Twinfan's going custom built again... (review and clip now added!)

[indysmith]

Gods every time I see this thread I want one.

Maybe a P90 one.

So many guitars, so little money.  :(

+1 :(

[Twinfan]

i would put some more pics up if my internet was behaving itself

looking really nice with the binding on!!

Good news  :)

[WezV]

well i am much cheaper than fender ;)

i think its funny the way fender priced this guitar - its so simple to do that it was only ever going to spawn copies

[nfe]

Gods every time I see this thread I want one.

Maybe a P90 one.

So many guitars, so little money.  :(

+1 :(

I mean really, a P90 esquire. That's doomtastic. It practically screams Master of Reality.

Maybe I need to send a PM...

[Plexi Ken]

well i am much cheaper than fender ;)

i think its funny the way fender priced this guitar - its so simple to do that it was only ever going to spawn copies

Fender and Gibson have both been up to this a lot recently. Value of the guitar based on its 'collectability' (due to limited production) rather than its production cost. Leaves a gap in the market for low volume builders 

[Twinfan]

Exactly!

PRS are doing the same thing too.....

[Ratrod]

Guitars like this make companies like warmoth very happy.

[Philly Q]

Guitars like this make companies like warmoth very happy.

I was going to say something along those lines, but you've put it much better!  :lol:

You have to wonder if anyone actually buys these Custom-Shop-only models, but they certainly inspire copies!

[Andrew W]

You have to wonder if anyone actually buys these Custom-Shop-only models...

Oh they do.  I was in a shop on Denmark Street trying out an amp and watched, pretty much slack-jawed, as a middle-aged man in a pin-striped suit and a loud public-school accent marched in with his son, aged about 14 or 15.  Junior points at a Custom Shop '70s Relic Strat, "I want that one, daddy" and the credit card is duly produced and three grands worth of Fullerton's finest heads out of the door without even a demo.  Amazing.  I asked the guy in the shop if that kind of thing happened often and he nodded.  I think these guitars are generally bought by those who want to put them on a wall or for whom money is no object.  Or to put it another way, not me.

[Philly Q]

Yeah, you're right of course.  :)

I suppose I was thinking just from the point of view of the average punter.  If we want "A Strat" or "A Tele" and can't afford Custom Shop prices, we can probably find a very similar guitar which does suit our pockets, be it a US production model, MIM, CIJ/MIJ or whatever.

On the other hand, if I want something like a La Cabronita, which is only available from the Custom Shop, it's out of my reach (unless I really think it's worth saving up to buy one - but who saves up nowadays? :lol: ).  But I might go and buy some Warmoth parts and build something very similar.  So all Fender get out of it is me stealing their idea! 

 

[Will]

But Warmoth are licensed by Fender on the body / headstock shapes aren't they? So surely that still generates revenue

[Philly Q]

Yeah, good point.  I wonder if they pay Fender based on sales, or if it's just some kind of flat fee?

[WezV]

I finally managed to get some pictures uploaded!!

Binding is done and most of the routing is done too, neck should be fitted this week before sanding ready for finish!

here is a mock up with parts resting in place... I wiped it down with white spirits to show the korina's colour a little better.  also, it seems to have a nice flame/shimmer which the photos dont really do justice... it should make the back look pretty special!  its the white spirit that soaked into the pickguard template... should have waited a minute longer

[dave_mc]

sweet, very nice indeed.

[Twinfan]

That looks sooooooooo good!

:D

Me likey  lots  :)