And now, the wait begins

feylya

R or L Handed Right Handed
Body Shape ESP M
Construction Neck Thru Body
Material Alder
Body Binding No
Finish Gloss Black
Headstock Shape ESP pointed
Neck Material 3P Maple
Headstock Reversed
Headstock Cover Plastic (b/w/b)
Headstock Finish Match Body Finish
Neck Finish Match Body Finish
Fingerboard Ebony
Number of Frets/Size Dunlop 6100
Side dots Plastic
MOP Inlays None
Fingerboard Binding No
Headstock Binding No
Nut Locking
Width 1 5/8” (42mm)
Hardware Color Black
Bridge System Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo
Tuning Machines Schaller M6
Pickups EMG 81 – EMG 81
Control Knobs 2 x volume, 1 x tone
Pickup Selector 3-way lever

Ancient1

Nyom.

Doctor J

I'll bet you buy at least one other guitar before the Ran arrives

feylya

I bet you I'll buy at least 2

Ancient1

You're on.

Loser pays for an evening of fine dining in Iskanders.

feylya

Ancient1 wrote:

You're on.

Loser pays for an evening of fine dining in Iskanders.

I accept these terms

SG-Leper

Ancient1 wrote:

You're on.

Loser pays for an evening of fine dining in Iskanders.

Ouch! Iskanders! Time to break out the toilet duck me thinks!

Ancient1

Who do you think you're talking to??

We're all professionals here, seasoned veterans of Iskanders!

Toilet duck is for n00bs man.

feylya

Damn it lads, I don't get my lunch break for another 2 hours. Stop talking about kebabs

Ancient1

Yeah, let's get back to Fey's guitar. For a change.

What size neck did you go for?

Doctor J

You need to try the chip baguette in the chipper in Balally, with a choice of ketchup, garlic mayo or curry sauce.

Sacrilicious!

feylya

Doc, seriously man. I'm stuck eating crappy canteen food

It's the stock Ran guitars neck Ancient1. Supposed to be thicker than a Wizard although I reckon he'll just copy the ESP neck

Doctor J

Stuck schmuck. Sort it out. If you'd bought a car instead of a silly guitar you could just drive up and get the chip baguette but no, you needed a guitar :rolleyes:

John

Doctor J wrote:

You need to try the chip baguette in the chipper in Balally, with a choice of ketchup, garlic mayo or curry sauce.

Sacrilicious!

THIS MAN SPEAKETH THE TRUTH

feylya

And Ballally is walking distance! (well walking distance from the Sandyford House )

Patricide

And getting back to the guitar........ how much did it set you back? i sent off for a qupte there a while back pretty high spec guitar for 1400, savage deals on ran.

feylya

The same as an M-1000 from Thomann but mine has a case and shipping included

Patricide

feylya wrote:

The same as an M-1000 from Thomann but mine has a case and shipping included

PLus its gonna be handmade.

feylya

Hand made to my exact specs, the exact hardware I want in it, configured how I want. Seriously, the answer is none more black. I paid for it this morning and I'm already getting impatient

John

feylya wrote:

The same as an M-1000 from Thomann but mine has a case and shipping included

That's a great price for what you're getting. High fives all round.

feylya

Danke. I think a Boards Custom Instruments Kebab and Beerathon should take place

John

Sounds like a plan.

feylya

But there is one important question looming - now that I've bought my ideal guitar, what's next?

Doctor J

Next? Your second ideal guitar, of course

feylya

7 string baritone Ibanez neckthrough with piezo floyd you mean?

John

You'll need an ideal amp too

feylya

Randall RG-50, sitting downstairs in my sitting room

John

Erm, ideal guitar stand?

feylya

I have her

The_g-man

Feylya, who's building this for you? Do you have a link to their site?

feylya

www.ranguitars.com

The_g-man

Cheers.

jcoote

jaysis fey the specs are spot on to what u always siad u wanted well done man i look forward to the raid

The_g-man

Just got a mail back from ran, €2820.:eek: The specs I put in matched the design of the ESP Edwards that was up here a while ago for €1200 plus shipping + customs, only with DiMarzio p'ups. I'm sure their materials are head and shoulders above the Edwards range, but it was too much of a price jump for me to something that is already on the market. All I'd have to do with that is learn to live with the side dish input.

Doctor J

That's what exotic tops and high falutin inlays will do

Stick to the facts, keep it plain and you can get an amazing guitar for less than a high end Korean mass produced model.

It wasn't me!

> R or L handed : right handed
>
> Scale length : 25.5
> Scale length other :
>
> Body shape : Invader
> Body shape other :
>
> Construction : neck thru body
> Construction other :
>
> Body material : alder
> Body material other :
>
> Top wood options : yes
> Top wood options other : quilt maple
>
> Body binding : top
>
> Binding material : black plastic
> Binding material other :
>
> Pickup configuration : H-H
> Pickup configuration other :
>
> Finish : see-thru
> Finish other : trans black
>
> Custom finish : none
> Custom finish other :
>
> Headstock shape : Invader
> Headstock shape other :
>
> Neck material : maple 3P
> Neck material other :
>
> Headstock : regular
>
> Headstock cover : plastic (b/w/b)
> Headstock cover other :
>
> Headstock finish : black
> Headstock finish other :
>
> Neck finish : clear gloss
> Neck finish other :
>
> Fingerboard material : ebony
> Fingerboard material other :
>
> Number of frets : 24
> Number of frets other :
>
> Fret size : Dunlop 6100
>
> Fingerboard inlays (MOP) : none
> Fingerboard inlays (MOP) other :
>
> Custom inlays : no
> Custom inlays other :
>
> Inlay at 12th fret (MOP) : none
> Inlay at 12th fret (MOP) other :
>
> Fingerboard side inlays : plastic dots
> Fingerboard side inlays other :
>
> Fingerboard binding : black plastic
> Fingerboard binding other :
>
> Headstock binding : none
> Headstock binding other :
>
> Nut : locking
> Nut other :
>
> Width : 1 5/8(42mm)
>
> Hardware color : black
>
> Bridge system : original Floyd Rose Tremolo
> Bridge system other :
>
> Tuning machines : Schaller M6
> Tuning machines other :
>
> Straplocks : Schaller
>
> Pickups : DiMarzio
> Neck : Air Norton
> Middle :
> Bridge : X2N
>
> Pickup rings : none (direct mounted)
>
> Control knobs : 2 x volume, 2 x tone
> Control knobs other :
>
> Other controls : none
> Other controls other :
>
> Pickup selector : 3-way toggle
> Pickup selector other :
>
> Hard case : yes
> Flight case : no
> - - -
> Additional instructions :
>

I got quoted 1590 for that. The pickups aren't set in stone, the rest is pretty much, but that may be my next stop on the guitar line.

feylya

Hee, I didn't even see the OFR as an option The Schaller will be more than perfect though

It wasn't me!

Yeah, if memory serves it took me a minute or two to find it for some reason... What think you of the specs on that though?

feylya

Personally, I wouldn't bother with the neck binding and I don't like the Invader shape but besides that, it's a quality instrument.