Post your Caparisons!

[pro-fusion]

I briefly had the Dellinger 7-string version. Quality very much in line with a USA Jackson. In fact, the neck shape and overall feel were very much like what a 7-string USA Dinky would be. Ultimately, I sold it because I already had too many 7-strings. The company was indeed started by the guys who used to run Jackson's Japanese operations back in the '90s. In fact, the Horus model is based on a Japanese-only Jackson model called the Falcon.

[Drake S.]

EverGrey has been with them for years & have 2 sig models with them,Sig models not available in the US or thru Internet except for Europe & Asia 1 is a Horus model the other is a 7 string custom I believe a dillenger also.

[iced_earth]

Wished they had a maple fretboard version....maybe then i'd get one (and if they weren't soo damn expensive, LOL)....

jeff

They've got a Michael Romeo Sig. coming out:

http://www.kyowashokai.co.jp/caparison-eng/e-08product/e08dellinger-mjr.html

[Jacksons Shred]

Picked this up in Japan 4 years ago... Great neck on this one.

Damn man, that's killer. How does it play?

[Norton]

I would love to get my Paws on a Horus, or an Orbit model.

Oh, do you also have a tail and rabbit ears?

[DonP]

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[Robert Burns]

Did you notice those cool inlays? Oblong "Clocks"... so on the 3rd fret
it's "3 o'clock'... 7th fret "7" o'clock etc... Very cool!

[Spivonious]

Did you notice those cool inlays? Oblong "Clocks"... so on the 3rd fret
it's "3 o'clock'... 7th fret "7" o'clock etc... Very cool!

I didn't notice that. That's really clever.

[Drake S.]

No long ears, or tail I'm more Yeti shaped so it's all fangs & Claws

Oh, do you also have a tail and rabbit ears?

[iced_earth]

Damn man, that's killer. How does it play?

It definitely lives up to the hype. The neck shape is very comfortable, on the thinner side, but not Ibanez thin. The unfinished neck is crazy smooth. Favorite neck of all the guitars I have. The guitar itself is fairly light. I swapped the bridge pickup for a X2N and it chugs nicely.

...and a close-up of the inlays for anyone interested.

[ken]

The caparison forum have a history of the company and Itaru Kanno's past with Jackson in Japan. In some of the old Jackson Stars threads, there was debate about where they got some of their facts from. In particular, it appears that they lifted some from our own Henrik, but it makes for an interesting read regardless:

http://www.brlguitars.com/resources/caparison_history.pdf

I don't own a Caparison, but for me it was their association with James Murphy (Death, Cancer, Testament, Disincarnate, etc.) that led me to look into them. They're just a bit too pricey for my liking and they strictly control what markets their retailers sell into.

[Neoclasiccl]

Mattias Eklundh plays them. He is a very innovative guitarist with a great sense of humor.

Here he is promoting his album freak guitar kitchen or something like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq0xvSJojw

[Jacksons Shred]

Damn..Only 1 member with a Caparison?

[Dred]

I've been into Caparisons for a while.

The only thing that bothers me is their 27 fret line... The Horus is one of the sexiest guitars I've ever seen, but the 24" 3/4 scale and bolton neck is kind of what would draw me to the Orbit's 25" 1/2 scale and nech through construction, if it wasn't so damn ugly.
Classic case of not being able to have your cake, and eat it too. haha

[JerEvil]

Pete from the Absence has 2 customs w/maple fret boards. Sexy ass guitars. If you order from someone like Ishibashi they come in around the USA Select series pricing. Buying them stateside is insane though. Crazy mark up.