Willo's Custom Guitar...

[Kilby]

You really need a nice birdseye maple fingerboard on that :)

[willo]

You really need a nice birdseye maple fingerboard on that :)

i really need a better bank balance... :)

[Kilby]

Jeez don't talk about bank accounts, I had £50 quid to live on last month, and had to ponce a set of strings of a workmate :(

But birdseye maple is just sooo pretty

[PhilKing]

I  have the set up you were originally thinking of, swamp ash body, maple neck, ebony finger board.  I have a Wilkinson trem on it.  I put a Nailbomb/2xTrilogy set in it.  I really like the sound it gives, but I was looking for a 'power strat'.  

If you are having it custom made, you could do what I did in my PRS EG (alder/maple/rosewwod), and that is a Crawler in the bridge and 2 P-91's.  It sounds awesome.  I love the sound from the P-91's. They also work well with one coil from the Crawler.  Tim had the scratchplate made for me, because most of my tools were in the US and I was living in London.

It was on the BKP stand at LGS and I know a few people played it and liked the sound.  I'm actually going to put up some clips of it tomorrow sometime.

[willo]

cool, i look forward to it!

I am still probably going to go with singlecoils here, simply because I've always wanted some. I've had minibuckers before, and I think I will be purchasing the Mini-mules for another guitar in a bit...I always think that p90/1's are in a similar ballpark to mini humbuckers, so I think I'm still after singlecoils for this guitar. But I could be swayed!

When you say 'power strat' Phil, what do you mean? Like an '80s affair? Thats not really what I'm after here

[PhilKing]

When you say 'power strat' Phil, what do you mean? Like an '80s affair? Thats not really what I'm after here

Exactly what I meant.  

Don't think of P-90's as mini-humbuckers, they are single coil pickups.

A set I was toying with was Black Dog and 2 Slowhands.  I have a Slowhand in one guitar and quite like the sound.  However, I have ordered a set of Alnico V Abraxas for my PRS Standard, so the HSS set will need to wait a bit :)

[chrisola]

i heard the words "80's power strat".... should be in my hands this time next week (or maybe the monday after!)

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[Custom79]

I'd alwys be worried about resale on a custom built guitar, you may get all the parts you want and then not like it.
PRS, Tyler and Suhr offer lots of options on their ranges, of all the hundreds of guitarists I now the ones that had guitars made or built themselves have moved them on or they use them as spares.

Just make sure it's exactly what you want !

[indysmith]

now that is major kewlage  :twisted:

[PhilKing]

I'd alwys be worried about resale on a custom built guitar, you may get all the parts you want and then not like it.
PRS, Tyler and Suhr offer lots of options on their ranges, of all the hundreds of guitarists I now the ones that had guitars made or built themselves have moved them on or they use them as spares.

Just make sure it's exactly what you want !

It is a problem in a way, depending on what you get made.  I have 2 custom built Gibson 'replicas', one is a Les Paul flame top and the other is a douple cutaway junior.  They are still worth a lot because they look better than the real thing! I also have a few Warmoth guitars.  The strats and tele's seem to be ok on price, but some of the others don't keep the price at all.  

I have a custom bass being built at the moment, but this is something that I couldn't buy on the market, so I don't really care about the loss in value, because I am getting exactly what I want.  It is important to decide this first, because if you don't like it straight away, you can lose a lot of money.  Having said that, when it is custom made, you should be able to get exactly what you want, so hopefully it will be good for a long time.

This is the Les Paul (when it used to have Emerald/Mule covered pickups on it).

[willo]

I'd alwys be worried about resale on a custom built guitar, you may get all the parts you want and then not like it.
PRS, Tyler and Suhr offer lots of options on their ranges, of all the hundreds of guitarists I now the ones that had guitars made or built themselves have moved them on or they use them as spares.

Just make sure it's exactly what you want !

I hear your warning! However, I'm not worried about resale value - I dont buy guitars to sell them in a few years! I see what you mean about maybe not liking it, but basically I'm just going to be getting the Fender Strat I was going to get for £1k anyway, just with some better parts and a few idiosyncracies that suit my playing better, so I'm obviously cautious, but not overly worried! :D

[Tim]

i heard the words "80's power strat".... should be in my hands this time next week (or maybe the monday after!)

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Nice looking axe Chris, I take it this is one of Bob's?Let me know how you get on!

[jt]

:D If your going to worry about resale value then your obviousley only looking to lease guitars rather than own `em. Before i ordered my Custom Build i trawled the music shops one last time & realised that i was going to have to compromise. Going for a Custom build means not having to compromise. But you must be certain about what you want from your guitar & make sure you have a good working knowledge of the parts etc that you want fitted !

PS all guitars devalue once purchased regardless of wether there Custom Built or not !

 :D  8)

[Custom79]

I'd alwys be worried about resale on a custom built guitar, you may get all the parts you want and then not like it.
PRS, Tyler and Suhr offer lots of options on their ranges, of all the hundreds of guitarists I now the ones that had guitars made or built themselves have moved them on or they use them as spares.

Just make sure it's exactly what you want !

I hear your warning! However, I'm not worried about resale value - I dont buy guitars to sell them in a few years! I see what you mean about maybe not liking it, but basically I'm just going to be getting the Fender Strat I was going to get for £1k anyway, just with some better parts and a few idiosyncracies that suit my playing better, so I'm obviously cautious, but not overly worried! :D

I wish I was more like you mate, I'm always searching for the ultimate guitar and amp and it costs me a bloody fortune.
Mind you I'd never pay £1000 for a Fender strat, played some of the relics in GuitarGuitar and they were bloody awful !

[steve]

i heard the words "80's power strat".... should be in my hands this time next week (or maybe the monday after!)

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Cool Axe, are the pickups the Nailbomb and Mothers Milk?Cant wait for some sound clips man.