Whats you dream custom guitar?

thehootman · December 2005

Hi all,

I'm curious to see what all you guitarists (or bassists - or anyone) would like in a guitar.

Ok heres the idea. If you could have a custom made guitar and someone else is paying (unlimited cost), what would it be/have - specifications?

I would get a Black Gibson SG with triple humbuckers (with a volume knob for each and a 5 position switch + boost switch) and a floyd rose whammy, gold plated hardware.

C'mon tell us your ideas!!

Thomas · December 2005

This one...http://www.eugen.no/

None above, none beside...

Cheers,

Thomas

bezial · December 2005

my ibanez 2550, colour has been re done as has the logo as have the pickups and scratch plate, the only thing left is the neck when i get a heap of cash to have a jungle vine put on it. apart from that my jem and the only one i would want otherwise would be a prs dragon

Tal Rules · December 2005

Without a doubt!!! Copy and paste this link into your browser and behold!!!! You'll have to copy and paste the entire link because the Digitech board doesn't like apostrophe's on links on their message board.

http://www.usd.edu/smm/PluckedStrings/Guitars/D'Angelico/10856/10856DAngelicoGuitar.html

Only 2 others come to mind A real Jimmy D'Aquisto New Yorker, NOT the SEOUL man copies they make now or a Bennedetto Fratello...

And of course the following is a link for one of the rarest guitars in the world... One of only possibly 3 built by Stradavarius when he wasn't too busy making violins. Believe I'd bee to afraid too play this one....

http://www.usd.edu/smm/PluckedStrings/Guitars/Stradivari/StradGuitar.html

See Ya,
Tal

c4r7 · December 2005

EVH Ernie Ball, with the head and wings cut off.

This one has a Steinberger tremelo.

Terranaut · December 2005

These guitars carry some beautiful inlay work and top notch construction. Check out the rest of the site for some amazing pieces.

http://www.edromanguitars.com/guitar/jet/gallery3_jet.htm

I've known Ed since he was working out of his house. This boy knows his guitars, and is pretty funny in his critiques of other manufacturers.

thehootman · December 2005

These are all really nice guitars.

Tal Rules: I would also be too afraid to play that antique Stradavarius...

kraft · December 2005

<div style="displaynone">fiogf49gjkf0d</div>Take your dream guitar and stand next to ... satriani ? ... careful what you spend.

Tal Rules · December 2005

Hey Kraft,

I'll one up you...
Take your dream guitar and stand next to Herb Ellis!!!
Just because YOU can't play as good as somebody doesn't mean you can't dream of a nice guitar... Otherwise just take a shoebox and some rubber bands and get with it... Or tie a piece of wire to a broomstick and a number 5 washtub... that's how Muddy Waters started, by the way, until he could afford a CHEAP guitar... Then he got his dream axe...

See Ya,
Tal

AlbertA · December 2005

How about a guitar that's stayed in tune all the time, the string sounded new all the time, and you could choose any pickup sound, without changing the pickups, any wood type without changing the body.... any tremolo at the click of a button... any tuning at the flick of a key...

That, is my dream guitar....

Tal Rules · December 2005

Mr. A

You nailed it... Wish I had one like you describe as well.... with the following improvements... Action could be raised and lowered automatically and return to perfect tune... Any open tunings you wanted for slide would be automatic as well.... Round wound or Flat wound or Nylon sound could just be dialed in....

One Day!!!

In the meantime I'm still dreaming about my Gibson L5CES....

One Day!!!

Thanks Mr. A
for your usual thoughtful insights...

See Ya,
Tal

thehootman · December 2005

Judging by the rate at which technology is advancing i reckon it could happen in a few year with all this exciting modelling technology.

Take your dream guitar and stand next to ... satriani ? ... careful what you spend

i sort of agree, but the thread here is if money was no issue, dreaming costs nothing

kraft · December 2005

<div style="displaynone">fiogf49gjkf0d</div>Sorry Tal,
I didn't mean to be negative. Maybe i sounded negative or something?. I should be more careful how i phrase my posts.
So to make a little positive contribution. . . .
I once thought i could mount a small electric motor on each tuning post (similar to a motor that operates a zoom focus on a high end camera) and then mount the tuning processor in the body and then write a program that allowed for auto tuning. I could never get hold of the parts (or the smarts) to put it all together... (maybe i spent too much time dreaming of my perfect guitar ?)roll wink But hey i think someone with a little more cash and expertise could put that together with an old test/pawn shop guitar and some old parts ?
Maybe ?

