Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: SAMLP on May 10, 2007, 07:54:17 PM
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Hey I'm new here
Just wondered what you guys thought of RAN guitars?
They're a custom shop based in Poland and the luthier's supposed to be excellent
whats more, the prices seem really cheap
I got quoted £1245 for a full custom spec Jackson KV2 style guitar (I got quoted by the ESP site for the same guitar about $5000!)
Just wondered if any of you had any experience with this company?
The guy from annhialator uses them to name one big band
Heres a pic that I made of the guitar I got quoted on...
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Yeah Jeff Waters from Annihilator uses them!
I have to say their stuff looks immense in the gallery, you should definatley go there instead of ESP, they will probably do a better job anyways :lol:
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http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7143&highlight=ran
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Woaouh !A Danish guitarist ! 8) Where do you live in DK ?I had a house (small family summer house...) in Sondervig,Jylland(near Ringkobing).And my mother is danish !Skaal ! :wink:
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To put it simply- brilliant :)
I got my custom through in November, and it is incredible!
They are really helpful, the prices were even better when i first ordered mine (cost less than £900 when i ordered in February last year!!) And as has been said before, the workmanship is perfect.
More pictures (including hi-res shots) (http://oli.digitalwaffle.net/ran/)
(http://oli.digitalwaffle.net/ran/ran-flightcase-high2.jpg)
Mine now has a Nailbomb in the bridge, rock and roll :)
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That guitar looks soooo nice, and for only £900!!!!??
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I live near Aalborg.. :)
And skål :lol:
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To put it simply- brilliant :)
I got my custom through in November, and it is incredible!
They are really helpful, the prices were even better when i first ordered mine (cost less than £900 when i ordered in February last year!!) And as has been said before, the workmanship is perfect.
More pictures (including hi-res shots) (http://oli.digitalwaffle.net/ran/)
(http://oli.digitalwaffle.net/ran/ran-flightcase-high2.jpg)
Mine now has a Nailbomb in the bridge, rock and roll :)
Wow thats good value
as I said i got quoted about £2250
but then again i'm presuming that Vs are more expensive and i want active pickups and a floyd rose so thats gonna cost more
ooh and my initials at the 12th fret lol
thanks for the little review!
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just realised that you've got 27 frets on that!
whats that like?
never heard of that before
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Lots of guitars have 27 frets, it's kinda like having an extra 3 frets.
Being able to bend to 29 is pretty cool :D
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Lots of guitars have 27 frets, it's kinda like having an extra 3 frets.
Being able to bend to 29 is pretty cool :D
No shite sherlock :lol:
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Lots of guitars have 27 frets, it's kinda like having an extra 3 frets.
Being able to bend to 29 is pretty cool :D
No shitee sherlock :lol:
whilst its cool having all the extra frets it doesnt half make the guitar look cr@p due to neck pickup placement.
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Lots of guitars have 27 frets, it's kinda like having an extra 3 frets.
Being able to bend to 29 is pretty cool :D
No shitee sherlock :lol:
Was being sarcastic :lol:
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Lots of guitars have 27 frets, it's kinda like having an extra 3 frets.
Being able to bend to 29 is pretty cool :D
No shitee sherlock :lol:
Was being sarcastic :lol:
lol
As someone said earlier though it does look a lil wierd with the neck pickup so close to the bridge PU
I suppose its only for pure shredders :D
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the extra fretboard also means that there will be less tonal difference between the neck and bridge pickups so its worth taking that into account when choosing pickups
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the extra fretboard also means that there will be less tonal difference between the neck and bridge pickups so its worth taking that into account when choosing pickups
Definately, this is the first guitar that i enjoy playing with both pickups at the same time- a really good lead sound, but also a different sound for rhythm.
It's nice having the extra 3 frets, the main reason was because i normally tune to C#, so i could capo it at fret 3, and still have a 24 fret guitar... but i don't really tune to that anymore, so it stays in standard tuning, but it's great for tapping, and sweeps sound real fluid that high up :) When i ordered it, Dariusz told me that in the last 3 years, they'd only build 3 guitars with maple fretboards, so it was nice to have something different :) The neck is really thin too, and the whole guitar is really light.
Mine came with the flightcase too, so the sub-£900 price was very good indeed :) It did take me 2 years to get the money together for the 50% pre-payment though... every time i nearly got it together, something would go wrong (usually car repairs etc.)!
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Which do you reckon i should go for?
bear in mind that i'm going for gold pinstripes instead of bevels as show on the pic (i couldn't do pin stripes with the programme that i used)
The open coil PUPs represent a seymour duncan in the nec (its cheaper) and a bare knuckle in the bridge
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or this...
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Which do you reckon i should go for?
bear in mind that i'm going for gold pinstripes instead of bevels as show on the pic (i couldn't do pin stripes with the programme that i used)
The open coil PUPs represent a seymour duncan in the nec (its cheaper) and a bare knuckle in the bridge
If you're gonna be saving as you say for like three or four years, is there any point skimping on the neck pickup to save yourself 30 bucks?
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Double post.
Technology sucks ass.
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Which do you reckon i should go for?
bear in mind that i'm going for gold pinstripes instead of bevels as show on the pic (i couldn't do pin stripes with the programme that i used)
The open coil PUPs represent a seymour duncan in the nec (its cheaper) and a bare knuckle in the bridge
If you're gonna be saving as you say for like three or four years, is there any point skimping on the neck pickup to save yourself 30 bucks?
Yea, thats the thing i regret- i got a SD JB in the bridge, and a PAF Pro in the neck, when i should have just got them to put Bareknuckles in. Not such a biggie, but at the time i just didn't have the money for them!
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Which do you reckon i should go for?
bear in mind that i'm going for gold pinstripes instead of bevels as show on the pic (i couldn't do pin stripes with the programme that i used)
The open coil PUPs represent a seymour duncan in the nec (its cheaper) and a bare knuckle in the bridge
If you're gonna be saving as you say for like three or four years, is there any point skimping on the neck pickup to save yourself 30 bucks?
I suppose your right
I was going for the Alexei look with that design lol