If you had your own signature guitar,

Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

A J-Custom made Ibanez RG:

-Ebony fretboard with custom abalone inlay.
-Swamp Ash body with a quilted maple top and the other with a flamed maple top and matching headstock (of course combined with a transparant finish)
-Dunlop stainless steel frets, size: 6100 (maybe 6000, but I never tried those except on a Malmsteen signature strat and can't judge since that one is scalloped).
-Input jack placed like on the Ibanez JEM series (so your jack is out of the way when you play sitting down)
-Schaller strap locks and hex key holder on the back of the headstock.
-Edge tremolo.
-Pearloid truss rod plate in matching color as guitar.
-Hum-Hum pickup configuration, direct mounted, with a 5 way switch that is placed more towards the bridge compared to the regular position and Ibanez wiring (Neck series,neck parallel, both series, both split inner coils active, bridge series).
-Custom wound pickups by MJ especially to my taste and this guitar.
-I am not going to specify a color, because I probably want more than just 1 of these anyway!:biglaugh: But it needs to be transparant, that is for sure!
 
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Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

The main criteria for me is a Single cut LP style, 2 p90s, wraparound bridge in Blue Sunburst standard 4 knob layout and 50s wiring.
Brands: Gibson/Epiphone, just an LP with the above Block inlays. Gibson p90s
or PRS with the above and 25" scale length and their thicker bodies.
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Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

Available in 6, 7, and 8 strings:

Swamp ash wings
Maple-mahogany-walnut neck through
Burled maple top
24 fret maple fretboard
Offset staggered black dots (offset to the bass side from frets 3-12, offset to the treble side for frets 15-24)
Hipshot bridge
25.5" for 6 string, 26.5" for 7 string, 27.5" for 8 string
Grover locking tuners
Bareknuckle Painkiller bridge, Abraxas neck
2 volume with coil split, 1 tone (phase inversion for neck pickup)
Various transparent burst finishes
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

Basically the body of the Randy Rhoads LP and the neck of the Zakk Wylde L.P. Pickups would be a 496R/500T set with an A4 in the 496 and an A8 in the 500, aged gold pickup covers and hardware
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

On second thought... if by "signature guitar" you mean an endorsement deal from a company and I get a cut for every guitar sold... then...

The $99 Squier Bullet! If I get $1 for each one they sell, I'll be rich! :D
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

Archtop Soloist in two versions:

Version A
24.75" scale
22 frets
Quartersawn mahogany neck-through
Mahogany body wings
Carved flame maple top
Translucent dyed finishes
TOM bridge, strings through body
Seymour Duncan '59A2 neck
Seymour Duncan JBA2 bridge
Six-way toggle pickup selector
2 volume, 2 tone

Version B
25.5" fret scale
24 frets
Quartersawn maple neck-through
Alder body wings
Carved flame maple top
Translucent dyed finishes
Floating OFR with some gadget to make it act like it's decked
Seymour Duncan Full Shred neck
Seymour Duncan Custom bridge
Six-way toggle pickup selector
2 volume, 2 tone
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul. Like an R7 1957 reissue Goldtop, but with a slimmer 60's neck. Humbucker in the bridge, P-90 neck.
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

Had this discussion before...

Me:

Les Paul Standard
Cherry Sunburst
Maple three piece neck, 70's profile
Neck almost raw or satin finish
High ratio Gotoh tuners
Duncan Distortion bridge
T-Top Neck
300k bridge pot
500k neck
50's wiring
No pup covers
Cream pick guard

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Steve Dallas:

Dean Cadillac
Faded Denim finish
Matching headstock
Abalone Inlays and Dean logo
Grover Tuners
Custom Bridge
Distortion Middle
PG Neck
Gold covers on pups
500k pots
Standard 3 way switch
vol/vol/vol/master tone controls
Khaler Tremolo
All gold hardware
Cream rings
7 Ply binding

Except gold/cream, Mahler etc...
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Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

Hmmm, to get the most bang I'd prob go with a Michael Angelo double guitar but with Yngwie scalloped necks, and like 6 single coils and a piezo.
Or just a white KV2 w/ an '81
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

My signature guitar: Pawn shop HSS Strat. Antiquity mustang neck, Surfer Strat middle, Duo Sonic and Jaguar in series in bridge position. Med jumbo frets. Volume, tone, neck/bridge blender. 11-60s in D standard.

