My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

[orpheo]

and there's no one to blame but ME, haha!

I ordered somewhere in april my 'coupe de grace'. 2 les pauls, with everything I ever wanted. flamed korina back, 5A quilt maple cap, figured koa top, flamed walnut back, superdupernecks blabla.







They arrived in the end of june, and the finishing process was done in the first week of August. I still have to finesand and polish them. The only hardware I have so far are the backplates, which I did polish. purpleheart for one and bubinga for the other.

For some reason, I had no problem buying 2 marshalls and a mesa in the meantime, but completing these has been a troublesome experience. I just can't get myself to do so!

Now, I've finally decided upon the right course of action. I know what I have to do and how I'm going to do it, and i want you guys to be part of the thought and buildprocess.


I'll be ordering these bridges:



in gold, ofcourse. they cost me like 700$ a POP! but... they look better on a les paul than the dreaded floyd. Also, they are JUST 115 grams each. a regular floyd is at least trice the weight!

Also, I'll be ordering titanium blocks to go. These blocks are super light, and they add some sparkle to the tone, compared to the full aluminium of the strandberg-bridges.

I'm in contact with a pickup-wizard to make me 2 sets of pickups, pure handwounds, to my specs. can't wait! the pickups will be like PAF's, with a bit more power, more open, more clear, more transparant, 3D, better harmonics. the neckpickup will sing, with flutey overtones and a bell-chime. the bridgepickup will be very open, clear, articulated and 3D; broad and dynamic! lots of mids. crunchy and punchy in the mids, singing in the highs, solid in the lows but not boomy in any way.

tuners? locking planet waves.

pots? bournes! very simple wiring; just 2x volume 2x tone, 1 coiltapswitch. toggle and jack are switchcraft. the knobs will be wenge on both guitars.

but the best part?

A dear friend of mine, who's done a lot of my finishing and inlaywork is willing to make them extra special.

In the star-trek-font He'll be doing my name on the headstocks. and on the purpleheart neck, he'll do ALL the star trek-starship Enterprises as inlay, and on the bubinga neck, I'll be getting all the logo's!so, finally, after nearly 6 months, there seems to be progress

[Phantasmagoria]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

Nice...that purple one looks sweet! Floyd Rose just came out (2011 NAMM) with these new bridges for Les Paul's.... (available in Black, Gold & Chrome...). Don't know if they're available yet though...

[orpheo]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

Nice...that purple one looks sweet! Floyd Rose just came out (2011 NAMM) with these new bridges for Les Paul's.... (available in Black, Gold & Chrome...). Don't know if they're available yet though...

Hi, I know that, but I don't want a floyd or trem just for doing divebombs or whobbles. A trem gives a special kind of tone, bit more springy, reverbey than a fixed bridge, and that trem is just a fixed bridge that can do vibrato so to say. I know the tone of those kind of trems, and to be frank; they suck. I'd rather have a real trem (like the REAL floyd or the strandberger I want), cause those trems just sound better. I'll never do something else if I want a trem than floyd or something like that. I happen to ike the floyd and when it comes to sustain, it doesn't matter that much. a les paul already has so much sustain...

the strandberger has a great tone too, by the way. its so lightweight (115 grams, more or less; 3 times LESS than a FLOYD!!) and the tone is more like a fixed bridge than floyd-y. a floyd is a lot of lows and highs and lacks in the mids, the strandberger is much more even, like a regular bridge. so with the strandberger, my guitars will walk the perfect line between trem and fixed bridge. the reverbration of a trem,but the evenness of a fixed bridge.

[orpheo]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

oh and you dont have to cut the ballends on the strandberger.

[ItsaBass]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

A $700 vibrato...wow!

[Ashurbanipal]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

^^ Still less than the Titanium Floyd .

Lack of καιρός can be annoying, but the gods will make it clear when the time for completion is right - look for the birth of a two headed cat in your neighbourhood, tis the sign!

