zyonsdream Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 (edited) I posted this for the GOTM but I'm really interested in what everyone thinks. I know this is not an overly large pointy guitar site but I still value everyones opinions and feedback. It's a redesign of my EVX model with a slimmer body and sharper lines. I was going to be a guitar for me so the specs are my personal favorites (minus the finish.) I started to finish it a flat black but a friend offered me a deal on it so it got the stone finish they were interested in. Feel free to rip'er apart. Wood: Solid Maple Neck: Maple with Rosewood board 25.5" scale 12" radius 24 Dunlop Jumbo frets Pearl Dots Schaller Tuners Dual action truss rod ZDG Bat Wing reverse headstock!!!! Electronics: Guitarheads active pickup flat mount jack Battery box Orange drop cap 1 tone, no volume Cover plate is smoked Lexan so you can see the electronics Bridge: Leo Quan Bass Ass bridge with Schallar fine tuner attachment This is why I used the locking nut. I wanted the ultimate in tuning stability and thought this would be a cool idea to try. Finish: Textured stone with a matte hardcoat On to the fun! http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/Stone_05.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/100_3874.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/Stone_06.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/Stone_03.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/Stone_02.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/Stone_04.jpg Edited May 6, 2008 by zyonsdream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan316 Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Whooooooaaaaaah. Now we're talking about some serious originality!!! I'd shred that sucka on a stage. Wait. No. I'm a bassist. I'm toootally showing this to my guitar players. \m/ \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 as cool and clean that guitar looks, it won't get enough viotes on the GOTM...only les pauls and prs clones win there ;)hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) Whooooooaaaaaah. Now we're talking about some serious originality!!! I'd shred that sucka on a stage. Wait. No. I'm a bassist. I'm toootally showing this to my guitar players. \m/ \m/ kind of looks like a different take on this i like the OP's interpretation a lot though. Edited May 7, 2008 by ElysianGuitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyonsdream Posted May 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 The Ibanez XV500 was in the back of my mind when I designed this, along with the explorer but the VXV500 is much smaller and much rounder in shape (at least in person) My take on the design gives a lot more mass and cleaner lines but that’s just my opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 as cool and clean that guitar looks, it won't get enough viotes on the GOTM...only les pauls and prs clones win there ;)hehehe funny, out of my 3 wins only one of them had a blue (actually teal) figured maple top!!! I like the look of this guitar - although i would have liked to see less square looking bevels - maybe more graduated and organic.. although i do like the big block of cut stone look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Not the kind of guitar I'd play (I'm just not a pointy guy) but I will admit to drooling. Are the bevels just done with a chamfer bit? I think I'd like it better with a more "organic" beveling - still the sharp definition you've got, but something akin to an SG, where the depth of the bevel changes as it goes around the body. (Am I making sense? I believe I might be saying the same thing as Wez?) That said, perhaps that look wouldn't work at all on the instrument - it's hard to say what it might look like. But it does look killer. I love the simplicity of it all. It's just as much guitar as it needs to be. The headstock appears to be a matching finish (and with the bevels too!) That helps make it. (Love a better shot of that, BTW) Any info on the finish? I'm surprised at how cool that looks... Anyway, great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyonsdream Posted May 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 (edited) The only close up picture of the headstock washed out. I'd shoot another shot but I have no way to get it on the computer right now, I just packed my docking station for my trip to Disney tomorrow. So, I took one with the trusty mobile phone! I used a 45 degree chamfer bit to to the bevels. I've done organic bevels on this shape before and it looks okay but I was really going for an early 80's style metal look; sort of retro looking. I wanted sharp lines to really make the stone paint pop and give an authentic look. The headstock got the same 45 degree angle (but this headstock always gets angled, as you can see in this picture) The paint is really no secret. I use Krylon stone paint (they make many colors) and then I shoot it with a matte finish from Krylon. Since it's textured, there's no buffing! Makes life easy and my customer base seems to love the finishes! But... my customer base is 99.99% metal heads who like pointy guitars...pointy guitars attract pointy guitar players! LOL Edited May 9, 2008 by zyonsdream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 as cool and clean that guitar looks, it won't get enough viotes on the GOTM...only les pauls and prs clones win there ;)hehehe funny, out of my 3 wins only one of them had a blue (actually teal) figured maple top!!! I like the look of this guitar - although i would have liked to see less square looking bevels - maybe more graduated and organic.. although i do like the big block of cut stone look You don't need a maple top to build a PRS or a Les Paul and let's face it, we guitarists are VERY traditional, and there are very few of us who like pointy guitars I'm sure everybody here have heard people slamming Bc Rich for having "only pointy guitars" but we all know Bc Rich have very PRS ish looking guitars and super strats and other designs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 as cool and clean that guitar looks, it won't get enough viotes on the GOTM...only les pauls and prs clones win there ;)hehehe funny, out of my 3 wins only one of them had a blue (actually teal) figured maple top!!! I like the look of this guitar - although i would have liked to see less square looking bevels - maybe more graduated and organic.. although i do like the big block of cut stone look You don't need a maple top to build a PRS or a Les Paul and let's face it, we guitarists are VERY traditional, and there are very few of us who like pointy guitars I'm sure everybody here have heard people slamming Bc Rich for having "only pointy guitars" but we all know Bc Rich have very PRS ish looking guitars and super strats and other designs sorry, i may have been expanding on previous 'GOTM as beauty contest' discussions where the concensus seemed to be that you need a PRS or LP shape with highly figured maple top and a blue finish to be a winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I only vote for boobies... Guitar looks great, love the finish. Would like to try something like it someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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