Members Blackhell Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 What would you make, (pedals, amps, guitars, etc, etc) what would be the name, and a few of the models you would offer? For me, the name would either be BlackHell Guitar Works, or Burma Road Customs. It would be all guitars. Mostly high end (like Charvel is today and Gibson). Models: Vinatage T: Ash body Tele shape birdseye maple neck birdeye maple, or ebony board pickguard two singles (choice of SD's, EMGs, or Bareknuckles.) Bigsby trem or 6 saddle tele bridge. Here's a picture. Vintage Power T: Same as above, but with stacked single coils. Modern T: mahogney body Tele shape mahogney neck Ebony board with no inlays Aluminum Tele Jr. style guard Humbuckers OFR. BloodHound (you can tell this is a bit of a metal player's company;)): Alder body RR V shape birdseye maple neck ebony board with pearl dot inlays two HBs choice of string thru or Floyd Rose Hellhound: Mahogney body RRV Ebony Board no inlays two HBs OFR. Rancher: Mahogney body and neck. LP style body Ebony or rosewood board with LP standard inlays TOM bridge 2 HBs Rancher XT: mahogney body maple top Mahogney neck ebony board LP Custom inlays 3 HB TOM bridge or bigsby HairRasier (You hair metal fans will love this): Ash body All birdseye maple neck Original Floyd Rose 1 Humbucker Soloist style body Hair metal colors (neon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 I remember EG posting a similar thread a while back. I would mostly make guitars, all off-beat stuff, name would be Weapons of Musical Destruction. I would also be willing to make any design sent to me if someone wanted it, like a drawing or something. Names would be stuff like: Thunderstorm- my current build guitar Tsunami, Hurricane, Tornado, mostly names dealing with destruction. I won't post my ideas, I'm going to build them, and post them as I go. ' alt='>'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 hmmm.... probably something like this stuff: :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 Guitars, but I haven't wasted time on designing any yet since I'm not serious about it. They wouldn't be too traditional I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 Id make fuzz pedals and thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unistudent1980 Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 everything comes in 24 stainless steel frets.everything is neckthroughMosrites Explorers and V's only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kuz929 Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 I just really want to open a nice boutique guitar shop. You know, carry things you can usually only find online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 Easy. Pedals. Keeley, as a company, grosses ~$4 million a year (or they did before their building burned down). ZVex is somewhere around there. I'm sure Fulltone and others are as well. Now, keep in mind, this is before overhead, payroll, materials, but if they are are doing it by the business school books, then the founders are earning at least $400-600K year for themselves. I know a couple of the big names in boutique guitars and amps and have spoken with a lot more, and none of them deal in anywhere near that amount of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Furtive Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 I want to open a small cafe in Guanajuato, Mexico and have a little shop to build copies of tweed amps in the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted August 2, 2009 Members Share Posted August 2, 2009 I'd own a small fishing boat on a small island and live in a hut.. Catch enough to feed myself and earn enough money to keep from losing my hut to developers. I've always told my wife, if I ever go nuts and vanish, she should start looking for me living as a hermit on various little islands.. Thanks to this thread, I now have a business plan to go along with that adventure.. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members realtree71 Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 I'd own a small fishing boat on a small island and live in a hut.. Catch enough to feed myself and earn enough money to keep from losing my hut to developers. I've always told my wife, if I ever go nuts and vanish, she should start looking for me living as a hermit on various little islands.. Thanks to this thread, I now have a business plan to go along with that adventure.. Thanks Great minds think alike... 1st it was the whole Carvin thing now this? Ill own the little Teekee Hutt bar down the beach.... You can come and play on my 1 man jam stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members milosch Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 Lott Amplifiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 hmmm.... probably something like this stuff: :poke: Subtle... very subtle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members williamdllr Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 I'm slowly opening a custom guitar shop (ran from my garage)! Guitar models:StratSuper-StratV (regular and offset)TeleLes Pauland couple others Woods:Customer Choice from what I have in stockSame with necks and fretboards Inlays:DotsShark toothShark finMany Others Pickup Configuration:H/HH/S/HS/S/H S/S/Scoil tap upon request Tremelo:Original Floyd RoseFixed BridgeString Through thats roughly what i am going to offer plus I will build guitars upon what I want and sell those also. Name of my company is going to be Razor Blade Customs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 I'm slowly opening a custom guitar shop (ran from my garage)! Guitar models: Strat Super-Strat V (regular and offset) Tele Les Paul and couple others Woods: Customer Choice from what I have in stock Same with necks and fretboards Inlays: Dots Shark tooth Shark fin Many Others Pickup Configuration: H/H H/S/H S/S/H S/S/S coil tap upon request Tremelo: Original Floyd Rose Fixed Bridge String Through thats roughly what i am going to offer plus I will build guitars upon what I want and sell those also. Name of my company is going to be Razor Blade Customs. That's Awesome man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITROHOLIC Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 i wanna learn to build damn pedals SOOOO friggan bad its not even funny. however what i wanna do as a buisness im not saying cause i havnt done it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mondaymonkey Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 I would do the following Preamps. Lots of them. Basically miniture models of popular amps. Like:Marshall plexi (read H&K CM reissue)Fender Clean toneMessa Dual Recto And then form a partnership with Tech 21 to advertise my preamps with there line of PowerEngine Powered guitar cabs. I'll make millions Instant custom multichannel amp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pak066 Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 i would make a company that produce all the pieces needed to make the guitars. therefore u all need me to survive and make a profit. i would make them inhouse and have them be vastly cheaper as in price, not quality. so i win. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metallica_00 Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 I'd love to build stuff, but I have no talent for those kinds of things. I suck at soldering, I have no woodworking skills, etc. I've tried, believe me, but it's just not me. I guess I'd have to be the CEO and hire people to execute my vision. I've got a few ideas, I sketched out a kind of cool Ric 600-series meets PRS hollow guitar at one point that I'd love to see to reality. I love Strats and although clones are dime a dozen I'd love to put together a particular variant with specs that I think work really well. Another thing I think would be cool would be amps with more points in the midrange to adjust - like separate upper mids and low mids for example, or even some sort of parametric mid control. A lot of character is defined by the mids, so being able to increase/decrease the emphasis of the mids and where in the midrange they are located could get you a lot of tones. I would also like to see more pedals with adjustable compression. A few are out there, but I think that would be really handy to dial in. I have no idea how realistic these things are...I just think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members williamdllr Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 That's Awesome man! yea its a slow work in progress (seeing as how im broke until 7 weeks from now)but i will open this business up and it will be lucrative or i will rob banks until it does become lucrative >.> <.> nah j/k but i ope it all works out for the best and then later im going to try to open up a record label (Razor Blade Records) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ute Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 i wanna learn to build damn pedals SOOOO friggan bad its not even funny. however what i wanna do as a buisness im not saying cause i havnt done it yet What is there to learn other than soldering? That takes a whole hour to learn well enough to solder decent connections. Do it! Now, if you mean that you want to learn how to design your own pedals, that will take a bit more. You will hardly need an engineering degree, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackhell Posted August 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 I think amps and effects are way above my understanding, but as for pedals, I'd love to be able to make an amp in the box basicly. Maybe set-up no larger then then one of those boss muilti-effects units. It would have the pre-amp tubes and the power amp tubes. I'd basicly take the guts of say a Plexi, and flaten them out into a pedal. If that goes over well, I'd make an amp that would help make these pedals sound amazing. What I'm saying that it would be a two or 3 channel pedal with a clean and an OD, and maybe a lead setting if it's 3. It you basicly save you from lugging your amp around, because you would just plug this "Amp in a box" into your PA. The problem is price. What I'm thinking is kinda taking Randell's switchible thing with the channels, and expanding on that. Basicly, you can get the Silver Jubilee pre-amp which is basicly the clean channel, and run it thru say a Mesa Recto for the power-amp (the tube set and all would match that of a Recto), and then you can crank the volume on the Silver Jubilee pre-amp, and overdrive the Recto power amp to get some different tones. It would also have a built in noise gate, and attenuator. I know. Dream on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITROHOLIC Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 Now, if you mean that you want to learn how to design your own pedals, that will take a bit more. You will hardly need an engineering degree, though. i wanna build my own and make some wild ass stuff you know? and yes i need to learn what all the neat little parts are and what they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scoogs Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 Would probably build some pedals. Try and capture the vintage style tube amp effects. That's not been done yet, right? Scoogs FuzzScoogs WahScoogs Verb YEAHHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted August 3, 2009 Members Share Posted August 3, 2009 After my recent experience with my SG, the thing I've come to understand about the electric guitar is that the thing is a fairly simple creature from an engineering standpoint. There's no more precision required in building one than in putting together a nice highboy. Accuracy, a good eye and attention to detail are the keys. I'm going to tackle a build after my move and we'll see how it goes, but I'm starting some plans to go into business maybe next year. Haven't decided on a name yet, however, my designs will be fairly classic with some EG twists. Expect a long scale, maybe 26" or so. Look for my trademarks to be simplicity, modern takes on classic themes and use of new components. I'll probably use the Hipshot Baby Grand bridge and Hipshot tuners. Alumitones will likely be my pickup choice. The hallmark will be my finishes. Look for old school shellac or spirit varnish finishes. Maybe paint on some. Ebony freboards and simple, fairly bling-free designs. The shapes and feels will carry the day. I like understated elegance. All pipe dreams right now, but once I sink my teeth into something.... You guys have got me gassing to make some axes. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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