Very interesting trem - does is pivot on bearings? Materials? First thought was aluminium or titanium, given that it's so light. So, you reckon this trem solves the eternal problem of functionality vs. tone suck people wrestle with? I take it that you've road-tested it to arrive at your conclusions.

[orpheo]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

^^ Still less than the Titanium Floyd .

Lack of καιρός can be annoying, but the gods will make it clear when the time for completion is right - look for the birth of a two headed cat in your neighbourhood, tis the sign!

Very interesting trem - does is pivot on bearings? Materials? First thought was aluminium or titanium, given that it's so light. So, you reckon this trem solves the eternal problem of functionality vs. tone suck people wrestle with? I take it that you've road-tested it to arrive at your conclusions.

Its 500$ with an aluminium block, 700$ with titanium.

It has needlebearings. its fully aluminium, hardened, if I'm not mistaken. thats why its so superlight.

I am convinced this trem is the best working trem around. in my opinion, a floyd sounds fine, maybe even more than fine, but its a PITA to restring it. you need tools and stuff. if you use locking tuners, you don't need any tool with this trem. at all. no need to cut off the ball ends of the string. the trem is VERY stable when it comes to tuningstability. you can do very deep divebombs, and if you want, the 'fintuners' on the back can be used to be fully functional tuners on their own (headless if you want).

so, yeah. they're expensive. but for something with these looks (better than floyd!) better way of intonation, no need for special tools, I'm willing to scoop out that kind of money. its not like the pickups and bodies are for free either

[ImmortalSix]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

So, uh, what is the point of this thread?

[KeeperOS]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

...Lack of καιρός can be annoying, but the gods will make it clear when the time for completion is right - look for the birth of a two headed cat in your neighbourhood, tis the sign!...

Erm, what's that sentence supposed to mean?

BTW, the word καιρός is Greek for weather so you're basically saying that
(The) lack of WEATHER can be annoying...

Not following...

Back to the thread, am I mistaken to say that I vividly remember two guitars like there already done and part of your stable?

Are these two identicals or did you break them down again to rebuild them?

[orpheo]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

these 2 were never fully completed. I have some guitars that resemble these, though

[BloodRose]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

gonna say, if you are lacking ambition, send the purple one my way... WOW!!

That trem is cool too!! Never seen one. Where do you get those??

Wonder if that Floyd rose for LP model is a non permanent mod? Im guessing it bolts on to the normal stop bar/tail piece bolts.. could be cool! Hadnt seen those either

[xntrick]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

interesting bridge but damn that thing is expensive, looking forward to seeing how your guitars turn out..good luck

[orpheo]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

gonna say, if you are lacking ambition, send the purple one my way... WOW!!

That trem is cool too!! Never seen one. Where do you get those??

Wonder if that Floyd rose for LP model is a non permanent mod? Im guessing it bolts on to the normal stop bar/tail piece bolts.. could be cool! Hadnt seen those either

I found them a long time ago, just by google-ing some odd terms :P

that floyd is indeed a non-permanent mod

glad you like the purple one. It's a color I always loved, and I finished it myself .

I am torn between ordering 2 sets of zephyr silvers or 2 sets of pure handwound zhangbuckers.

[Metalblaze]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

Erm, what's that sentence supposed to mean?

BTW, the word καιρός is Greek for weather so you're basically saying that
(The) lack of WEATHER can be annoying...

Not following...

Back to the thread, am I mistaken to say that I vividly remember two guitars like there already done and part of your stable?

Are these two identicals or did you break them down again to rebuild them?

Hey Manos, how's it going? The Stinnett and all? BTW I think Ashurbanipal meant "Lack of Time"?

To the OP: Cool concept! I'm a huge fan of anything spacey!

[TheLivingDead]

Re: My dreamguitars aren't progressing at all!

Whoa! Very very nice.

That trem is effing weird, though! I gotta try one...