57-classic Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 What is your dream guitar or even guitart one. If Gibson or Fender gave you the chance to build your own guitar what would it be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 335 style with a bigsby firebird headstock mini humbucker in the neck regular humbucker in the bridge ebony finish gold hardware mini toggles, 2 of em. 1 for a piezo, the other for a coil tap or something cool OR Gretsch Duo Jet (double cutaway) three filtertrons individual switches for each pickup bigsby individual volume controls ebony finish nickel hardware Oh, and stripped necks for both, sanded down real smooth, then given a satin finish, bare wood. Feels the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Are Fender and Gibson my only options? If so, Fender already made mine. Otherwise I'd want a third option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FirstMeasure Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Double Neck 6/12 Nighthawk in Heritage Cherry. Or a Double Neck Stratocaster 6/12 in a Mary Kaye finish. I'd rather have the Nighthawk, but I can make the Stratocaster from Warmoth Parts, so it could be in my future. Invisioned Specs.. Nighthawk Mahogany Body Mahogany Set Necks Rosewood Fret Boards Maple Top Original M series Slanted Humbucker and Mini Humbucker for the 6 string Classic 57s on the Twelve Strat Ash Body Maple Necks Ebony Fret Board SSH, Vintage Noiseless singles, Burstbucker Bridge for the 6 string. Humbucker Single Tele configuration for the 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I truy believe that an R9 is my dream guitar, but the PRS Custom 24 is my second choice. I wouldn't change much in either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I have lost interest in a dream guitar....All I want is a good solid Les Paul or a nice block inlayed 335. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Gibson Les Paul five piece neck mahogany/maple/mahogany/maple/mahogany Neck with the tenon running completely through the neck pup cavity. Ebony fret board with abalone block inlays (LPC) cream neck binding Extra jumbo frets LPC headstock style abalone inlays solid mahogany body one piece flamed maple top Lemon burst finish cream body binding on the top only nickel Waffle back tulip style tuners (press in inserts) Bone nut P-90 cream in the neck (soap bar) Gibson PAF Humbucker in the bridge (zebra) nickel ABR1 bridge String through tailpiece with nickel string ferrules vintage reflector tone and volume knobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase1410 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Double Cutaway 1-piece Brazillian Rosewood neck Neck with the tenon running completely through the neck pup cavity. (love how you pointed this specifically Duane) Brazillian RoseWood Fretboard with abalone block inlays cream neck binding (with fret nibs covered of course!) Jumbo SS frets LPC headstock style abalone inlays solid Brazillian Rosewood body one piece 5A flamed maple top Honeyburst burst finish (really not 100% on what finish I'd pick) cream body binding Grover Locking Tuners Bone nut Lollar P-90 in the neck Gibson PAF Humbucker in the bridge or BareKnuckle Pup nickel ABR1 TP bridge or TP Wrap-around String through tailpiece (if went with TP ABR 1) reflector tone and volume knobs CTS 500k Pots Luxe BumbleBee Caps or Grey Tigers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I change my mind about what my dream guitar would be about as fast as Andy changes his mind about which project he is gonna do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I've already got my dream guitar. It's a Gibson SG Faded Special, in Faded Cherry. It's pretty much a part of me now--I can't ask for anything more than that, except for maybe an SG with P90s, and another one with actives, but even if I did have those I don't think they could replace this one. I love my guitar's neck in particular, so I just feel like anything else would be a downgrade, no matter how much more expensive it could be if it's my "dream" guitar. Sure, my SG's finish isn't as shiny as the Standard finish, and it's got a few nicks and dings (because sometimes I'm a dumbsh*t, I'll cop to that,) but I love it more than anything else I own, and it really is my guitar. So, I'm being completely serious. I've already got my dream guitar. The next step is a better amp--I sure don't have my dream amp yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I have my dream classical guitar, my dream gypsy jazz and jazz electric are being made - and my dream electric is my Grestch 6120, which I am lucky to have already I am completely happy with what I have, now it is time to practice even harder and raise my game; that is how I see it. 'Gear' often over shadows the real reason we are here as musicians, which is because we all love music and want to be able to sound like how we perceive a 'good player' should sound, in our mind's eye. 'The gear' often (I feel) is the skapegoat for our success' ; but more often than not, a multitude of sins too i.e we put out emphasis/blame on the gear when really 99.9 percent is our fingers and our imaginations, so this is the area to get to the heart of the matter. It doesn't matter if you have a Samick Les Paul, if you practice diligently and love what you do, it will sound infinitely better than a musically detached player with a Gibson R9 in his hands. