Thread: My Prototype 1!

WHOA! I'm not a 7 string guy (can barely play 6) but that is very cool.

btw, I LOVE those side dots, great idea and damn useful on a dark stage.

very nice! i love the grain on the guitar! very sweet! i also love the glo-in the dark dots too! AWESOME!! the other thing i think that is cool, is how you've got the jack hidden...very nice!

how does it feel/play?

Very Nice Design wise...i would say the lower horn needs work, it does'nt fit with the upper horn, You should have the exact same curve applied, just simply scaled down in proportion..:) The Bottom step in the body looks good, but the one on the Upper Horn side does'nt work there, with all those you're creating a unbalanced movement to the body's curves. I personnaly would give an angle to the linear approche to the two pots and switch. but it's a personnal thing on that one..:)

i like the pointy headstock...good for jabbing someone in the eye!

The neck carve is an interesting experiment. I was originally planning to have it more of a soft "V" at the nut, then have it get flatter as you move up the neck. (I tend to grip the neck more in the lower register for chording, and then use my thumb more for leverage higher up.)

However, as i started carving, it ended up being exactly the opposite. It's a thin soft "C" shape at the nut (i used my old Music Man Petrucci 7 as a reference point for the feel i was after, though i didn't copy the dimensions) and at about the 7th fret, the bass side of the neck starts to flatten out, with the neck becoming more of an asymmetrical soft "V" as you move further up. It has the effect of guiding the thumb around the neck and giving much greater leverage for playing and bending higher up.

It sounds weird, but it works. A few people have played it and after a few minutes of adjustment, also agreed.

I've literally been working on the design for almost 20 years. These are design ideas that i've had since i first started drawing guitars, and they've evolved and been influenced by some of my favourite guitar designs over the years. There are elements of Kubicki, Parker, Brian Moore, Steinberger, Dingwall... probably dozens of others whose design i've admired and been inspired by. But hopefully i've fused all those influences and ideas into something cohesive and original.

The knob placement is largely due to the thickness (or thinness) of the body. The radius carve on the top and the recessed knobs meant that i needed to locate the knobs closer to the middle of the body where it's thicker. This will be especially important if i want to add any other electronics or push/pull pots.

im not a 7 stringer and not a shredder but can certainly appreciate the build.. very nicely done..

I'm not a 7 string/shredder/modern player myself but I can see the playability here. Very nice work.
The neck carve seems very interesting to me. I'd like to play it.
I like the asymmetrical cut-aways/horns ......good design

Cheers
pete

Beautiful guitar and nice workmanship. Cudos to you.