Redstein

Kudos for sticking to your own vision - this is going to be interesting Between you and Wademeister you'll have a definite theme going, and I'm not being sarcastic - keep those pics coming! http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=10342

This is a game I find hard to resist The part of the original design I liked best is the rear upper bout, so... It needs a bit more work, but you get the idea

Rather reminiscent of Alembic's Dragon's Wing...

Agree about the controls. I'd also replace that ugly Dean headstock with something classier... At the very least make it smaller - it's way too big with respect to the body, and might even make the whole thing neck heavy.

Chalk up another vote for Phil... Excellent line-up this month as always, only more so I see no reason to come up with a comment of my own when Skibum has said it all and said it so well (in Phil's thread):

Not really There's only so much gnawing and sawing you can do to the basic V shape, after all... and Matt's has a lot more class than the Moser, which looks cartoonish and downright tacky

Hey Matt - I like both designs, and I'd say you had the right idea from the start: 1. keeping the purpleheart V the way it is (although not having seen the glue line flaw you mention I'm not quite sure I'm making sense)... I love this body the way it is... ...and... 2. ...using your newest design for the oak V. If you keep its sides angular and thick enough it won't look anything like the Bastard V Not much in common, really - the Moser is an HR Giger nightmare, and yours is actually quite understated in comparison :D

Why not strip it of its humbuckers and call it a MIDI controller? Or remplace the pickups with active EMG's - would probably work for hi-gain applications (I did NOT say metal ) wouldn't it? I've heard that those GraphTech synthetic saddles kill most of the snap - might also be part of the problem? Drak, that lizard skin on the Warlock was a real beaut!

Excellent work, Matt - and fast, too... I can see this one with a clear finish, two P-90's and an understated headstock - but somehow I suspect you're not gonna go that route KUTGW!

Just gorgeous Love that art-deco vibe... any chance of a sound sample?

I really like all four entries !!! The fretless V has a wonderful cello vibe going... Shame about the dodgy pic quality that doesn't really let one make an informed decision. Matt's Impaler is a true original, which is no small feat, and the purpleheart is an inspired choice for such an aggressive design... Toddler's neck-through is very well thought out and put together - very attractive, just a bit too glossy for my taste (might have been even more beautiful with matching veneer on headstock). As for the Ormsby... well I'm a sucker for headless guitars, there isn't a classier shape around than the Tele's... and it's pretty much flawless in execution (and it's the only one I've heard, too, which defo counts for something)... So the Gargoyle it is for me this time, with the Impaler a very, very close second... but again... (please go back to top...)

No reason to laugh at your doodlings - in fact I luurve the lower wing... It's a stronger design than the deadhead V I'd also ask my girl about torture (she certainly knows a lot about that too ), but really, what's with the fixation with killin' implements ? Anyway, 'nother name you might want to consider, especially if you're going to go for that headstock would be "The Claw"... you could even add graphics such as this on the fingerboard or headstock:

I hear ya - this is going to be one wicked axe (Hadn't realised you were set on using that bolt on neck you showed on the first page - otherwise I wouldn't have suggested shifting the neck forward.)

The scratch plate idea makes perfect sense - might not be feasible depending on the aluminium sheet's thickness, though (?) Otherwise, Pete, you've come up with many interesting body designs here! I like your last one, but you might want to line up the forward edge of the upper horn with that of the lower horn... All well and good - but you've kinda lost the Hendrix vibe you said you were after, haven't ya? I'll quit bugging ya now, its a promise (the black shape would be the fingerboard, not the neck, btw - meaning the neck can extend much more into the body)

Nope All I did was move the neck out a little (2/3 frets) and therefore elongate the neck joint on the top side, which gives the illusion of a deeper cutaway - but the horns are completely untouched. The original pic: My scale-length-challenged suggestion: (As mentioned before, I also shaved off part of the body bottom to shorten the thing a bit and reflect the horns' diagonal - cuts down a bit on the 'heaviness' of the reversed body)