Let's pretend -You're in charge of the custom shop

[sully]

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Come up with a lineup of 8 guitars you would produce if your were in charge of the NAMM lineup.


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Ok since I asked the question its only fair I should put my ideas out first right?

On the Charvel Side
Charvel San Dimas Pointy Exotic-Flame Koa 1/8" flat top, black binding, inlays, hardware and logo. Walnut Body, Cocobolo Neck and Bocote Fingerboard. Tunomatic w/Stop tail H/S config with direct mount pickups. Original San Dimas Neck Profile.
Charvel San Dimas Strathead Retro #1-1 Piece Birdseye Maple body, Birdseye Maple neck. Honey Sunburst, Gold Hardware, Gold early San Dimas logo. Flat top with Creme binding. Early San Dimas Neck Profile. Vintage trem, 1 Hum, 1 volume.
Charvel San Dimas Strathead Retro #2-Maple Neck and Body. Dan Lawrence painted retro Spiderweb graphic, black on purple finish. Black early San Dimas logo. Early San Dimas neck profile. Vintage Trem, 1 Hum, 1 volume.

Jackson Guitars
Bolt on Spalt Maple Roundhorn Rhoads-Roundhorn Rhoads body, 1/8" Spalt flat top, Black Korina neck and body. Birdseye Maple Fingerboard. Ebony Sharkies. Black logo, hardware, binding. 1 Humbucker, Afterburner, coil tap. String Thru. Spalt Peghead. Jackson San Dimas Neck Profile. Strathead.

7 String Archtop Warrior-Archtop Warrior body, Neck thru Mahogany body and neck. Bloodwood Fingerboard, 1/8" Bloodwood top. Black with transparent natural Rising Sun Graphic. Black painted headstock and neck. Natural Binding, Black binding on neck, Bloodwood headstock binding. Ebony/Abalone Sharkeye Inlay, Abalone logo. H/H config, string thru, abalone knobs. SLS headstock.

Death Kelly-Black With Gold Leaf bevels. Mahogany neck and Body. Neck Thru. Gold Hardware, OFR, HSS. Gold Leaf Logo, Flamed Maple fingerboard with Ebony Sharkies. Gold V Plate. Rev. Headstock.

Mike Learn Demon ()-Demon Body, Mahogany neck and body neck thru with tone chambers. Mike Lean full body graphic (hell motif) Flaming Skull inlays. HH, OFR. Black Hardware.

Mike Learn Archtop Roswell Star-Roswell Star body, Archtop. Lacewood Neck and Body. Meteor inlays, Mike Learn full body graphic (space motif). H/S String Thru. Gold hardware.

I think that lineup would really turn some heads.

Oh and I love the webcam idea of Xeno's [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Even if they weren't on all the time but just occasionally so customers can see some of the process of how their guitar is built. Plus it might minimize the chance of a mistake being made like Jack's Demon had the incorrect cut on the bevel.

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heh...so once you've made these guitars, how do you justify the huge price tags that you'll have to add to them? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

sully

[markD]

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here my 8 custom creations for NAMM.

yes, i am bored. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Chrisb]

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heh...so once you've made these guitars, how do you justify the huge price tags that you'll have to add to them?

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This was a NAMM lineup not a production lineup. NAMM guitars always cost a ton, no justification necessary. And just with any NAMM lineup some are outrageously priced while others are pretty much the usual customs.

[wilkinsi]

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jackson warriors - all neckthru's in different trans-colours, black hardware with sustainiacs at the necks.

[sully]

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good times, chris. i missed the namm one-off special part of your post.

[quiksilver]

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SL1H "Wildfire" Soloist - 1 direct-mounted pickup (white in color), 1 volume. Mahogany body, finished in RGF over flame maple veneer (do the RGF in candy/translucent paint, so you don't hide the flame maple - and the back would be translucent Black Cherry, so it doesn't hide the mahogany grain), 24 frets, ebony w/MOP sharkies & WHITE (not off white) binding to match the pickup, reverse headstock w/MOP logo, black OFR. Oh yeah, and a "speed neck" profile w/satin finish.

This should not cost a fortune to build. Start with an SL2H-MAH Trans top. Add a candy/translucent RGF finish, reverse headstock, "speed neck" carve w/satin finish, and black hardware instead of chrome; subtract a pickup, 2 mounting rings, a tone control, and a selector switch. Build it Jackson!

[Chrisb]

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good times, chris. i missed the namm one-off special part of your post.

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Yea that was my little addition to this thread, not to many people ran with it. Though MD came up with some badass stuff. I also like Quicksilver's Wildfire Soloist idea.

If charvel ever allows the strathead option I wanna organize a limited run of San Dimas IV Customs. It could be cool [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]