Drak Posted August 16, 2003 Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 Just finished this one up the other day...let me know what you think! Perota bodywood Birdseye Maple cap Warmoth Birdseye Neck Tele Bridge Custom designed body Sperzel Locking tuners Bill Lawrence 280 neck and middle Barden Tele bridge EMG Afterburner pre-amp EMG EXG tone-shaping device Finished in Nitro Contoured Neck Heel Rear body-waist route Pretty light, very resonant Strung with 9's for now The pics (1,2,3,etc...) follow the guitar from the top headstock down the neck to the back then around to the front. Drakulator-1 Drakulator-2 Drakulator-3 Drakulator-4 Drakulator-5 Drakulator-6 Drakulator-7 Drakulator-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted August 16, 2003 Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 WOW! I'm speechless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr_XD Posted August 16, 2003 Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 lol i really love the shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted August 16, 2003 Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 Yeah, bangin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted August 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 Thanks! This is really my favorite shape and I am starting to consider it my 'signature' guitar shape. I've made a HB/SC/SC EMG 'Metal' Floyd-equipped version, a thick-hollow 2-HB angled neck 'Gibson' version, and there are 1 or 2 more on the way I really dig the body shape. Can you tell? This is kind of my 'cover-all-the-Fender-bases Tele-Strat-Fender' version... After playing it for a few days, it's becoming obvious by the tone that it really is a 'Lenny' machine, not really for hard-rockin', but I got some others for that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted August 16, 2003 Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 Is it twangy like a real Tele in the bridge position? Also, is it wired like a standard Strat or something else?... I'm curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted August 16, 2003 Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 Nice work on the burst color job. I've always loved bursts. If you can, post an MP3 of what she sounds like. I'm curious about that pickup combination with the preamp. I'm surprised that you describe it as "Lenny" sounding. I would have expected more gain. Fantastic job, though, gotta admit that. What's the Gibson version like? Like a Les Paul with all the binding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 16, 2003 Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 Holy bananas batman! Do I smell featured guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted August 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 Roli, I'm still experimenting with it and letting the tone it wants to give off 'sink in' with me. Been playin' it all day today! It's really leaning to Ronnie Earl/Lenny/10,000 Maniacs tones in a 'big' way, but I've just been playing it thru my '73 Deluxe Reverb sitting on top of a 1-15 extension closed-back bottom-ported cab, running thru both, haven't tried any high-gain amps (or any pedals) yet with it, and I don't think it will be a good match for them by the sound of it either (to my surprise as well). Except I bet a chorus will sound tremendous with it. When I roll up the pre-amp all the way with the Barden, it sounds pretty screaming Roy Buchanan-ish more than anything else. When I roll it up on the neck/mid, it does rock out pretty nice with a nice fat hard-rockin' rich riffy tone. I've got the Afterburner in a few others, and the effect is quite different for some reason. With those, rolling up the A-burner goes right into heavily-overdriven completely-saturated endless-sustain Satriani-Land (I like) but this one seems a bit different...Hmmmmmm...I still like tho. But it doesn't quite 'twang' like a genuine hard-core grittin' on Tele either, but then again I never thought Bardens did that as well as a real Tele bridge does anyhow...the Barden is a guest at the moment, maybe subject to change, but the Lawrences are just made for this guitar, they fit it perfectly for what it apparently wants to do. Actually, the Barden is out of phase with the Lawrences, just the way the chips fell between them, I was going to reverse the polarity to make it right, but I've found in the past few hours that the out-of-phase tone with it's reduced bass gives me the most twang-tone, so I might just keep it this way...we'll see...it's good for tonal variety. It's got the Stew-Mac 5-way Megaswitch, which gets rid of the middle-pkp only (pos 3) in favor of the bridge/neck 'Tele middle-position' sound. So I'm getting 2 out-of-phase positions right now (3 and 4), the best twang being the pos. 3 bridge/neck... Jehle, I'm a moron when it comes to having my sh*t and grits together for recording and posting MP3's. I want to get hooked up for that, but always seem to be doing something else and can't seem (as yet) to find the time to get hooked up like dat...I HAVE to get it together on that front soon... I'll post some pics of the Gibson version soon. I call it 'Bones' 'cause the top is highly flamed Walnut that looks like an X-ray of someone's rib cage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted August 17, 2003 Report Share Posted August 17, 2003 .....speechless, congrats dude, thats a kick ass guitar, love the burst finish, especially on the neck. Holy bananas batman! Do I smell featured guitar? It gets my vote! Awesome man, Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted August 17, 2003 Report Share Posted August 17, 2003 I say it again: that's something wonderful, man. Hope you're gonna find a pickup that really fits to the bridge if Barden isn't quite well. Keep that good work goin'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third eye Posted August 17, 2003 Report Share Posted August 17, 2003 great work man!!!!!! i love the grain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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