metalhed717 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 i thought it might be fun to start a thread where everyone can come up with their own "signature" guitar. here's mine: body shape: SG body wood: mahogany w/ quilt maple top finish: black cherry neck wood: mahogany neck finish- natural satin fretboard: ebony inlays: "V" shaped like on the new ESP V and EX 401 models neck type: speedtaper bridge: tune-o-matic tuners- grover hardware color- black pickups- dimarzio evolution (=D>/ humbucker from hell (n) clontrol layout- vol/vol/tone/tone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 i thought it might be fun to start a thread where everyone can come up with their own "signature" guitar. here's mine: body shape: SG body wood: mahogany w/ quilt maple top finish: black cherry neck wood: mahogany neck finish- natural satin fretboard: ebony inlays: "V" shaped like on the new ESP V and EX 401 models neck type: speedtaper bridge: tune-o-matic tuners- grover hardware color- black pickups- dimarzio evolution (=D>/ humbucker from hell (n) clontrol layout- vol/vol/tone/tone I already have one...Her name is "Rebekah" Body: 1996 Fender American Standard Finish:Black polyurethane Neck: 1999 Fender American Standard one piece maple Finish: Gloss polyurethane Neck Profile: Rounded "C"- 9.5" Radius Bridge/Tremolo: Gold Fender American Standard -Blocked Machine Heads- Gold Schaller/ Fender American Standard Pickguard: Fender Cream Mother Of Toilet Seat Pick Ups: Fender Texas Specials Controls: Master Volume/Tone/Tone (The last tone control has a detent that allows the bridge pickup to be taken out of the circuit such as with the Fender Delta controls) She's the one in the upper left of the photo. I put her together from various parts so she's special to me. Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiberna Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 body shape: Like a really thin LP with F holes, but a threw middle, making it a semi hollowbody body wood: Ebony except for the top, which is a face of mirrored Glass/perspex finish: that above neck wood: Yew neck finish- Crystal white fretboard: Ebony with white steel frets inlays: Diagonal up,down and across the fretboard, like cracks in a mirror bridge: That Yamaha locking one, like on wes borlands signature guitar. tuners- something bizarre hardware color- Glass or black pickups-Some sort of EMG that can come in chrome ( Lace Alumintone (Chrome)(N) clontrol layout- vol/vol/tone/tone and a 5 way rotary switch like on a prs Extras:(Maybe) Built in wireless system, powered by a battery thats in the centre where the guitars solid which would also power the active EMG pickup overall if you exclude the whacky extras i think it wouldnt be to expensive to make a guitar like this, i recon probably about.... £500-£700 excluding labour aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostindesert Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 1998 Fender Classic '60s Stratocaster(Olympic White) with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups and a Gotoh vintage Strat tremolo GE101TS, with 250 gram steel block. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1Picker Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 body shape: Rounded Venetian cutaway archtop with 17" lower bout body wood: carved, solid spruce top, carved, solid maple back, maple sides finish: lightburst neck wood: mahogany neck finish: gloss fretboard: ebony, bound inlays: block & triangle neck type: 50's rounded bridge: ebony, floating with ebony saddle tuners- Grover Imperials hardware color- gold pickups- 1 floating Kent Armstrong Johnny Smith clontrol layout- vol/tone on pickguard 5-ply bound body, neck, headstock, and f-holes Nitro finish Frequensator tailpiece Fossilized walrus ivory nut Medium jumbo frets Dunlop Straploks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Though it wouldnt be signature, I would go with a George Harrison Tele VV tele single coil at the neck VV CC pup at the bridge All gold hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostindesert Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Though it wouldnt be signature' date=' I would go with a George Harrison Tele Body = Indian rosewood [/quote'] Solid or veneer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Solid or veneer? I revised my original post defintely solid.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostindesert Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I revised my original post defintely solid.... That would be back breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinb Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 body shape: unchambered Les Paul body wood: mahogany w/ plus maple top finish: Tobacco Sunburst neck wood: Mahogany neck finish: ???? fretboard: ebony inlays: Mother of pearl Trapezoid neck type: Something similar to Slash's signature neck bridge: tune-o-matic tuners: Gibson Pearloid machine meads hardware color: Chrome pickups: EMG's 81 Bridge, 85 Neck clontrol layout: 2 vol/2 tone I can see it now: Sinful Bane's Signature Les Paul! =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 That would be back breaking. yep the body itself weighs almost 8 lbs with no electronics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 yep the body itself weighs almost 8 lbs with no electronics But since this is just another of your fantasies I wouldn't worry too much about the weight. Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarxBros Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I waffle too much with my electrics to have a standard signature model, that has however given me the opportunity to play and own FAR too many electrics over the years. Not a bad thing I guess. But....If forced I guess it'd be the one electric that has yet to get sold from my stable, my 79 Explorer loaded with PAF's pulled from a 59 burst. It's black with gold hardware, bought it new. Oddly..... I got the PAF'S from a 59 burst I missed buying because I spent some of the money on the Explorer earlier. A few months later lo and behold I got the job of putting new pickups in it for the new (dumb) owner. Yup...it's a non desirable Explorer...yup it's an even less desirable 1979 one....fugger has "it" though in spades. It actually sounded ok with the crappy stock pups, but the old and abused 59's seemed to be just what it needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarxBros Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I already have one...Her name is "Rebekah" Body: 1996 Fender American Standard Finish:Black polyurethane Neck: 1999 Fender American Standard one piece maple Finish: Gloss polyurethane Neck Profile: Rounded "C"- 9.5" Radius Bridge/Tremolo: Gold Fender American Standard -Blocked Machine Heads- Gold Schaller/ Fender American Standard Pickguard: Fender Cream Mother Of Toilet Seat Pick Ups: Fender Texas Specials Controls: Master Volume/Tone/Tone (The last tone control has a detent that allows the bridge pickup to be taken out of the circuit such as with the Fender Delta controls) She's the one in the upper left of the photo. I put her together from various parts so she's special to me. Mr.Nelson How you like the Texas Specials? I have a set, I prefer the Fat 50's...I do have a set of Abigail Ybarra's handwound signed jobs...but over the years I'm leaning heavy to the Fat 50's striking the best useable balance for a set. They sure have a nice quack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLesPaul2006 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 body shape: Les Paul body wood: Mahogany with a Quilt Maple top finish: Transparent Blue burst or Dragon Burst neck wood: Mahogany neck finish- same as body fretboard: Rosewood with stainless steel fret wire inlays: Trapezoid neck type: 60's style bridge: tune-o-matic and TP-6 tailpiece tuners- grover hardware color- Chrome pickups- Dimarzio P.A.F 35th Anniversary With Chrome covers clontrol layout- vol/vol/tone/tone Standard les paul set up No Pick guard Abalone inlays with the white binding on body and head stock Q parts Ringo knobs in chrome and blue abalone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 How you like the Texas Specials? I have a set' date=' I prefer the Fat 50's...I do have a set of Abigail Ybarra's handwound signed jobs...but over the years I'm leaning heavy to the Fat 50's striking the best useable balance for a set. They sure have a nice quack.[/quote'] I LOVE 'em...Not as much sparkle as the Fat 50's but a bit more ommmph in output but as you said..not quite the "quack factor" of the Fat 50's I also think the Fat 50's have a glassier top end ("sparkle")...The Fat 50's were a very close second choice and I'm considering those for another guitar. Really both the Specials and the Fat 50's are great pickups..and I have Abby Ybarras in my CS Mary Kay (top middle of the photo). What I didn't care for were the CS '54s they aren't RWRP and sound anemic in the in-between positions. The sonic blue Strat on the far right bottom was a CS " Custom Player's Strat ("57 Vintage RI with a lacquer finish, a fancy wood American Standard 22 fret neck and Am Stand type vibrato) or whatever they called them and it came with the CS '54's and I pulled them out and put in Lace Holy Grails and while I'm not fond of most of the Lace stuff, for that guitar they really worked out well. Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JefferySmith Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Sheraton body Gibson head TWANG 335 pickguard full humbuckers trapeze tailpiece No "e" on the pickguard nitro finish Gretsch pad on the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Sheraton bodyGibson head TWANG 335 pickguard full humbuckers trapeze tailpiece No "e" on the pickguard nitro finish Gretsch pad on the back So, in other words you want a Gibson ES-335 with a pickguard someone made in their garage with a jig saw, a Dremel and a big nail file and a Naugahyde throw pillow glued to the back of it...OK, I can see that... Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarxBros Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I LOVE 'em...Not as much sparkle as the Fat 50's but a bit more ommmph in output but as you said..not quite the "quack factor" of the Fat 50's I also think the Fat 50's have a glassier top end ("sparkle")...The Fat 50's were a very close second choice and I'm considering those for another guitar. Really both the Specials and the Fat 50's are great pickups..and I have Abby Ybarras in my CS Mary Kay (top middle of the photo). What I didn't care for were the CS '54s they aren't RWRP and sound anemic in the in-between positions. The sonic blue Strat on the far right bottom was a CS " Custom Player's Strat ("57 Vintage RI with a lacquer finish' date=' a fancy wood American Standard 22 fret neck and Am Stand type vibrato) or whatever they called them and it came with the CS '54's and I pulled them out and put in Lace Holy Grails and while I'm not fond of most of the Lace stuff, for that guitar they really worked out well. Mr.Nelson[/quote']Normally I'm no fan of Lace either, but yeah...I can see those working in the right setup though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarxBros Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 So' date=' in other words you want a Gibson ES-335 with a pickguard someone made in