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Already did mine... Not to say I don't have others but I don't think Jimmy Page has me in his will... I have posted this before but since you asked; I started with a Worn Brown Les Paul Studio body I found on ebay Preparing the guitar for the gold leaf Gold leaf top finished Signed Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Jimmy Page 4 lead pups 1970's double ring doubleine Gibson Deluxe tuners RS Guitar Works, Jimmy Page push pull kit for Pahase and split with bumble bees Finished front (Nitro clear coat) Finished back (Nitro clear coat) Finished guitar in case (90's pink interior with shroud) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson Artist Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 What is your dream guitar or even guitart one. If Gibson or Fender gave you the chance to build your own guitar what would it be. Here is a small list of dream guitars i wouldnt mind purchasing. These would be original and NOT re issues. 1959 Gibson Les Paul 1950 Fender Broadcaster 1951 Epiphone Zephyr Archtop 1965 Epiphone Casino 1963 Gibson SG Standard And a good quality Pre war acoustic would be a dream as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 My 2006 G0... RS Guitarworks Pots Luxe repo Grey Tiger Caps Throbak PG102 Blues pickups... and a top to die for!! Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 gibson explorer emg 81 emg p81 with Afterburner pa2 Pi2 gold hardware american flag finish mandolin headstock ebony fingerboard fat50's neck crown inlay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Nice job on that Les Paul daveinspain, a very cool project. You must be very proud and satisfied to play that thing! Dream guitar? Stores are full of them. Fedner and Gobsin been makin dream guitars since guitar players was old enough to dream about them. I once told Fender, whilst negotiating a customme shoppe strat that The Mrs wanted to give me for our twentieth, that I hate your guitars because I use them, and I use them because I love them. Same goes for Gibson, they have their flaws and shortcomings, but those are truly parts of what make them great. I never bit on the customme shoppe job, too much money for basically a two pickup strat. I've already owned only a couple dozen of them! "Dream Guitars", all of them, you know the names, they are perfected versions of what these guys have been doing for 60 years now. Perfect just doesn't matter in a bar at 1am. Nobody throws away yer record because you didn't use a perfect guitar. I've never listened back and scrubbed the whole thing until I found a guitar with just the right locking t00nerz and perfect whale bone zero fret/nut combo. My house doesn't feel right the few times since 1971 that these two names couldn't be found at the pointy end of a guitar, it is a lonely place without these two, so those times have been brief. Guitar players should use what they want, I wholeheartedly believe that. Laugh at the same two names all you want, I've had it right in my face and I don't care. The world, to me, is composed of two solidbody electric guitar companies, and there aren't any others, and it is all good for others to use others. More for all of us! Good luck, and long health playing whatever it is you play, and I hope that like me, you get on in life to that point when you can tell The Mrs that you don't have to go over to Guitar Center, you gotta better guitar store fulla Dream Guitars right downstairs, no matter what you have in it. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne14t? Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I am currently working on my dream guitar, which is modeled after a Gibson Les Paul, its going to be made from scratch no guitars will be harmed in the making of this "masterpiece" (if I can call it that) the details are as follows: - Mahogany body - Mahogany neck - Ebony fretboard - Spalted Maple top, the heaviest spalting I can possibly work with! - Schaller locking tuners - Bigsby vibrato - Schaller roller bridge - Black tusq XL slotted nut (hehehe) - Jimmy Page electronics kit (must have) - Bumblebee caps to replace the standard ceramic disc caps - Amber "Speed" knobs - Koa wood binding (still on the fence if I am going to bind the guitar or not) - Seymour Duncan Slash Alinco Pro Zebra kit I plan to use all black hardware for tuners and the such, the knobs will be amber as I am making this guitar with a Canadian "feel" to it so its gotta look maple syrupy! Clear nitro finish no staining or painting will be done to the wood since its spalted. I am aiming for an extremely flexible tone machine with this guitar as my explorer is setup to play metal more so then any other style, which is why its going to have coil tapping and phase switching, fun stuff! There is a cosmetic secret I am not sharing with anyone till the end that going to be what really sets this guitar apart from any other Les Paul. I am currently stock piling all the goodies I need and I am hoping to start this project in late spring or early summer. I am not a luthier by trade only by hobby so it will be a slow going learning process but I hope the instrument I have in the end is nicer then my explorer, it is when I envision it in my head but that can always change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 What is your dream guitar i have it already...the lemon burst below B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57-classic Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 gibson explorer emg 81 emg p81 with Afterburner pa2 Pi2 gold hardware american flag finish mandolin headstock ebony fingerboard fat50's neck crown inlay Metal fan, ha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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swleary Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 My dream guitar hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnastynebr Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Before the pup swap. Now it has uncovered Zebra SD humbuckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Metal fan, ha? proud metal fan but their is a lot more than metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Gibson ES 355 with bareknuckle stormy mondays, a bigbsy and call it a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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