Strange inlay

[Philosoful]

That's going on my new 8, Nolly don't like it but hey :lol:

Conklin made the mock-up for me, the 'pendant' like part shall have a face inscribed on it though + there's a few alterations they're going to make but it's based on this picture:

Anyone else actually like it? :lol:

[Fourth Feline]

Sorry,  but not my cup of tea.  Too elaborate and the balance towards the top of the fretboard looks wrong somehow.  I like markers ( however big, small or variable ) to be either :

1)  Centralised on the fingerboard

2)  On a Jazz box, acoustic  or bass perhaps - on the fretboard edges , so only the player sees them.

However, the good news is , A) I am boring - and B) The guitar will get you into the Freemasons.   

[jpfamps]

Sorry,  but not my cup of tea.  Too elaborate and the balance towards the top of the fretboard looks wrong somehow.  I like markers ( however big, small or variable ) to be either :

1)  Centralised on the fingerboard

2)  On a Jazz box, acoustic  or bass perhaps - on the fretboard edges , so only the player sees them.

Gretsch "thumbnails" are very cool too.

[Fourth Feline]

Sorry,  but not my cup of tea.  Too elaborate and the balance towards the top of the fretboard looks wrong somehow.  I like markers ( however big, small or variable ) to be either :

1)  Centralised on the fingerboard

2)  On a Jazz box, acoustic  or bass perhaps - on the fretboard edges , so only the player sees them.

Gretsch "thumbnails" are very cool too.

Good point, Gretsch ''thumbnails'  are very cool ....    8)

[Philosoful]

The balance looks wrong? What do you mean?

[Roobubba]

Sorry, but that's way too hippy for me!

[Philosoful]

Hahahahaaa no one likes it :lol: I love stuff at it's peaks (e.g, in heavy music, I like the heaviest music in the world, in shred style music, I like some of the fastest stuff out there/feel inspired by it) so I guess that's why. I'm not being different for the sake of being different but everyone has dots or blank fretboards and I thought I'd try something mental and I love that Nostradamus pic it's based on so yeaaah! It is kinda risky - with the guitar it might look really strange, I hope it turns out cool :)

[Fourth Feline]

The balance looks wrong? What do you mean?

It's not symetrical, would work better if the 'V' was repeated in the opposite direction as a >0< type patern. The face ( if used ) perhaps facing the bridge.

The only reason the Gretsch asymetrical 'Thumbnails' work for me - is that they are subtle - and match the binding from which they radiate / extend from.

[Roobubba]

On the mock-up, it looks like a badly drawn smiley with a triangular beard hanging precipitously over a circle... I realise that's just a sketch to give an idea of how it'll look, but that's all I saw (and possibly that's what it'll look like from a distance?).

Still, Go for it! The great thing about customs is being able to do what you want and saying "bollocks" to everyone else :)

Roo

[Madiac]

The drawn bottom picture looks pretty nice and classy, but dont like how it looks on the fretboard (the above picture), so i guess its hard to incorporate, but i liked the picture, but how itll fit in depends on the rest of the guitar.

[Philosoful]

Me too :) and +1 to the joys of custom shop!

[noodleplugerine]

I actually think its horrid :P

[Philosoful]

Join the club!

Anytime anyone does anything radically different from the norm tons of people won't like it and you're all polite in you're opinions so it's all good :)but that's how new uique things are formed alot of the time. As I said, I'm not trying to be unique but I guess that's a bonus :DI'll obviously post pics once he gets it done, I think some minds might be changed once it's seen in person... then again... maybe not :lol:

[WezV]

i think its hard to tell withou strings on, hows that for sitting on the fence.

i think a lot of epople will be put off by the angles not matching with the inlays and the frets but personally i find that the odd contrasting line on a multiscale really helps.. people are confused by what they see anyway so why not throw some more angles in there!!

this is a good example  -
http://www.ormsbyguitars.com/galleries/gallerypics/multiscale.html

who would have thought the neck pickup would look good at an opposite angle? personally i think it really works well although i doubt i would have said that if i had seen it on paper

[nfe]

And B) The guitar will get you into the Freemasons.   

 :lol: