ElysianGuitars

No...never heard of it. If you call up guitarpartsdepot you can be set up as a wholesaler, have to have a Texas State Tax ID, but other than that, its pretty easy. Save some money on parts for your builds. They used to have a signup on their website, but I can't find it, but if you call them they'll get you all taken care of.

I don't know exactly...but it was way back...I ordered the pickups long before I built it obviously... But yeah,they were "soon to be available" if I remember right,but guitarpartsdepot was the only place I could gtet them at the time.shortly thereafter they were easily gotten. Guitarpartsdepot has always been the best place to get EMG online...Now things are a bit easier to come by... i don't think I did...It is 24 3/4" scale,pau ferro fretboard,3 piece neck through with mahogany center and maple outers and alder wings...I had it tuned to C on the 7th string,standard intervals after,which put the #1 string at F if I am correct...so it was lower than standard at the bottom and higher than standard at the top...I liked that range. Original floyd with dual 81/7s(sound better than 707s to me)and super jumbo dunlop frets...nickel...this was the last guitar I ever fretted in nickel. right now it is in pieces again...I have thinned the neck and I will be fixing some very minor things and refinishing it withreal paint...not that spraycan stuff I was using at the time. great sounding guitar...played well too,aside from the thick neck. Are you set up as a GPD wholesaler? I got setup, but I have yet to use it. Itd be really nice if they had a price list while waiting for them to set up the wholesale website, thats one of the main things keeping me from placing an order, I'd rather not have to call every time or email for pricing...

man, that thing looks great.

When did you build that? EMG 81-7's have been out for some time now, i remember in 2003 I was going to order one through Guitar Center, they can order them at the parts counter.

I also think it might be kind of weird looking if you don't use pickup rings... I guess because you always see chrome and gold pickups in rings...

If anyone could/would make them,it would be this guy... http://www.fretsonthenet.net/ He is Budman68 on this forum...I have ordered from him time to time...he is a great guy and makes quality products.If you email him with an idea he will tell you if he can do it or not. He made me phenolic 707 rings for a V a while back. I want to say someone on sevenstring.org contacted him about it at one point, but I'm not certain. I figure someone who's good with a MIG welder could make some out of some thin steel, and have them chrome or gold dipped, but so far no one has stepped forward to do it. If I had a Mig welder, I'd certainly try!

no one makes covers for 7 string pickups... at least not metal ones... you can get emg covers, but thats about it...

True, but Jake Carpenter didn't invent the snowboard, and Shakespeare didn't write Hamlet. I think its a case of whoever made it popular. In this case, Mr. Ormsby has copyrighted the word "multiscale" which leads most of us into pointing the idea at him. I've never seen the offset scalloping though. I don't really see any use for it other than cosmetic. It does look nice. doing some research, i found he only has it trademarked in australia, meaning that it does not stand in the US, and its also not even gone through yet, as of march 19th, its "Under Examination". honestly, i hope its contested, because the term multiscale is not ormsby's idea, its been around for almost 2 decades now, and trying to use such a common phrase to describe such instruments as a "brand name" is pretty crappy to the rest of the guitar building world. all you have to do is google multiscale guitar and you'll see ormsby is truly doing the rest of the world a disservice by trying to own this term.

awesome.

Funny thing, the guy I was building the purple one for decided he didn't like the top on the purple one. I might have a buyer lined up, so no biggie, but still, I think it looks awesome personally. He used it as an opportunity to switch to 1 piece mahogany body with a quartersawn wenge top and a satin finish.

what kind of mahogany is that? seems super light.

...

Here it is after day 1 of lacquer And this is one I started buffing on yesterday. It still has 1 problem spot, but I'm on it, and should be able to finish the buffing tomorrow.

wait, is it Tyrent on purpose, or is that a misspelling?

The purple one wound up being reworked, using the Mike Sherman method of bursting. And heres an Alder/Flamed Maple RG7 body I sprayed sealer on today, again using the Sherman method of bursting, as well as the Sherman method for faux binding. I've officially been Shermanized.