New Guitar Idea

[backsidetailsli]

i made 2 basses before, but bought the neck. i think im ready to tackle the next obstacle. so now im gonna make a flying V guitar plus neck. ALL OF IT!


so far i put down my idea on photoshop
what do you think?
let me know so i can refine it

what color do you suggest? those black arrows are part of the paint
im thinking black with yellow arrows? or is that an alexi laiho rip?

 

[e-clipse]

I would say you totally revamped the V and then some. The streamlined edge on the top of the body is beautiful! It looks meaner, badder, ready to take the stage.

Seriously, that is a great design.

 

[backsidetailsli]

another version with a color/flamed maple top

 

[Mydriasis]

How about some really dark red with the black, maybe even darker than I made it.

 

[CanadaRAM]

That's going to be some LONG guitar. Maybe start with the scale length, calculate the total length, and make a 1:1 cardboard mockup to live with for a while before you commit to it.

edit: At a Paul scale length of 24.75", I make this to be over 53" long (!) Almost 4.5 feet. Whew!

 

[stuh84]

All credit to you, but its not far different from the Ran Guitars V

http://www.ranguitars.com/obrazek.php?b=6

 

[xfiftyfour]

That's going to be some LONG guitar. Maybe start with the scale length, calculate the total length, and make a 1:1 cardboard mockup to live with for a while before you commit to it.

edit: At a Paul scale length of 24.75", I make this to be over 53" long (!) Almost 4.5 feet. Whew!

He may have no necessarily made it to scale. I'm sure it's more for design/planning ideas than anything else. He's made others before, so he obviously knows what he's doing.

 

[Shotglass]

I like the concept, but I would improve two things:
- I would make the headstock longer
- make the right 'spike' (the one resting on your leg) longer.

 

[backsidetailsli]

He may have no necessarily made it to scale. I'm sure it's more for design/planning ideas than anything else. He's made others before, so he obviously knows what he's doing.

this guy knows, but more technically on a guitar build forum i had posted a shorter one, lol. they just criticise more.. they all have loads of experience

 

[nickster9224]

dood that looks pretty sweet.

 

[livingfortoday]

It's like these two guitars had a baby:
http://img3.guitarcenter.com/dbase/pics/products/6/2/1/474621.jpg
http://img3.guitarcenter.com/dbase/pics/products/1/5/5/337155.jpg

I like it, though as stated above, it's probably way too long to play comfortably.

Perhaps you could shorten the bottom, and go for something like this:
http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/rock/crook_files/bek_kod.jpg

 

[mistyz23]

Maybe some day you will design a guitar that rivals the genius of this one.

 

[backsidetailsli]

haha just realized what its shaped as.