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feylya · 31-12-2004 04:21AM #1

http://www.simscustom.com/html/chrome_zone.htm

Excellent. Get the leds from him too. My guitar might be close at hand

NotMe · 31-12-2004 10:01AM

Wow, how cool* would a chrome guitar with LEDs on the fretboard be? :cool:

*crap

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 10:48AM

I'm assuming you only get a licence to play that thing in public during the Love Parade or Mardi Gras*

* = only suitable for celebrations of flaming same sex relationships

I am MAN · 31-12-2004 01:33PM

They look great

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 01:38PM

He likes you

feylya · 31-12-2004 01:44PM

Hey yeah, I forgot about Joe Satriani, the Flaming Homo!!!

I knew you'd pick up on that picture Doc...

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 01:46PM

Come on, how could I not put it up?

Look at that guy! FFS! Is this what you're trying to attract?

feylya · 31-12-2004 01:48PM

Why does he remind me of one of the guys from East 17???

TBH, a chrome body, string through, tuneomatic bridge (black), black pickup rings, black EMGs, Ebony board, blue neck leds and a chrome head. Cheesy as hell but **** it, I want one!

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 01:55PM

You want East 17

feylya · 31-12-2004 01:55PM

Oh ffs, I give up!

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 02:01PM

Ha ha ha

They just don't rock my boat. Sort of like a guitar version of bling, the stringed version of giant soveriegn rings and a souped up Nissan Micra. Is wearing the baseball cap obligatory?

The ones with the corporate logo nonsense are especially ugly IMO

feylya · 31-12-2004 02:04PM

Doctor J wrote:

The ones with the corporate logo nonsense are especially ugly IMO

Ya know, thats the exact same way I feel about Gibson, PRS etc...

Paying for a name on the headstock...

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 02:06PM

Don't knock them until you try them. Real Les Pauls are just wonderful

feylya · 31-12-2004 02:09PM

Meh, when ya consider a real LP is the same price as a custom shop, you know exactly what I'm gonna go for. The only name I want on a head stock is my own. I like my name.

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 02:13PM

Yeah but FMIC will sue you if you use that logo

I have no problem with people putting their name on their own product, once it's tastefully done - eg Gibson, PRS, etc

Actually I really like the late 60's big headstock strats which were in fact made bigger by CBS so they could put a bigger Fender logo on it which would show up better on TV

feylya · 31-12-2004 02:17PM

I was pricing up an ESP last night. About $4500 was the cheapest. There's maybe about $700 worth of hardware on it. $3800 for labour and finishing??? **** off.

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 02:18PM

Ahhhh that explains the foul mood

What is it about your custom guitar design that is so different to a production model?

feylya · 31-12-2004 02:20PM

Eh, not much. It was a M shape, neck through maple with alder wings, black finish, ebony fretboard, no markers, EMG's, Floyd Rose, pointed headstock. A pretty simple guitar. Nothing intricate at all. How they can try and charge that amount is beyond me.

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 02:22PM

Is there a production model that is similar that you can finish off yourself?

feylya · 31-12-2004 02:25PM

Eh, the M-II is close enough but the control layout is different and there's fretboard markers. That's not the point though. My point is how they are trying to charge so much.

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 02:31PM

Because people are clearly paying that much. You charge whatever someone will pay. Custom Shop Fenders are about the same $$$ and to think, you could get a mint Les Paul for €1300

Did you see the prices of the Basssurgery link I put up a while back?

feylya · 31-12-2004 02:33PM

Bassurgery? I think I put up a link to that too... Yeah, stupid prices. €1300, same price as a 6 string LGM Leviathan...

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 02:36PM

Nah, I think the cheapest was stg£7000 :eek:

just get a J Custom and be done with it

feylya · 31-12-2004 02:37PM

OK, you loan me €1500 and I will.

Doctor J · 31-12-2004 02:38PM

You've more chance of finding a custom ESP in a skip

feylya · 31-12-2004 02:39PM

Hmm. Well, kinda found a bass in one...

Giblet · 31-12-2004 04:53PM

Doctor J wrote:

and to think, you could get a mint Les Paul for €1300

Thats how much mine cost

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