That's looking the goods, Pablo. Glad you like it better, too!
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That's looking the goods, Pablo. Glad you like it better, too!
That's almost exactly what I was thinking of Pablo. Nice work! 8-)
Yes well done Pablo I'd buy an axe of that shape for sure. What drafting program are you using ?Quote:
Quote from stui on April 18, 2013, 08:14
That's almost exactly what I was thinking of Pablo. Nice work! 8-)
CorelDRAW. Probably not the most efficient program, but it's what I'm most comfortable with.Quote:
Quote from wokkaboy on April 18, 2013, 08:34
What drafting program are you using ?
cool no worries Pablo, well you have done an excellent job of the design shape, think the majority of the community should like it and hopefully go to the factory to cut it !Quote:
Quote from pablopepper on April 18, 2013, 09:43
CorelDRAW. Probably not the most efficient program, but it's what I'm most comfortable with.Quote:
Quote from wokkaboy on April 18, 2013, 08:34
What drafting program are you using ?
Spose now we have to work out the rest of the axe neck material, headstock shape and bling used
ya could try using Google Sketchup, allows a 3D perspective of anything, as it is mainly used for architecture!
So I've changed my mind re: hardware colour. I initially thought gold, but on further reflection, I think black would be better. Reasons being, while gold brings a certain amount of bling to a guitar, it's a soft metal, and gold plating tends to wear away quickly, and tarnish easily. Black chrome is still a little bit different from the bog standard chrome gear, and will wear a lot better than gold. It looks very cool against a spalted cap too, as proven by the LP1-S.
Just my 2c.
P.S. I'm still actually a fan of chrome gear too, and wouldn't be upset if the hardware ended up being chrome.
It's very easy to get plain chromed hardware, so I wouldn't worry about the supply black hardware as standard. Onwards!
Was there a consensus for a H-S-S pup layout?
Trem or no trem?
String-through set up? Or even strat-style block?
I'm all for black hardware, but not for a spalted top, flame all the way!
HSS is probably a good pickup config, something for everyone. And I thought the consensus was for a tuneomatic style bridge to a string through body thingee.
What about controls? Master volume, master tone, 5-way switch? That's what I'd choose or is that too simple?
I guess you and I will have to disagree on the spalted vs flame Pablo. I love a good spalted top. There's something classy about it imo.Quote:
Quote from pablopepper on April 19, 2013, 11:38
I'm all for black hardware, but not for a spalted top, flame all the way!
HSS is probably a good pickup config, something for everyone. And I thought the consensus was for a tuneomatic style bridge to a string through body thingee.
What about controls? Master volume, master tone, 5-way switch? That's what I'd choose or is that too simple?
I'm a big fan of the string through setup on the prs kit, looks sexy and I've never been a massive fan of tremolos. HSS is fine for the pickups, the pup arrangement is not a massive deal for me.
I think you're right - master, master, 5 way switch. string-through body thingee. Jury was out on trem, though.Quote:
Quote from pablopepper on April 19, 2013, 11:38
I'm all for black hardware, but not for a spalted top, flame all the way!
HSS is probably a good pickup config, something for everyone. And I thought the consensus was for a tuneomatic style bridge to a string through body thingee.
What about controls? Master volume, master tone, 5-way switch? That's what I'd choose or is that too simple?
I've never been a big user of tremolo, so I'd be fine without. That said, I'd probably just leave the arm off. But if there's a consensus for no trem, then I'd go with a more stable bridge.
Other opinions?
I'm still quite keen on the idea of a semi-hollow setup, Rick/tele thinline style. Not necessarily full semi hollow, but a cavity up the top. Not sure what anyone else thinks?
I agree with Stui, at least a semi-hollow!
PRS style body.
prs bird style inlays on either ebony or maple fingerboard for something different.
mahogany body with a quilted maple top
2 humbuckers
prs style stop-tail/wraparound 1 piece bridge
I know it just sounds like a PRS but I think they make simplicity look amazing
Why don't you just buy one of the PRS style kits then? :?Quote:
Quote from theabomb on April 20, 2013, 15:12
PRS style body.
prs bird style inlays on either ebony or maple fingerboard for something different.
mahogany body with a quilted maple top
2 humbuckers
prs style stop-tail/wraparound 1 piece bridge
I know it just sounds like a PRS but I think they make simplicity look amazing
haha fair call stui, I guess that was my long way of saying I don't like the inlays on either kit and neither has a quilted maple top... maybe a hollow-body PRS?Quote:
Quote from stui on April 20, 2013, 17:31
Why don't you just buy one of the PRS style kits then? :?Quote:
Quote from theabomb on April 20, 2013, 15:12
PRS style body.
prs bird style inlays on either ebony or maple fingerboard for something different.
mahogany body with a quilted maple top
2 humbuckers
prs style stop-tail/wraparound 1 piece bridge
I know it just sounds like a PRS but I think they make simplicity look amazing
I guess I'd be keen to see a alder or ash strat too.
Aside from that there are already far too many kits I want to buy
Body: Double cut LP
Hollow body, like a Tele Thinline.
Ebony fretboard, mahogany set neck,
2 P90's/HSH (That would be awesome on a LP)
Tune-o-matic and stoptail
22 frets and 24 inch scale length
Simple chrome/nickel hardware, scratchplate
http://i.imgur.com/ez5RsUm.jpg
What the hell have I made?
I've seen one or two of them around before, and they are pretty noice!
Maybe have Humbucker / P-90 / P-90 arrangement with phase switching, neck P-90 reversed to create a bucker in the 2nd position, and finally a tone cap selector???
There's my 2c for ya!
Not much movement in this thread recently. Have any executive decisions been made regarding this kit yet?
Hey Stui,
Yes, we're still going to do this, but it's more of a long term plan. I thought I'd leave this thread open for a while and just see what people come up with.
