So, what is the ULTIMATE METAL GUITAR???

[toejam]

How about this. It's only got a pointy headstock.

[quakana]

That counts!! That guitar is all Metal

[Annah]

I dunno... this one is pretty friggin metal.... Sorry about the HUGEASS pic...

[RacerX]

Where's the pickup?

[fett]

Who cares!!! They'll get to that later. That looks really neat.

[RacerX]

Boy, why you all nihilist today?

[quakana]

Who cares!!! They'll get to that later. That looks really neat.

+1 that thing is cool

[Jack Napalm]

[fett]

Boy, why you all nihilist today?

Are you talking to me? By the way, a nihlist wouldn't respond to this because it just doesn't matter.

[tortfeaser]

How about a Rand?



Or a Kramer Baretta with Holoflash finish?

[hippietim]

Where's the pickup?

That is a Variax. It does not have magnetic pickups.

[fett]

That is a Variax. It does not have magnetic pickups.

So the whole body electrically picks it up? That makes it even cooler.

[RacerX]

"Like the Roland system, the Variax uses a separate pickup for each string, though in this case it's an integral bridge-mounted piezo transducer rather than a narrow magnetic pickup, so there are no visible pickups at all — straightaway this gives the guitar a distinctive look. A side benefit of using piezo transducers is that they are not susceptible to radiated hum and interference from transformers and computer screens in the same way magnetic pickups are — a factor that will be welcomed by many recording guitarists."

from http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Jun0...ine6variax.asp

[Gio]

any floyd rose equipped super strat, throw some EMGs in the mix.

neckthrugh construction with a maple neck.

maple or ebony fretboard.


Jackson, ESP, Ibanez

whatever.

[Soap]

As far as a "metal look" goes, Annah has posted the more metal looking guitar this far. I love it, if it just had a OFR and a rear pickup, off to the races I'd be. Although, I'm not sure how those variac guitars do, skeptical indeed.
Still a killer looking guitar, very metal.