Custom BKP = more £?

[Emperor]

speaking of custom orders, I received mine this morning - calibrated cold sweat pair with chrome covers, one of which is a custom 12 pole cover with custom engraving.  got charged £10 extra for the custom cover and £5 for the engraving - Tim told me it's usually more for custom engraving designs but as I ordered something similar to the standard bkp engraved logo it reduced the cost by a fair bit.

AWESOME BKP engraving

I should've ask my nailbomb to be engraved too...

[Doog]

I know, I'm delighted with it :D I could easily have gone for the standard bkp engraved logo for no extra cost but my style has always been more on the subtle side so I figured I'd get something that fit in with that, and also is a little bit unique as well

[indysmith]

speaking of custom orders, I received mine this morning - calibrated cold sweat pair with chrome covers, one of which is a custom 12 pole cover with custom engraving.  got charged £10 extra for the custom cover and £5 for the engraving - Tim told me it's usually more for custom engraving designs but as I ordered something similar to the standard bkp engraved logo it reduced the cost by a fair bit.

AWESOME - never seen that engraving before; that would look awesome if someone was going for some matte black EMG styled pickups

[ReverseHeadStock]

Hell yea.
I like your signature by the way. lol

Thanks man.

Its blacker than the blackest night, times infinity.

Or, mustaines a dick. One of the two!

Oh wow, lol.

[MDV]

UPDATE:

Ignore me, I'm an idiot.

I spoke to tim about the price variations:

The double screw pole is £99 (9£ extra), the same as a covered pickup and the same as a 7 string. (standard single screw, open coil is 90, as we all know)

Apologies for the misinformation (this is accurate, though: its 20 minutes since I heard it from Tim).

In other news:

BKP are doing 8 strings!!

115 of your earth pounds!!

[ReverseHeadStock]

Hehe, awesome MDV. Thanks for the updates!

[WezV]

UPDATE:

In other news:

BKP are doing 8 strings!!

115 of your earth pounds!!

i already have plans for one of those!!!, just trying to decide on things like scale length and bridge design... it really deserves to be fanned fret which means paying a hell of a lot for the bridges unless i can make one (may be stealing doug from black machines idea and using wilkinson saddles screwed to a plate).  something like  25.5-27" scale lengths should work well!!

or do i just go for an 8 string hipshot bridge which are quite nicely priced but would probably need a long scale to keep tension nice.  who knows.

the only thing i know is i have 11 spare sperzel tuners, i dont really want to make a six string and have 5 spares but making a 8 string and having 3 spares hanging around doesnt feel so bad

[Elliot]

If they carry on this way I could get a 9 course Lute pickup  :D - Warpig for Lute = cool

[opprobrium_9]

i already have plans for one of those!!!, just trying to decide on things like scale length and bridge design... it really deserves to be fanned fret which means paying a hell of a lot for the bridges unless i can make one (may be stealing doug from black machines idea and using wilkinson saddles screwed to a plate).  something like  25.5-27" scale lengths should work well!!

or do i just go for an 8 string hipshot bridge which are quite nicely priced but would probably need a long scale to keep tension nice.  who knows.

the only thing i know is i have 11 spare sperzel tuners, i dont really want to make a six string and have 5 spares but making a 8 string and having 3 spares hanging around doesnt feel so bad

Sounds awesome Wez!  Although what do you think the tuning is going to be on that monster?  If the 8th string is drop F# then it should probably be a longer multiscale, maxed out at 28" maybe, everything will sound a lot sharper.  I have been talking to a lot of extended range players recently and they almost all concur on this note (no pun intended).

[WezV]

your quite right, 28" seems to be optimal for the low strings, but other factors play a part too - i might just get away with 27" on the eight if its strung through the body.  Its going to be a balance between getting two scale lengths that are comfy and also function well.  I havnt considered the tuning too much yet ... still early planning stages

[MDV]

It made me, briefly, want to buy an 8 string!

Until I remembered I dont play my 7 string  :oops:

[opprobrium_9]

your quite right, 28" seems to be optimal for the low strings, but other factors play a part too - i might just get away with 27" on the eight if its strung through the body.  Its going to be a balance between getting two scale lengths that are comfy and also function well.  I havnt considered the tuning too much yet ... still early planning stages

i can't wait.  Down the road i will be happily strumming an 8 stringer, might even be asking around your neck of the woods depending on prices and, of course, aesthetics.  That is, of course, if i don't build one myself first  :D  

[_tom_]

speaking of custom orders, I received mine this morning - calibrated cold sweat pair with chrome covers, one of which is a custom 12 pole cover with custom engraving.  got charged £10 extra for the custom cover and £5 for the engraving - Tim told me it's usually more for custom engraving designs but as I ordered something similar to the standard bkp engraved logo it reduced the cost by a fair bit.

That looks great, I was gonna do that when I first got mine but didnt bother in the end for some reason.