Pawn shop HSS Strat 2.jpg
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

I am pretty sure mine would be weird enough that it would never sell.
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

I'm modding my current strat in order to find out what I like the best and based on that, then build my "perfect guitar". It will be as follows:

Mahogany Tele body
One-piece maple strat neck with large headstock and black dots
22 frets
25.5 scale length

HSHS configuration (from bridge to neck):

DiMarzio X2N (bridge humbucker)
DiMarzio True Velvet middle (middle single coil)
DiMarzio D Activator neck (neck humbucker)
DiMarzio Area 58 (neck single coil)

One volume (treble bleed)
One tone
4-way tele switch (one position per PU but in different order)
1. neck Humbucker
2. neck single coil
3. middle single coil
4. bridge humbucker
Fixed bridge with strings through body
Graph Tech Ratio tuners
9-46 D Addario nickel wound strings
Strat-style input jack

Black Silhouette pickguard
All black hardware and pickups
Natural colour body
Custom headstock decal with name and model
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

I would have mine made by Black Water Guitar Co. Here would be my specs...

GENERAL
6-String Guitar
Scale: 25.0"
Finish: Satin Flamed Tiger/Black Burst (red/orange flames fading into a black rimburst) - front and back

BODY
Body Style: T-type with HH pickup configuration (no pickguard)
Body Material: Swamp Ash with a Carved Flamed Maple Top, AAAAA Grade
Body Alterations: Belly cut, Forearm contour, moderate weight relief (weight:7.5-8.5 lbs)
Bridge: Hipshot Bridge (Black) with a Piezo system

NECK
Neck Material: Korina (satin finish)
Neck Contruction: Neck-through build with a tapered heel (easy fret access)
Neck Shape: Asymmetric neck, compound radius, thickness in between a 50s rounded and 60s slim taper neck
Fretboard Material: Ebony
Fret Material: Stainless Steel
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Fret Inlay: Single custom inlay at the 12th fret only
Fret Side Markers: Glow-in-the-dark side markers at 3/5/7/9/12/etc.

HEADSTOCK
Headstock Finish: Matches the body (Flamed Tiger/Black Burst)
Headstock Shape: Katana-shaped, Reverse 6-inline
Truss Rod Cover: Black plastic with the same custom logo as on the 12th fret
Tuners: Hipshot Grip-Lock Tuners (Nickel finish)
Nut: Black Graph Tech XL

ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: SD Custom with Nickel cover
Neck Pickup: SD Pearly Gates with Nickel cover
Bridge Piezo System
Pickup Controls: 5-way pickup switch, Piezo control/blend switch, 2 tone pots, 2 volume pots
Electronic Wiring: 1950s Style with Bumblebee Caps (.022 bridge/.015 neck)
Bridge Tone Pot: 550K CTS Push/Pull Pot - coil splitting
Neck Tone Pot: 550K CTS Push/Pull Pot - coil splitting
Bridge Volume Pot: 1x550K CTS Push/Pull Pot - True Bypass
Neck Volume Pot: 1x500k Shadow Push/PUSH Pot - Kill Switch

OTHER
Binding color: Off-white
Binding locations: Body (front and back), neck, and headstock

The guitar would be a rough combination of the following pictures but with my specs. These are all Black Water Guitars, btw.

(1) This T-style body in a 6-string format (the color would be more red and less black centrally, with more black around the rim, and more linear flames)
BWG Tele Body.jpg

(2) This headstock (the finish would have to match the body)
BWG Reverse Katana Headstock.jpg

(3) This sort of Fretboard, the on/off binding, and pretty much the same bridge (BTW, amazing maple top, isn't it?)
BWG Fretboard and Binding.jpg
 
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Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

Richard said:
What would it be? I have thought about mine for so long, I have started building it... Well, modding one to my liking. Explain yours, Be specific and why.
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Strat-shaped, HSS, Alder w/mahogany tone block and maple cap + 9-12" compound 1pc maple neck. Locking tuners and a Gotoh 510 bridge. 1 vol 2 tone; bridge tone is no-load

For pickups I'll get something A3 5.7k formvar in the neck and middle, and something A2 9k Plain Enamel in the bridge.

I'll also have it come in transparent light blue or transparent red.

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Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

I've thought about making mine as a Halo custom.

Strat body (alder) in white
Black pickguard
Non-recessed floyd
Distortion bridge humbucker, 59 neck humbucker
Maple neck and fretboard
22 jumbo frets
Volume, tone, and a killswitch

I'll probably change what i want next week
 
Re: If you had your own signature guitar,

Now that they have the Gibson control layout and other improvements, I'd just get a PRS Singlecut 594 with a 12" radius board.
 
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