Another Custom Shop idea

[Newc]

So whayddya think?
I call it The Devil's Talon cuz it's all evil and stuff [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]



Newc

[Number Of The Priest]

Re: Another Custom Shop idea

Wow, great shape!! [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] I think you have a winner!

Also known as The Devil's Can Opener... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] But a very cool shape. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: Another Custom Shop idea

[img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I thought about that - The Jackson Can/Bottle Opener - opens 9 different bottles and cans, and can be used as a prybar or mountain climbing aid [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

or The Jaws Of Death (Life) [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Number Of The Priest]

Re: Another Custom Shop idea

Hey, you know what? Since you swapped the Jackson pointy headstock Warrior wings with Jackson Death Angel wings, the headstock should also reflect that. May I suggest the Charvel/Wayne "beak"? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]



I can't find a picture of the similar Charvel "beak" headstock but it looks nearly identical to the Wayne "beak". [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[xenophobe]

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I like the shape, but the headstock still looks like a smurf hat [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: Another Custom Shop idea

Smurf Hat. Better than these two:

The Beak:



The Smurf Shoe:



Now you see why it has the only head that fits [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Number Of The Priest]

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[img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] You're right, thanks for making those mockups real quick. [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[necrotechno]

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Looks like the GuitarXpress thing.

[Soloist1]

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I always knew papa smurf was Satan. lol

[RacerX]

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[Newc]

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You're right, thanks for making those mockups real quick. [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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There! Finally a voice of reason!
The rest of you should know that it is futile to doubt me [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[gtrcollectr]

Re: Another Custom Shop idea

My vote goes to Toucan Son of Sam. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Newc]

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I tried doing a "Ram's Horns" headstock - both Toucan and Smurf Shoe facing opposite directions - but it kept coming out looking like a Prince Philip [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Revised and submitted for a quote

Ok, this one may actually kick all ass:



Alder body
Ferrari Red with matching head
Bolt-on maple/ebony neck with Iommi Crosses
Jumbo frets
KV-2 neck profile
1 11/16" nut
Black logo
One Duncan Distortion
No knobs - straight to the jack
Slanted board end
Edge-mounted jack like on 1990 Warrior
SLS head
(I boo-booed on the binding - meant to select None but chose Neck and Headstock, but None for color - was going to go with red, but then red won't show against the head, and if it does it won't match unless I go with a Custom Color, which $uck$ [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] - I coulda done black binding, but it doesn't show against the ebony board, and no sense getting the head bound without the neck - besides, there's always black pinstripe tape [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img])
Black hardware
Recessed OFR
G&G case with Red Poodle interior

I was going to do 2-hum, then decided onthe slanted board, which meant H-S, and just a mini-toggle to select pickups, but then figured it's just too aggressive for a neck pickup, so I went with the 1H layout and no knobs for maximum non-stop output - I mean, you won't play clean or Country on this thing [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Probably should go with Baritone, but nah - if I want it that heavy I'll just put heavier strings on it [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
And of course a Floyd for the all-important whammying [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Actually I was going to design a stringthrough plate that kept the design motif, but damn that woulda took time and probably cost an assload [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[YetAnotherOne]

Re: Revised and submitted for a quote

I like it a lot! Couple of things I'd do: Flip the slant the other way and add a couple of partial frets beyond the 24th; and do a black neck/headstock binding, you don't really want to look at the fret slots along the edge of the 'board do you?