Thundergod Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I just came back from my luthier's place, asked him to build me a guitar=p~ He specializes in strat style guitars (which are the ones he plays onstage), but builds teles, Vs, Xs, and lesters too... he uses high quality fine exotic Ecuadorian woods, and his finishes are amazing. He happens to own a small shop and is the local distributor for dimarzio, dunlop, sperzel, and other cool brands, so it's easy to go in there and try everything. I went in today and talked to him for a while, asked about shapes, specs, wood types and other stuff. I picked a solid "amarillo" tele shape with vintage strat style headstock, U shaped birdseye maple neck. I haven't decided on the finish, hardware or electronics yet, but I know I want a humbucker in the bridge and a single sized pickup for the neck, I also will be using a piezo tele style bridge with the humbucker routing (rectangular hole). I'll have to wait a week for him to have 5-7 wood samples for the body in there for me to chose, I'll go see some neck woods tomorrow and chose one. Then 2 months for the him to do the magic and have the guitar ready for pickups, hardware and electronics. He's gonna mail me some options for pickups and hardware during that time. As for finishes, I haven't decided yet but I think it's gonna be a solid color, maybe semi solid honey blond (this wood has a strong yellow tone), maybe some crazy 80s yellow or 60s-70s sparkle, or maybe some burst or plain black, at this point I cannot decide, but I'm open to sugestions. I hope he finishes it before 2 months! I welcome any sugestions about finish and electronics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Nice! Are you going with a maple fretboard or something else? For me, that makes a difference in finish. Personally, since you're going for exotic woods that are a bit yellowish in color, I'd go for some sort of dyed teal or washed greenish-blue... something like this would look sweet with a vintage tinged maple neck: Or this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Here you go: By the way, I grabbed all these pictures from Anderson Guitars - VERY nice stuff! Too nice for a guy like me who beats on his guitars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 That's exactly what I would have said. Some funky/wild blue-ish colour with a maple fretboard. Google "Elliot Easton SG." That's an awesome blue!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Mmmm... http://www.deanulmer.com/images/p1050375.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 That's exactly what I would have said. Yeah, but I say it with a certain finesse and je ne sais quoi because I'm cool like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Yeah' date=' but I say it with a certain finesse and je ne sais quoi because I'm cool like that. [/quote'] You are cool..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Bada bing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I'd leave the color natural - Why pick a beautiful wood with a nice yellow color and then paint it blue? Natural all the way especially if your using Pau Amarello or Yellowheart as it's called it has a great color and a tight grain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Is this an 'all out' guitar? Why don't you go nuts on a really high-end set of pickups? $300 & up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Nice! http://www.andersonguitars.com/images/guitarImages/04' date='04,2003_08-04-39.jpg[/img'] Rich, that one looks amazing... I'm going with a birdseye maple fretboard (same as the rest of the neck), so I guess it would look as sexy as the one you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Here you go: http://www.andersonguitars.com/images/guitarImages/08' date='01,2002_02-55-56.jpg[/img'] By the way, I grabbed all these pictures from Anderson Guitars - VERY nice stuff! Too nice for a guy like me who beats on his guitars... Oh my!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Are you going to get it chambered? =D>/ (kidding....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Is this an 'all out' guitar? Why don't you go nuts on a really high-end set of pickups? $300 & up!! Hard to do where I am. I preffer to use stuff I can try first, you know, maybe what sounds great for the rest of the world won't sound like 500 bucks to me I will ask around at MLP for pickup options tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 These are 3 of his main guitars (those he uses on a daily basis onstage), not my favorite colors but his (the man loves blue guitars) and they sound great, even the one with EMGs on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slogold Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Here you go: http://www.andersonguitars.com/images/guitarImages/08' date='01,2002_02-55-56.jpg[/img'] By the way, I grabbed all these pictures from Anderson Guitars - VERY nice stuff! Too nice for a guy like me who beats on his guitars... Very Nice indeed!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Admit it. It's nice. Look at that mahogany body. Simple, refined, elegant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Very nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 eeewwww! One pickup. Thats for sissies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Arcadius Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I only wish I could custom order my own guitar...! Maybe in (lots of...) years. The only problem would be... the endless choices! As far as electronics are concerned, since you will put a humbucker in the bridge, definitely have a split-coil option. Why loose on versatility. One of the humbuckers I would certainly be curious about is a Pearly Gates by Seymour, also think that would be very nice with your choise of style / woods. Finally, on finishes, since I'm european, I will drop some ideas from european makers / custom shops. Here is something I can't get enough of (Duesenberg Guitars): And from Sign Guitars Germany, have a look at their gallery for ideas: http://www.sign-guitars.de/english/galerie/index_galerie.html I would recommend that you check the T-Bone (especially in that goldtop), looks closer to what you will be ordering. I wish I helped a little. Good luck with the dream-guitar man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 I'm thinking I might install P-rails in mine... at least in the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I'm thinking I might install P-rails in mine... at least in the bridge. Did you listen to the demos? Try out your self? I hear sometimes that its great then its horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 I've listened to them in a couple of guitars, but those had the p90 and humbucker option active only, I think there's a way to have the single coil option available too and that's what I would go for: neck position either humbucker or p90 or single, neck only a single coil, or maybe a p-rail too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Hard to do where I am. Not an issue. You can wire me the money' date=' I'll buy it and send it to you. Do you think I'd actually rip you off? As long as it doesn't cost me any $$, I don't mind doing it. The Canadian dollar is still pretty good at $0.93 US but it's supposedly going to be on par again sooner or later. I preffer to use stuff I can try first' date=' you know, maybe what sounds great for the rest of the world won't sound like 500 bucks to me :-[/quote']Don't blame you there but I doubt you can go wrong with any of the hand-wound PAF wannabes. I bought both my Wolfetones unheard and all I can say is WOW!! Made the LP Custom 10 times better and also improved the R8. I would have probably sold the Custom by now if I didn't make the upgrades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Tim, you trying to make this one the perfect guitar so I won't play my others? (jokes aside, that's one thing I fear... to just stop lilking the rest of them because the thundercaster turns out to be more than perfect). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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