J.Backlund Design guitars announces new Korean made Models!

bruce bennett

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Yes, J.Backlund Design Guitars is announceing a new KOREAN MADE model!

these Guitars will be based on John's JBD-800 series body style. and will come in 8 colors and either tremolo or hardtail versions.
PLUS a Bass will be available as well.

All the details can be found at the link below, Please help us make this happen.

Retronix R-800 / R-800b by J. Backlund Guitar Project by J. Backlund Design Guitars — Kickstarter

Also we are going to be working with Seymore Duncan on the pickups for these guitars as well.
there is a high degree of likelyhood that these guitars will contain AMERICAN MADE SEYMOUR DUNCAN PICKUPS!

there are already some high profile Artists jumping on board.
and some very well known Music Dealers as well.




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basic design specs for the first run of Retronix:

25.5 scale length
compound radius from 12-16
22 medium jumbo frets
assymetrical carve similar to San Dimas charvels of the late 70s
wide thin style.. but not too thin. .820 thick @ first fret
1 11/16" wide nut ... 2 1/8" wide at End of Board
Single action truss rod
Maple neck with maple or rosewood board
contour carved heel with countersunk bolts
Mahogany "comfort carved" body
Dual PAF styled humbuckers with 5 way split-coil style switching.
choice of hardtail or tremolo bridge
Carefully balanced offset body design.
made by the "Unsung" factory in Korea.


help us spread the word about these great playing and fabulous feeling designs.
 
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the early bird specials are selling out.

whats left is:

hardtails 2
tremolos 16
basses 23

Thank You to all of those that help us make Guitar History.
 
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we can track who visits our project site and what link they clicked through to get there.

and I just wanted to say "thank you" to those that have pledged from here.

and a very big Thank you to Evan Skopp and Seymour Duncan for allowing us to post in this forum.
 
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18 days left!

Yep its nail biting time around here. That said... we've spoken with more than a dozen Kickstarter project people that were successfully funded, and they all told us that the last week was the most amazing. ... so we wait.

now WHILE we are waiting.. We have been very busy in the background.

I will say, that some investors have come forward to POSSIBLY step in and make this happen even if kickstarter fails.. ( Plan B)

ALSO, there is talk amoung we 3 here in the shop, that we might redo the kickstarter project with the goal number lowered to the number that we do reach, this may mean the price per guitar goes up some. (Plan C)

there is another project site called http://www.indiegogo.com/ that has less rules about the "final goal" than Kickstarter. We may redo our project to fit their model ( Plan D)

point being, We don't give up that easy. we've fought for this thing now for 5 years and the losses we've incurred are staggering and irreplacable. So We are SERIOUSLY INVESTED in this project. and WE WILL MAKE THESE GUITARS!

but for now. Tell everyone you know about the project.

and a HUGE Thank you! to Will Chen for the great article on Frugal Guitarist.com

and another HUGE THANK YOU! to all the folks that have helped us with the project this far.
We really appreciate it!
and if this project flys...Kevin has already added a little something extra to every guitar package that goes out.

I'll do a daily countdown bump when it reaches 10 days left. so that anyone that wants to jump in at the last minute will know when that last minute is.
 
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^^I can't tell.

Either way I didn't hear jack about lefties so I really don't care.
 
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Not spam.
Bruce is a regular at MLP and good people.
Support him if you dig the product.
 
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oh sweet jeebus yes...

LOVE me some Backlund!!!!!! Bummer, no custom colors.
 
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IS that an R100 in Blue/white?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
 
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