My custom PRS-style guitar being built

PeachyDragon · 2012-01-17T14:02:23+00:00

So MikeM stated in a nice way, that maybe I should make a topic about my guitar I'm having built rather than spamming every other thread about it. ? I was planning on doing this eventually but now is as good a time as any. I based the design of my guitar on a Hamer I own... only to see that an image of the Hamer fits PERFECTLY over an image of a Santana PRS. ? Same thing to me now. I have sorted out the general CAD drawings of the guitar and the inlays to be cut. Now I just need to sort out the final hardware choices with the Luthier in order to have him finish the CAD and cut the body shape... then take it from there. I made a PDf file with many pictures and technical specs of what I want for him as well. Here is the basic CAD drawing. Well, it's actually a fraction of the drawing... it's a VERY extensive drawing. I blurred out some inlays and details I'm changing anyway. And here is 7 of the 8 pages of the PDF I made for reference. (The 8th page contained the technical specs) Here are some of the initial specs... Might change. Chambered Mahogany Body Flame maple carved top Bolt on Neck with the first two pickups mounted on the neck. Buzz Feiten Tuning Wooden pickup rings Wooden Electronics cavity plate. Solid bridge (1 or 2 piece) Chrome Hardware Deep red or green stain for the top. Scale: 25 inches (635 millimeters) 24 frets Center of neck pickup 19.385” (492.37900 millimeters ) from the nut. Neck (width 46mm at 0 fret ... 51mm at 12th fret) Neck (string spacing 40mm at 0 fret ... 49mm at bridge) Neck Depth: 29mm at nut and 31 mm at 12th fret (huge, I know... we are going to refine this if needed) locking strap buttons Body will be roughly 47 mm thick at the edge (including the thin edge of the carved top) Maple inlays on the neck. Inlays on the headstock are still being discussed. Probably flame maple headstock cover with inlays in that. Pickup Heights Bridge pickup: Top(treble) E: 2.5mm Bottom E: 2.75mm Middle pickup: Top(treble) E: 3.0mm Bottom E: 3.25mm Neck pickup: Top(treble) E: 3.25mm Bottom E: 3.5mm Electonics: 3 Single Coil Adeson Burns Tri-sonics Pickups in series 1 tone and 1 volume with 1 bypass toggle switch for these 3 mini toggle switches (3-way) which will be off in the center position, on in the up position and on but out of phase in the down position. I've already seen the wood for the maple top. It's awesome. it's 2 thirds of a R4000 block of wood. It's not the most figured top you can get but I'm honestly more of a fan of the middle of the range flame maple.

Norman86

thats really looking good man!

alteredtunings

This is so sweet. You did a really good job!

PeachyDragon

alteredtunings wrote This is so sweet. You did a really good job!

Thanks, but I didn't do the actual building part. ?

Sean

PeachyDragon wrote
alteredtunings wrote This is so sweet. You did a really good job!
Thanks, but I didn't do the actual building part. ?

Well then you can at least pick up a camera and take a bunch of pics ? We wanna see more 8)

PeachyDragon

Well then you can at least pick up a camera and take a bunch of pics ? We wanna see more 8)
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It's still with the Luthier. In a week or 3 I will make a video with nice video shots of it and sound samples and such.

PeachyDragon

Picking it up and playing it tomorrow.
process summary

Drum-roll please.

Norman86

looks good...
so how does she sound?? 8)

PeachyDragon

Norman86 wrote looks good...
so how does she sound?? 8)

Played it today for the first time. It is glorious. Unfortunately my schedule is way overbooked, but I look forward to playing with it some more asap!

PeachyDragon

It has a neck like a baseball bat, but I wanted that and it's awesome. Some people might have a little hissy fit about it though. ?

Charlie4

That finish makes me think Gibson Les Paul GT or a nice hot rod with some chrome mags.
Looks Killer! 8)

Norman86

Look what got put in the Fret Shop's advert in the Afrikaans is groot booklet.

PeachyDragon

Norman86 wrote

Look what got put in the Fret Shop's advert in the Afrikaans is groot booklet.

Awesome. Thanks for sharing Norman. I didn't know. ?

Nicholas-L

Epic build man.

PeachyDragon

Thank you Nicholas.
Norman, no idea why they cropped out the side of the guitar in the bottom pics of the pages you posted. Makes it look like an S series ibanez.

PeachyDragon

I did some product shots of the guitar on Saturday morning for fun. Enjoy. I love the look!

AlanRatcliffe

That looks positively gorgeous! Congrats and enjoy! :goodtimes:

rikus

Dude, that looks awesome... Can you give us a bit of info on how you set that up?

PeachyDragon

Rikus wrote Dude, that looks awesome... Can you give us a bit of info on how you set that up?

Rikus, do you mean how I set up the studio to take the photographs?
White backdrop with infinity curve, 60cm x 60cm softbox 45 degrees off centre to the left.
shoot-through umbrellas 45 degrees off contre to the right. Both using speedlights and remote triggers.
Some "overlay" and "soft light" blending mode layers in photoshop to make the contrast pop.
Need more info?

Squonk

That guitar is just hectically brilliant.

Just one question, what is "Peachy Dragon" all about? ?

IceCreamMan

Squonk wrote That guitar is just hectically brilliant.

Just one question, what is "Peachy Dragon" all about? ?

Absolutely agree

And yes, got me thinking too now? ?

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