AlbertA · December 2005

\kraft\ wrote:

Sorry Tal,
I didn't mean to be negative. Maybe i sounded negative or something?. I should be more careful how i phrase my posts.
So to make a little positive contribution. . . .
I once thought i could mount a small electric motor on each tuning post (similar to a motor that operates a zoom focus on a high end camera) and then mount the tuning processor in the body and then write a program that allowed for auto tuning. I could never get hold of the parts (or the smarts) to put it all together... (maybe i spent too much time dreaming of my perfect guitar ?):roll: But hey i think someone with a little more cash and expertise could put that together with an old test/pawn shop guitar and some old parts ?
Maybe ?

Well we got one part covered, the automatic tuning:

http://transperformance.com/

At the touch of a button it retunes itself.

Heck maybe we just need to practice air guitar:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8383

Tal Rules · December 2005

Hey Kraft,,

Hard to judge emotional content on email... Didn't mean to sound negative as well...

Like your ideas about the tuners... A little embedded program running a PIC chip that turns little synchronous motors to the tuning specs you set up in the PIC might be the answer.. Prototype might be a little bulky... But once the idea is proven... Should be able to market the idea and reduce the size... 8)

If you don't want to jump into imbedded programming for PIC's.. There's a few companies around that will program your PIC's for you...

These guys are some of the best of the above mentioned... 8)

http://www.ontrak.net/Default.htm

Have used them on several of my pet projects in the past..They have PWM outputs that will control motors... Also a built in serial interface that will allow you to Program in Visual Basic or C or C++...

Really cool little company... 8)

Sorry for any misunderstanding in my earlier post... Muddy did start out on broomstick with wires and a number 5 washtub for a sounding board.. I have experimented with it.. You can actually get some amazing sounds out of this contraption... 8)

Mr. A:

Very cool link on automatic tuning.. The future is here before you know it.. It reminds me of an old engineer I used to work with.. We were examining schematics from the old Westinghouse engineer from a device developed in the 1940's.. After pondering over this stuff for about a half a day... My partner looked at me and said...

\"This just goes to show. People have always been smart.. They just had less to work with back in those days.\"

See Ya,
Tal

Southerocker · December 2005

Here's mine. I'll be getting it sometime in 2006, I hope. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/search/detail/base_pid/513622/

thehootman · December 2005

that auto tuning guitar looks awesome - at a touch of a button you can change tunings! i wonder how well it copes with whammy bars...

with the pickup layout line 6 has their variax guitar

kraft · December 2005

<div style="displaynone">fiogf49gjkf0d</div>Thanks again Al & Tal )
I like the tuning idea but the price is over the moon.
Maybe there's a cheaper way to go about the whole process?
Cheers.

AtomicNinjaRobot · December 2005

I thought Mercurio Guitars had a great concept with their guitars. It doesn't look like they're in business anymore, though

They had a video demonstration on their web page (which no longer exists) and it was amazing the variety of tones you could achieve just by swapping p'ups out. Want a P-90 neck and a EMG in the bridge? No problem, just snap 'em in. It was a super easy, hot swappable design. You could literally change your pickups between songs if you wanted to.

Of course a Variax does essentially the same thing at the turn of a dial for about 1/3 the cost

But where money is no object, I'd prefer the Mercurio.

ItsAlwaysRainin · December 2005

Hmmmm....now THAT'S something you don't see every day:

http://transperformance.com/

I just took a quick visit to their site and I'm going back soon. Looks like a lot of experienced players co-sign it. How bad can it be?

Even if it's fairly expensive, it could be worth it. Some of us have multiple guitars with different tuning variations. Now it sounds like one good guitar equipped with this device could replace them all. I think I like it!

Anybody know what it costs?

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