componants of a good shred guitar
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Re: componants of a good shred guitar
off the top of my head...
mahogany body
maple neck
rosewood or ebony fretboard.
compound 14'' to 16'' neck radius.
floyd rose double-locking trem
3-way toggle
two humbuckers (DDb and 59n)
2 volume knobs and 1 tone
jumbo frets
neck-through construction
satin black hardware
and a warlock body
did i miss anything?
off the top of my head...
mahogany body
maple neck
rosewood or ebony fretboard.
compound 14'' to 16'' neck radius.
floyd rose double-locking trem
3-way toggle
two humbuckers (DDb and 59n)
2 volume knobs and 1 tone
jumbo frets
neck-through construction
satin black hardware
and a warlock body
did i miss anything?
Benjy_26
25's Nemesis
Re: componants of a good shred guitar
Big frets, comfortable neck profile (not that flat for me, 12" radius is more than enough for my tastes) a bridge nut/tuner system with excellent tuning stability, high output pickups with a smooth response and clarity and good upper fret access. The body must also be comfortable to the player.
Big frets, comfortable neck profile (not that flat for me, 12" radius is more than enough for my tastes) a bridge nut/tuner system with excellent tuning stability, high output pickups with a smooth response and clarity and good upper fret access. The body must also be comfortable to the player.
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HeadBanginologist
Re: componants of a good shred guitar
yes, alot of times when im doing fast scale runs or triple octave arpeggios and i need the extra 2 frets if i dont feel like hitting that harmonic all the time.
btw, these are the components of a good shred guitar:
fairly thin neck(san dimas style)
strat body modified with lower horn cut off, leaving ultimate fret access
hot bridge humbucker with hot neck humbucker(probably Custom/DDn)
some sort of tremolo(floating) preferably low profile ones.
basswood or alder or mahogany or maple body
neck through body with birdseye maple neck
maple fret board or ebony fretboard or brazilian rosewood fretboard
and it has to played by Vai a number of 777 times.
and depending on what color the guitar is:
example, if has maple top with sunburst finissh, gold or chrome hardware.
if has natural finish, gold or black hardware
and if has darker finish like green or purple black and gold hardware.
if solid coler like white, gold hardware
red color, chrome
pink, black hardware
neon green, black hardware
thats it
yes-fan said:
yes, alot of times when im doing fast scale runs or triple octave arpeggios and i need the extra 2 frets if i dont feel like hitting that harmonic all the time.
btw, these are the components of a good shred guitar:
fairly thin neck(san dimas style)
strat body modified with lower horn cut off, leaving ultimate fret access
hot bridge humbucker with hot neck humbucker(probably Custom/DDn)
some sort of tremolo(floating) preferably low profile ones.
basswood or alder or mahogany or maple body
neck through body with birdseye maple neck
maple fret board or ebony fretboard or brazilian rosewood fretboard
and it has to played by Vai a number of 777 times.
and depending on what color the guitar is:
example, if has maple top with sunburst finissh, gold or chrome hardware.
if has natural finish, gold or black hardware
and if has darker finish like green or purple black and gold hardware.
if solid coler like white, gold hardware
red color, chrome
pink, black hardware
neon green, black hardware
thats it
D
DeadSkinSlayer3
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Re: componants of a good shred guitar
My shred guitar is my Schecter, but if I had a custom shred guitar made for me, it'd be as follows:
Solist style Mohogany body, with a PRS style sculpt on the lower horn (that shaved away piece)
Neck thru maple neck, satin finish, Schecter profile, 25.5 scale
6100 XJ frets, flat radius'd ebony fingerboard, 27 frets (slanted with the neck pickup)
Kahler flatmount trem, locking nut behind standard nut
H/slanted S pickup config, FSb/custom hot rails/lil demon hybrid
One volume push pull pot for pickup select, killswitch, tone pot left in cavity (as not to lose highs)
Standard Jackson style headstock, possibly reversed
Vintage white color, black binding on body, neck, and headstock
Only cutaway would be the tummy one
The body would be thick as an LP, with a carved top
The neck would be angled, like on an LP as well.
My shred guitar is my Schecter, but if I had a custom shred guitar made for me, it'd be as follows:
Solist style Mohogany body, with a PRS style sculpt on the lower horn (that shaved away piece)
Neck thru maple neck, satin finish, Schecter profile, 25.5 scale
6100 XJ frets, flat radius'd ebony fingerboard, 27 frets (slanted with the neck pickup)
Kahler flatmount trem, locking nut behind standard nut
H/slanted S pickup config, FSb/custom hot rails/lil demon hybrid
One volume push pull pot for pickup select, killswitch, tone pot left in cavity (as not to lose highs)
Standard Jackson style headstock, possibly reversed
Vintage white color, black binding on body, neck, and headstock
Only cutaway would be the tummy one
The body would be thick as an LP, with a carved top
The neck would be angled, like on an LP as well.
Usurper666
New member
Re: componants of a good shred guitar
Theese are the epitome of shred guitars for me, as they are built by THE MAN, Mr. Charvel himself. http://www.wayneguitars.com/
Cheers,
CJ
Theese are the epitome of shred guitars for me, as they are built by THE MAN, Mr. Charvel himself. http://www.wayneguitars.com/
Cheers,
CJ
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HeadBanginologist
Re: componants of a good shred guitar
my friend did that to some crappy ESP LTD he bought at a pawn shop. he stripped the pain and cut the lower horn off, it looks almost like an offset telecaster but with no lower horn and a floyd!!
freakin awesome!!!
im gonna do something similiar to that probably to an ibanez or esp. just imagine that! a pink ibanez rg with no lower horn and neon green pickups!!! :laugh2:
yes-fan said:
my friend did that to some crappy ESP LTD he bought at a pawn shop. he stripped the pain and cut the lower horn off, it looks almost like an offset telecaster but with no lower horn and a floyd!!
freakin awesome!!!
im gonna do something similiar to that probably to an ibanez or esp. just imagine that! a pink ibanez rg with no lower horn and neon green pickups!!! :laugh2:
7th Hell
New member
Re: componants of a good shred guitar
You guys forgot the most important thing on a Shredder Axe- the graphics! How about a skeleton riding a nuclear warhead towards a night city skyline? It shouldn't have any volume or tone knobs (10 all the time!) or a neck pickup! Oh- and the reversed headstock should look like some sort of weapon. You know- pointy and jagged...
You guys forgot the most important thing on a Shredder Axe- the graphics! How about a skeleton riding a nuclear warhead towards a night city skyline? It shouldn't have any volume or tone knobs (10 all the time!) or a neck pickup! Oh- and the reversed headstock should look like some sort of weapon. You know- pointy and jagged...
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Re: componants of a good shred guitar
No neck pickup?!?!?! I'll take the invader (bridge version) in the neck, middle and bridge wired in series with no toggle and no controls...hehehehe
Seriously, I'm a huge shred fan, and I play it a little. I tend to stay away from equipment that tends to 'factor out' my playing and sounds too generic. Super high gain amps and super output pickups, IMHO, tend to do this. I'll take a Fender Strat for shred any day of the week...most Jacksons, etc, just don't have a sound or feel that I like, but there are of course notable exceptions. My strats just allow me a little more expression with my playing.
Farkus
7th Hell said:
No neck pickup?!?!?! I'll take the invader (bridge version) in the neck, middle and bridge wired in series with no toggle and no controls...hehehehe
Seriously, I'm a huge shred fan, and I play it a little. I tend to stay away from equipment that tends to 'factor out' my playing and sounds too generic. Super high gain amps and super output pickups, IMHO, tend to do this. I'll take a Fender Strat for shred any day of the week...most Jacksons, etc, just don't have a sound or feel that I like, but there are of course notable exceptions. My strats just allow me a little more expression with my playing.
Farkus
Hot _Grits
Buttery Toneologist
Re: componants of a good shred guitar
The high output pickup thing is not necessarily the way to go. Yngwie doesn't use powerful humbuckers, and his live tone is superb.
to me, the musicman EVH is the best shred guitar I've played. All those neck-thru guitars almost always use maple for the neck/centre, making them very top endy and hard sounding. Cool if you need to cut through a bunch of keyboards, but fatiguing after a while. The EVH is bright, but the basswood body rounds out the tone and extends the low end.
The high output pickup thing is not necessarily the way to go. Yngwie doesn't use powerful humbuckers, and his live tone is superb.
to me, the musicman EVH is the best shred guitar I've played. All those neck-thru guitars almost always use maple for the neck/centre, making them very top endy and hard sounding. Cool if you need to cut through a bunch of keyboards, but fatiguing after a while. The EVH is bright, but the basswood body rounds out the tone and extends the low end.