their garage with a jig saw, a Dremel and a big nail file and a Naugahyde throw pillow glued to the back of it...OK, I can see that... Mr.Nelson[/quote']Sounds like an "interesting" combo to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Normally I'm no fan of Lace either' date=' but yeah...I can see those working in the right setup though. [/quote']I bought the Holy Grails because I got them cheap on SlezeBay ($140 +ship) and I really didn't like the CS 54's once I got them home so I said, "what the heck" (gotta be careful 'cuz some Nancy Boy whined to the Forum Nazis about my language)..".give the Holy Grails a shot" and they worked..I really don't like the Lace Sensors like they used in the Clapton models originally...without the mid-boost of the EC they sound horribly thin...and I really hate the Fender Vintage Toneless errmmm Noiseelss that are in the teal American Deluxe (top right of the photo) but I have a kazillion other projects ahead of that so it's a pretty low priority at the moment. I used 500K pots and .02mfd caps (ceramic discs) with the Holy Grails and I'm thinking maybe even going to a .047mfd to try to give it a bit more bottom...but again, so many things to do and so little time...The Holy Grails are strange in that they're actually single coils but the way they split the coil tricks the pickup into sensing a polarity reversal which cancels the noise...guitar voodoo that I don't completely understand but it works.. Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canine Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 My "Canine" signature would be a dream for me, just what I like... body shape: Les Paul body wood: single piece, unchambered mahogany with a solid flamed bookmatched maple top finish: Faded Heritage Cherry Sunburst neck wood: One piece mahogany with long tenon Binding: Body (single) and Neck fretboard: Rosewood with jumbo frets inlays: Trapezoid neck type: 60's style bridge: Fishman Pro with light-weight tail piece tuners: Kluson w/ tulip heads hardware: Nickel pickups: Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates with nickel covers clontrol layout- two volume, two tone, 3-way toggle switch, Fishman switch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corcoran Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Body: Thinline semi-hollowbody Bridge: Frequensator Finish: Nitro Vintage sunburst Pickups: P94's in bridge and Burstbucker in neck Top: Maple Neck: Mahogany Body: Mahogany Fretboard: Rosewood Inlays: Parallelograms Tuners: Rotomatic Grovers Beautiful!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarxBros Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I bought the Holy Grails because I got them cheap on SlezeBay ($140 +ship) and I really didn't like the CS 54's once I got them home so I said' date=' "what the heck" (gotta be careful 'cuz some Nancy Boy whined to the Forum Nazis about my language)..".give the Holy Grails a shot" and they worked..I really don't like the Lace Sensors like they used in the Clapton models originally...without the mid-boost of the EC they sound horribly thin...and I really hate the Fender Vintage Toneless errmmm Noiseelss that are in the teal American Deluxe (top right of the photo) but I have a kazillion other projects ahead of that so it's a pretty low priority at the moment. I used 500K pots and .02mfd caps (ceramic discs) with the Holy Grails and I'm thinking maybe even going to a .047mfd to try to give it a bit more bottom...but again, so many things to do and so little time...The Holy Grails are strange in that they're actually single coils but the way they split the coil tricks the pickup into sensing a polarity reversal which cancels the noise...guitar voodoo that I don't completely understand but it works.. Mr.Nelson[/quote']The more I think about it the more I like the Fat 50's...I can live with all the positions, which is hard to say for most SC pups. You are so right about their top end, most folks are not into top end, but these days I'm digging sparkle over most all things.... might be my bad hearin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generation zero Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 My "Canine" signature would be a dream for me' date=' just what I like... body shape: Les Paul body wood: single piece, unchambered mahogany with a solid flamed bookmatched maple top [/quote'] That's along the same lines of what I would pick... Mine would be: brand: Gibson body shape: Les Paul body wood: single piece, unchambered mahogany with a solid AAAA flamed bookmatched maple top top finish: Desertburst, also available in PRS's 10 top "denim" finish with no body or headstock binding, top edges in natural maple, PRS style (I would own one of each) back finish: natural figured mahogany neck wood: One piece mahogany with long tenon Binding: 5 ply body/head (Desertburst only), 1 ply neck fretboard: Rosewood with jumbo frets inlays: Trapezoid neck type: 60's style bridge: Robot system tuners: Robot system hardware: Nickel pickups: Seymour Duncan uncovered '59s, 4 conductor, no logo control layout- two volume, master tone, Robot knob (colored to match other knobs), 3-way toggle switch, independent push/pull coil tap volume controls Other: No pickguard, Robot system would be set up NOT to lower guitar output at all while using tuning feature. Knobs, including Robot knob, would be gold speed knobs. Non-robot knobs would be numbered to 11. And since we're dreaming, it would be made in China and retail for $999 with hardshell case. Which case? The one that says "Bad Mother F**ker" on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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