Members KasterGuitars Posted November 26, 2013 Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 Given your collection would you consider buying a custom guitar that might not have an iconic shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted November 26, 2013 Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 Sure! It would depend, of course. I like semi hollows the best, and they all fall into a couple iconic shapes for the most part. For instance, the 339 is perfect for me, and it's just a shrunken 335 (so still iconic). But there have been some unconventional shapes that I have found to be appealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KasterGuitars Posted November 26, 2013 Author Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 Thanks for responding kayd-mon. There is no better opinion than one from someone who loves guitars and takes the time to post on an online forum. Do you ever go to websites of custom builders that advertis in mags like Premier Guitar, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Visconti Posted November 26, 2013 Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 I really want very badly for Christmas a custom Mario Martin Serpentine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted November 26, 2013 Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 Visconti is our resident expert and uberfan of custom/indy builders. I do sometimes, as I enjoy window shopping. I have the site bookmarked at home, but I have seen some dreamy custom semis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rkittleberger Posted November 26, 2013 Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 In all honesty, I probably wouldn't. I'm pretty fond of the traditional guitar shapes and have a hard time getting into anything that deviates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KasterGuitars Posted November 26, 2013 Author Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 rkittleberger, thank you for your input. I went to your website and will look further into the content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted November 26, 2013 Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 An iconic shape isn't a factor for me. I'd ideally want to like the shape but that doesn't mean it can't be somewhat original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 26, 2013 Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 I made my own. Fairly close to a Les Paul in shape, just bigger.And a flat top.And hollow.Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr. Scottie C Posted November 26, 2013 Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 For me...its no...But I only ever play strats and super strats...no exception.If something doesn't have a rear & forearm contour.... I have absolutely no interest at any price as a player for myself. (except to try to flip and make $$$ on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alexilaiho Posted November 26, 2013 Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 Jack black owns the bigfoot guitar by my uncle george marlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KasterGuitars Posted November 26, 2013 Author Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 I am currently making one that sounds very similar to yours. Hollow body, double stylized f-holes, spalted curly maple. Looking forward to playing it. It is a great feeling to play something you built from scratch and put so much time into. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liko Posted November 27, 2013 Members Share Posted November 27, 2013 Define "iconic". I think what you mean by that are the mainstream designs you'll see hanging up on the wall of your average GC; Strat, Tele, LP, SG, ES, Archtop. However, pretty much anything Fender or Gibson have mass-produced is "iconic" in some way. There's the Fender "offset" style used in the Jaguar, Jazzmaster and Mustang, then there's Gibson's Explorer, Firebird, Flying V, and "offset SG" used in the Ripper and Nighthawk series. That's not to mention the plethora of body styles B.C. Rich has introduced, which are instantly recognizable as Warlocks, Mockingbirds, Beasts, Bichs, Stealths, etc.My current custom project is a Strat build; it's supposed to look and feel like a Strat, and so it has the traditional body style and appointments of one (with the exception of an HSH pickup arrangement and a few tricks in the wiring). However, just because I don't currently have a desire for a truly original design doesn't mean I never will, and just because I have learned what defines an LP or a Strat (which isn't, IMO,the name on the headstock) and have happened to fall in love with an iconic style doesn't mean that's all I'll ever be interested in.I started on bass, and in that field, what you'd call "iconic" is pretty much limited to the Precision and Jazz body types, and a few vintage oddities like the violin "Beatle bass". Almost every other mass-produced bass guitar is derived, however loosely, from Fender's asymmetric doublecut style, which is itself only an up-sized Strat. The biggest oddball design is the singlecut aka "whaleback" style, which is AFAIK the exclusive domain of the boutique builders. However, despite these similarities across most of the spectrum, there are very few blatant copies, the major genre being the Jazz clones built by boutique shops like Sadowsky. Most other builders see fit to deviate from the standard dimensions, proportions and accoutrements of the two "iconic" styles as it suits them. So, I've generally adopted the viewpoint that an instrument is defined more by its control set and its pickups than by its body style; you can't keep track of the individual variations other than by brand and model, and at that point you might as well say what you really have instead of what it imitates.That viewpoint also leads me to see the similarities in guitar designs rather than the differences, and so I generally point to a guitar like the Rockingbat and say "that's an Explorer-style", or to the Canton Klein and say "that's a Steinberger-style". At which point the purists proceed to beat me over the head with their guitar straps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KasterGuitars Posted November 27, 2013 Author Members Share Posted November 27, 2013 Liko, It is true. We all respond to the current state of our reality/perception. We might buy/build anything at anytime. Thank you for your insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PurpleTrails Posted November 27, 2013 Members Share Posted November 27, 2013 Yeah, I'd love to pick up one of Scott Walker's guitars: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danhedonia Posted November 27, 2013 Members Share Posted November 27, 2013 I would pay several thousand dollars and wait two years for a guitar where the body is a replica of the head of Scott Grove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted November 27, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 27, 2013 Oh yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted November 27, 2013 Members Share Posted November 27, 2013 Ratae Coritanorum wrote: Oh yay! did you build that one? That is amazing looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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