Anyone got a custom guitar in the works?

[Philosoful]

That goes with the fanned frets to shorten the scale so nut = / bridge = \ (in context of angles).

S'a soft maple body with a birdseye stained top (yes, pink.) + bolt on neck unlike the one in the picture.
Satin chrome hardware, string thru bridge (same as the one shown) 4x4 machine heads layout obviously.
5 way pickup selector (2 humbuckers but think in context of coil taps...) and a 3 way to switch between magnetics/piezos/both + piezos have their own output jack because I've been told they sound 100 times better through a P.A.
To better explain the inlays, here's my paint masterpiece:

That's Aliminium inlays + gold mother of pearl at 12th fret which should = more like this:

(Just the part that I've drawn on though). Shall look pretty! :lol:

[MDV]

I always have a custom guitar in the works

In my MIND

Anyway, I got one of these. Well, not one of, cos there only is one. Thats the point. But you know what I mean.

Its now got a forarm contour, its trans black and it has a set of battlescarred painkillers and a schaller 456, rather than the 455. Apparently even when I get something made to my precise specs I still have to fuck with it *shrugs*

http://www.legraguitars.co.uk/mdv602.htm

[gwEm]

like philly q, i'm not really in the custom league, but i'm putting together a jazzmaster. also four months ago i left hard won parts for a certain guitar with a certain luthier which i'm hopeful will be in an instrument shaped form shortly :) :prod: :prod: :) couldn't be more excited about that one actually.

[FELINEGUITARS]

like philly q, i'm not really in the custom league, but i'm putting together a jazzmaster. also four months ago i left hard won parts for a certain guitar with a certain luthier which i'm hopeful will be in an instrument shaped form shortly :) :prod: :prod: :) couldn't be more excited about that one actually.

As usual - my bits of the job are done and I am awaiting my paint guys to return the body finished  in the required colour
Paint finishers are an unusual breed  I swear

[gwEm]

like philly q, i'm not really in the custom league, but i'm putting together a jazzmaster. also four months ago i left hard won parts for a certain guitar with a certain luthier which i'm hopeful will be in an instrument shaped form shortly :) :prod: :prod: :) couldn't be more excited about that one actually.

As usual - my bits of the job are done and I am awaiting my paint guys to return the body finished  in the required colour
Paint finishers are an unusual breed  I swear

(no criticism meant of course)
its a funny/tense experience though, like christmas is reschedualed to a random day, but theres no chocolate advent calender to count down the days. i suppose this is part of the whole custom thing :)

[WezV]

That goes with the fanned frets to shorten the scale so nut = / bridge = \ (in context of angles).

yeah, i'm on my second fanned fret build at the moment - i kept the first one for myself, i even purposely never finished it so i wouldnt sell it.  I really like the tonal improvements and comfort that it can bring

[WezV]

I used a different bridge though, you can see a rough version  in the photos i posted - its graphtech saddles attached to an ebony plate, wasnt my idea - completely lifted from the blackmachine multiscales

[HairyChris]

Haha well plagarism is the sincerest form of flattery (well, that's what I used to tell my tutors anyway...)

I've got a B7 (non fanned) on order from Doug. Hopefully finished by the end of the year....

[Roobubba]

I do like the look of that multiscale you've got there, Wez!!

Not so sure about the tele, though ;)

Heh

Roo

[WezV]

nice aint it.

If i borrow a good idea from somebody else i give full credit - like i did above.  I think doug was the first person i saw do a bridge like this so i always refer to it as a blackmachine style bridge... I did use individual bridges on my first multiscale, they work fine but cost far too much for what they are.

Plagarism would be passing it off as my own idea, which i dont do!  If you want to see plagarism then look at some of Perry Ormsby's guitars, he has been shafted so many times he copyrights almost every original idea.

check out his guitar:
http://www.ormsbyguitars.com/galleries/gallerypics/womd.html

and one that appeared not long after:
http://www.paintyourownguitar.com/images/1.bookpainters/ericgarza.jpg

[nfe]

nice aint it.

If i borrow a good idea from somebody else i give full credit - like i did above.  I think doug was the first person i saw do a bridge like this so i always refer to it as a blackmachine style bridge... I did use individual bridges on my first multiscale, they work fine but cost far too much for what they are.

Plagarism would be passing it off as my own idea, which i dont do!  If you want to see plagarism then look at some of Perry Ormsby's guitars, he has been shafted so many times he copyrights almost every original idea.

check out his guitar:
http://www.ormsbyguitars.com/galleries/gallerypics/womd.html

and one that appeared not long after:
http://www.paintyourownguitar.com/images/1.bookpainters/ericgarza.jpg

To be fair, it's not like Ormsby didn't just build a ESP MII in Urban Camo with a handful of extra details.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Two guitars getting ready to go to paint this week

Johnny Mac's Lion



Tom Bates' Flying V

[sambo]

^Lurrrvly! What finish Johnny going for?

[WezV]

To be fair, it's not like Ormsby didn't just build a ESP MII in Urban Camo with a handful of extra details.

true, i will post perry's take on that incident which i agree with

Personally, id like credit where credit is due, and it made quite clear it was not my work (and a link to my site, for people to see the original WOMD).

The guy originally asked me to quote on building him a guitar, of a different design (see the 'horrendous act' thread), and i pointed him to this guitar in my diary. Without asking, he has gone off an blatantly copied my design. If he had used it as inspiration, then thats fine, but he went as far as copying a bunch of things that i had never seen previously (bolted steel AND camo, warning stripes, clear covers). If he had left off even just the warning stripes, this thread would have never been started. If he had used a different camo pattern, we could assume it was just a co-incidence.

Is it as bad as forging a logo on a headstock? No
Is it worse than copying a body shape? For sure.

What happens if someone has been following my work, and then sees this guys guitar? Lets assume they didnt realise i didnt build it. Maybe they remember the guitar, but not my brand? I can assure you that happens. Lets assume a deal gets made to paint a guitar... the owner thinking he is contracting someone who's work he has seen around the place. Maybe they couldnt remember my name, but remembered the WOMD. Maybe they might contact this eric guy for a 'quote'. Maybe they might just be ripped off because this guy wants to paint guitars, and a bit of cash would be handy too while he 'learns'.  Maybe he is an expert at painting. Maybe he isnt.

[dave_mc]

The classic Eddie shot at hammersmith Odeon 1978 taken by Ross Halfin
One of the best Rock pix ever IMO

yeah. :)

Nothing as grand as a custom build, but I am putting together a parts Strat.  Just trying to decide on a body at the moment.

I would go for a Strat body, personally.

(sorry I couldn't resist :oops: )

hahahaha :lol: