ElysianGuitars

Are you set up as a GPD wholesaler?

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.

EMG will be not be making gold 707s...at least not for a while.So I guess that is your answer

When did you build that? EMG 81-7's have been out for some time now

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...

did you ever do a build thread on this one?

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...

I may well go for an 81-7 myself after putting together this mockup:

I'll grab a brass pickup ring from fretsonthenet instead.

man, that thing looks great.

Tomorrow,I am sure.

It's no secret...guitarpartsdepot used to advertise that they could custom order from EMG...That is how I got my 81/7s a while back for a seven string V I made

I only include three pics because I don't think you ever saw this and I think you might like it.

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...

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

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!

Hmmm....perhaps a cream/cream D-Activator 7 pickup? A 7-string bucker cover would rule so much. No idea if anyone makes them, however :-\

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

I dont think its fair that EVERYONE gives credit to Mr. Ormsby for that "idea". Ive know luthiers who did that WAY before Perry became popular. It just wasnt thought of or known as well.

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.

honduras. it is super light, in colour and weight - amazing tap tone as well

awesome.

They're all so tasty!

Love the tight quilt of the purple one and the crazy figure of the green one.

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.

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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.

Ending credits :O

Nice sounding guitar, especially the cleans. Should have added more gain to the lead though. But hey! This isn't about your settings or anything.

Congrats on the guitar!

the original version of the song he posted didn't have a lot of gain on the lead.

i'll go as low as 100.

I didn't realize the Tele/Bigsby was a trend...

This was my Christmas present to myself:

is that a graphtech resomax bridge?

this trem has never been used, its pristine. i don't know what else to say, i'd use it if i didn't need the money

i'm looking to get 125 shipped for it(in the US/Canada), i'll ship outside the US as well if necissary.

steve's specials are the 6 string version of the blaze, very scooped, but they work quite well if you have a mid happy amp. you can get some absolutely crushing tones out of them, especially if you tune low.

Excellent, I love beveled RG's

Yeah, I figured you might, Stewey

So I glued in a splice to fill in the truss channel (messed it up on the test run last year, no biggie). With that dry, I added ears on the headstock and just glued the mahogany veneer on the headstock. My plan is to sand the veneer in a such a way that the nut will sit over it. Kind of like what people will do to the binding on the side of a headstock, give it a nice little sharp point under the nut. We'll see how it turns out.

In other news, I've been debating the headstock for a bit now. I was very much set on my traditional Ibanez-ripoff headstock, which I think is definitely one of the more pleasing designs as far as headstocks go. Since this again will be another hard rockin' body style, I was thinking the same, but I'm looking to challenge myself a bit more. Now some of you might not think a different headstock is challenging, but it certainly is different. I didn't know if anyone had any opinions about the following:

A: My usual headstock

B: The Ibanez 3x3

C: The Jackson 3x3

I was thinking of tossing in the ESP 3x3, but I don't feel that it would fit the proposed body style enough. Thoughts?

Also, anyone have any firsthand experience with the Steve's Special pickup? I hear it's very different to work with, and was wondering what the learning curve might be.

sold, lock her up.

was going to use it in the RGA7 build, but no one is biting on that, and i need the money, so i'm parting that one out... i'd like to get 250+shipping for this, its in very nice shape, can't really find any blemishes on it. comes with the claw and springs as shown in the picture. i can't find the bar, but it will ship with a brand new one, as i'll buy one from guitar center before i ship it. will also ship with the locking studs. it came from an RG7620, and was obviously very well taken care of. i only used it to set up the RGA7, so it hasn't really seen much use since i got it

i have ebay feedback if you need a reference, as well as itrader ratings on several forums.

Nice axe!!! Just what I was thinking about!!!

What are the fretboard dimensions?

And what bridge did you use?

Thanks!

thats a hipshot fixed bridge...

Thanks Geo! Yeah the first two pictures show the guitar masked off. I know what you mean about the colors, I have had the same feeling when I painted other items!

And thanks to you too, Jon!

I finished this one. I Won't be posting much since I don't play. But I'll be back if/when I can paint another guitar. I'm going to ask a few friends and look around at some shops for another project.

I'm pretty happy with the results of this guitar. I cleared it once, wet sanded, and then cleared again, and wet sanded, then buffed, polished, and waxed it. These steps are where I need the practice. I sanded through the first coat of clear, so the graphics were ruined in (more than) a few spots. I left them since its hard to tell.

Thanks for checkin it out! I'm looking forward to my next paintjob. Not sure when, but I'll post it.

so you only did 1 coat of clear before wet sanding? you'd going to want to build up your finish, not just do 1 coat, wet sand, and do another coat and wet sand, thats why you wound up sanding through the clear on the first attempt at wet sanding.

man, i love all the 7 strings being built on this forum now, i really hope we're looking at a 7 string insurgence