Ooooh

feylya

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

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

NotMe

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
















*crap

Doctor J

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

They look great

Doctor J

He likes you

feylya

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

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

Doctor J

Come on, how could I not put it up?

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

feylya

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

You want East 17

feylya

Oh ffs, I give up!

Doctor J

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

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

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

feylya

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

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

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

Ahhhh that explains the foul mood

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

feylya

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

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

feylya

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

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

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

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


just get a J Custom and be done with it

feylya

OK, you loan me €1500 and I will.

Doctor J

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

feylya

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

Giblet

Doctor J wrote:

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

Thats how much mine cost