Doing a completely original body design; like the Strat/Les Pal hybrid, sounds fun, but it will be hard to get exactly what we want, unless someone can put together some proper blueprints.
That's why I tried to steer things in the direction of picking an existing body shape, that we could make our own with some mods; like a thinline "Strat" shape, with flat top, binding and f-hole and some single coil/humbucker arrangement.
If this thread completely dies out, I'll look at ways of firing it up again.
If it goes down the path of a currently existing guitar, I do like the idea of a double cut LP junior with a Rick style cavity. Would look pretty cool.
I'm just sick of the eleventh billion strat variations. Most copied guitar ever...
(Gets ready for tomatoes to be thrown at me)
You could go with something with a long neck and 4 strings - oh wait, that's a bass.
Rick style bass anyone? :D
Rickenbacker 4003 (http://www.rickenbacker.com/model.asp?model=4003) - mono / stereo output (http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/19507.pdf) solid ash / paulownia body with routing on the back to give full efect to the wudtone...
Thru neck (maple?) with a contrasting stripe on either side of the neck.
Oooh...
Other thing I was thinking - if we're talking a premium kit here - why not drop the pots, caps and wiring. If you're building a premier guitar, are you not going to want to replace them with CTS / Alpha pots, Orange Drop Caps and shielded wire? Could keep pickups as they are a big expenditure if you go brand name. Alternatively, a bulk order of CTS / Orange Drops / wire as part of the Community Guitar maybe?
I'm all for a thinline strat style, especially if it has an ebony board!
For what it's worth that sounds great to me too.Quote:
Quote from tcjbrown on May 29, 2013, 11:20
I'm all for a thinline strat style, especially if it has an ebony board!
Although a hi-bred instrument that is unique to Pit Bull would seem better.
Here are some (very rough) diagrams of LP/Strat body mock ups.
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...q2-lestrat.JPG
I am loving the second diagram. Pit Bull's own Steve Morse type guitar!
Didn't spot that myself, but yeah it is a bit like the Franken-Tele!
I also have a version of the first design with the neck single coil angled. However it seems just a bit too odd.
I'm not sure how the Strat Trem bridge and roller tune-o-matic combo would work, but seems a novel idea and increases the strenght of the LP/Strat mash-up.
The other idea I had was to place a classic Treble/Rhythm switch which single-coils the bridge p-up and/or does some out-of-phase selection.
Great idea. Im all for getting a guitar and then making it work. So timbers wise id be happy with what the masses wanted. Pick up wise humbuckers that are split coil. Cant lose. Cheers
The second one looks pretty cool, but will the angle from the strings from the trem to tuneomatic be a problem?
Would have to be a roller bridge too.
Yeah, the bridge would have to be a roller bridge, it looks pretty cool though!!!!
I agree with TCJ, a Thinline Strat w/ Ebony fretboard and maybe even the block inlays that the Gibson Custom series has on their boards???
I did try to show it as a roller Tune-o-matic (forgot to angle it too).
I have done a little bit of physical mapping and I suspect that the rise and tilt action of the classic "synchronized" tremolo may cause problems. The Bigsby and other Vibramate style bridges typical stretch the strings on the same fixed plane.
I would love to do a Thinline Strat, if there was one available it would be on my list as next. However I can't help but feel that the PitBull guitar should be a custom shape - possibly even more individual than just a mash-up (like my pics).
OH BOY
Maybe a Super Strat with a semi-hollow body?
Alder would be nice, maple neck that gets slightly thinner after the 12th fret
22 frets
Rosewood fingerboard
Only fret inlays being the 2 at the 12th fret
Contoured heel
Tummy cut
Carved top
I think it could be a 'made to order' kinda thing too so the customer can choose to have a flat/carved top or a figured top
Tune-o-matic bridge or a hardtail strat
Drop down menu that lets you choose what colour hardware
H-S-H with coil tapping
5-way switch
vol/tone
Another drop down menu that lets you choose between black/white/cream binding
flat top es 175 design with single cutaway at the top:
http://www.themusiczoo.com/images/2-...03244722_1.jpg
without the bottom cutaway.
Do it as a solid body, not an arch top
With a cutaway cavity at the top.
Remove the jazz style tail piece
Split coil pups
Remove the pick guard
THIS headstock:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._headstock.jpg
Just wanted to drop in and say this project is still on, but there's been no "YES" moment from the Community. I think we should just leave this thread going and see what comes up, there's no hurry... it's not like we're short on options.
I'm also wary about ordering something that the factory hasn't made and ending up with a large quantity of kits that won't fit together properly.
Are we able to set up a voting pole in a new thread.
We could have a pole to choose a configuration, ss, sss, hsh,hh ect. And one to choose a bridge type.
Once we have that worked out, then anyone could submit body designs to suit that configuration. Then we vote for a design.
Of course we'd have to have enough people commit to purchasing to make it worthwhile for PGB.
Dunno, just throwing ideas out.
Looks a little necro threadish to bring this up again, but the Seymour Duncan forums do this every now and again, resulting in the Brobucker and the Crazy 8 pickups. From memory it was done by poll...
Body Shape
Tele with tummy cut and contoured top
Body Wood
Mahogany or Alder with quilted/spalted top.
Neck
Maple with ebony fretboard contoured heel
Frets
22
Pickups
Humbuckers with switch for single coils
Bridge Hardtail.
Gotoh or wilkinson because of price
Grover/Wilkinson/Gotoh tuners
Colours maybe DB could do a satin red and black Dingo tone
a bit like a Chapman ML3 with dual HB...
so this type of thing... i like it
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...6cabc39074.jpg
Yeah love that Chapman Stan and that's the colour too satin red,the satin black also looks great.nice body shape too