Members Bruce Bennett Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Yes, J.Backlund Design Guitars is announceing a new KOREAN MADE model! these Guitars will be based on John's JBD-800 series body style. and will come in 8 colors and either tremolo or hardtail versions. PLUS a Bass will be available as well. All the details can be found at the link below, Please help us make this happen.Retronix R-800 / R-800b by J. Backlund Guitar Project by J. Backlund Design Guitars — Kickstarter there are already some high profile Artists jumping on board. and some very well known Music Dealers as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Looks great, Bruce. I'm interested. We'll see if I can put enough money aside for an early bird before they all get bought up. Had to chuckle at your cue card reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bruce Bennett Posted July 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Originally Posted by Wyatt Looks great, Bruce. I'm interested. We'll see if I can put enough money aside for an early bird before they all get bought up.Had to chuckle at your cue card reading. yeah, I probably won't have a career in acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slideroni Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Cool looking designs, have been admiring these for years. But having the 'pick guard' in a place that picks don't strike, just for visual reasons, bugs me. But I hope it doesn't bug everyone and he sells a lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffy Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 How much are these gonna run $$$ wise? I am VERY interested. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 coolness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Good to hear! About the pick guard design, that area is the most beat up with pick scrapings on my guitars, but then again, I'm pretty heavy handed... Hope he sells a bunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevman Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 In before "cheap Asian {censored}". Btw, congrats! Ill look at these when next in rhe market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members awd83 Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 is the cool metallic blue (2nd picture from the top, below the video) not going to be a color offered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I'll grab/play one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Backlund Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Originally Posted by slideroni Cool looking designs, have been admiring these for years. But having the 'pick guard' in a place that picks don't strike, just for visual reasons, bugs me.But I hope it doesn't bug everyone and he sells a lot of them. Personally, I never intended them to be actual 'pickguards' and have usually refered to them in the past as 'faceplates', or....when I'm feeling especially pretentious and artsy-fartsy..a 'styling element'. The last time I actually got any practical use out of a traditional pickuard anyway, was back in my folky, Harmony Sovereign days when I was flailing out the chords of Dylan songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I think this is an awesome move, guys! It's been fun watching all of this happen, and I like the way you've embraced new tech and marketing. Time to think about a new bass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nicholai Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I like the black one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Wish I had $500 to squirrel away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 They look fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slvrsrpnt Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 best of luck getting the cash to get this moving! If they go into production, I'd purchase one of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onerailunder Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Congratulations!!! Man, you've got me really thinking about this. The R-800 is shown with different pickup configurations, which ones are available through Kickstarter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Django Sentenza Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hot! You need a model with some sort of Bigsby-like device on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Originally Posted by Kevman In before "cheap Asian shit".Btw, congrats! Ill look at these when next in rhe market. It really was kind of by accident (economics more than anything), but I realized recently that my MIK guitars rival my MIJ guitars in terms of quality. As long as the right factory is doing these, I expect great things!Congrats to Bruce and John!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Looks great man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spacequixote Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I'm curious about details for pickup configuration and colors as well before pledging. These are way cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I love that piano bridge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 The black one is just drop dead gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bruce Bennett Posted July 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Originally Posted by riffy How much are these gonna run $$$ wise?I am VERY interested.Gary the oversimplified answer is, the first 25 guitars (of each of the 3 versions, for a total of 75) are 500.00 each + shipping.. after those sell then they are 600.00 + shipping. also, this offer is limited to the day count you see on the Kickstarter site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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