanks, I think that would definitely look good (although I am now putting together another Strat with a CBS style maple neck, so I don't really want to "repeat" myself....)
I definitely won't be using the white pickups in this guitar now, so I'm coming round to the black scratchplate idea.
But certainly not black hardware! I hate black hardware. And I've got so much chrome and nickel hardware lying around already! :lol:
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It has to be said that this is probably the most achingly beautiful guitar I've ever seen. Make is 6 string and put a Floyd on it and I wouldn't change a thing. I am SOOOOOOOOOO jealous.
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Great axe bro! Not something I would buy nowadays, but superworkmanship, great woodchoice and nice colour.