List for me a bunch of custom guitar builders

[Xeromus]

Like Tom Anderson, Grosh, Suhr, etc. I'm interested in seeing what's out there.

 

[mrfjones]

Re: List for me a bunch of custom guitar builders

Blueline, best i know of

 

[Boleslaw Gers 666]

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Christian told me about Ed Roman Guitars. When I get up the money and after a Les Paul, I'm surely buying one from him. 100% custom.

 

[Zerberus]

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Driskill, Melancon, Cris Mirabella, Jerry Auerswald, Nik Huber, Andy Schack, J/C will build anything you can dream up, Blueline of course, Ed Roman isn´t my favorite but he´s world class,.....

Not too versed on us Luthiers, sorry. Auerswald, Huber, Schack are already Germans

*Edit* OOUCH, forgot Wayne Charvel and Neal Moser, of course

 

[Xeromus]

Re: List for me a bunch of custom guitar builders

Christian told me about Ed Roman Guitars. When I get up the money and after a Les Paul, I'm surely buying one from him. 100% custom.

NO

 

[Xeromus]

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A big + 1 here also check out this guy:

www.mirabellaguitars.com

mike recommends him highly too. How can I contact Blueline?

 

[XSSIVE]

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yup, only one you need to know is Cris Mirabella IMO

-Mike

 

[Boleslaw Gers 666]

Re: List for me a bunch of custom guitar builders

NO

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[theodie]

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I guess you havent heard the Ed Roman horror stories!!! I will Repeat.....

NO!!!!

 

[bryvincent]

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Fred Gabrsek
http://www.freddysfrets.com/

 

[Xeromus]

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wow those Gabrsek guitars are beautiful

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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WAYNE AND MICHAEL CHARVEL!!! :headbang:
www.wayneguitars.com

 

[zionstrat]

Re: List for me a bunch of custom guitar builders

This is too easy!
http://www.zionguitars.com/
Think strat or fatter, these guys have been covering it forever, and there really isn't much left is there?

 

[ledzepp29]

Re: List for me a bunch of custom guitar builders

Eventually I want to have just a les paul junior clone made, but of all limba, with the korina finish. And a single dog ear SD P-90 and a wraparound bridge. Basically exactly like the Hamer special that Evan got but in single cutaway. Does nayone know if I could get that made by a luthier and around how much it would cost. Expensive wood,ya, but about as simple a build as possible.right?

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: List for me a bunch of custom guitar builders

Eventually I want to have just a les paul junior clone made, but of all limba, with the korina finish. And a single dog ear SD P-90 and a wraparound bridge. Basically exactly like the Hamer special that Evan got but in single cutaway. Does nayone know if I could get that made by a luthier and around how much it would cost. Expensive wood,ya, but about as simple a build as possible.right?

lots of people will do it...but it won't be cheep...Limba costs an arm and a leg...

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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Wow,with the capitals and the yellow I almost expected to see F**CKING HAILS in there :laugh2:

HA!

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: List for me a bunch of custom guitar builders

This is too easy!
http://www.zionguitars.com/
Think strat or fatter, these guys have been covering it forever, and there really isn't much left is there?

Zion guitars are great. Do they still make the Ty Tabor model? That guitar was hot!!

 

[Blueline]

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Thanks for the support guys - I really apprecite the recs.
I'd also like to offer JohnJohn and zerb - depending on your location

cheers

 

[zionstrat]

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Yeah I love the tabor as well, but I beleive that it and the Phil Keggy model are both custom now- But would be worth dropping them a note to confirm and most of what I have seen recently is custom anyway-

They moved from greensboro here to Raleigh and I finally got to the factory about a month ago- They have never been very big, but they are ramping up quite a bit becuase they have gone back to primarily a dealer model-

But the quality is unbleivable- Stacks of wood, neck blanks and first coats of paint just sitting there- Makes you want to move in, or sweep floors, or anything-

They have always evolved in what I see as the 'right' direction- Ken Hoover was thinking out of the box and got the rep of the only one who could set up a floyd in NC in the early 80s I called him in the mid 90s and described the strat sound I was lookign for, he told me to come visit in 2 weeks and he had 3 different strats in the racks that were variations of the same theme, and the swamp ash joe barden with 3 coil spin a split was exaclty what I needed and still my favorite axe of all time-

I don't take it out anymore, but always loved the look on kids who would come up and ask how I was getting that sound and what in the world is a ZION

 

[jimpmiller]

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David Hussong is a great guy in the ohio area. Personall friend of Tom Murphy, who ages guitars for gibson. He re-did an explorer that just blew my mind away. I would say hes a pretty good luither