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Location: 6 String Ranch | real ugly |
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Location: closely held secret | It's a pimp guitar. |
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Location: SoCal | Isn't there a tv show, Pimp My Guitar?
It's extremely ugly and I don't know why it was built. Did Chris Martin come to his people and say "Let's build from the finest materials, the most butt ugly guitar we can possibly imagine and then try to tell people how beautiful it is. People are so stupid that there will be those who will pay tens of thousands of dollars for it..." |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Fugly alright. Did anyone else have the thought "Make sure the mouse stays away from the Buy-it-Now button in case I accidentally click it and end up losing my house for an ugly overpriced guitar? |
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Location: Indiana | Almost as gawdy as the Martin Millionth it was based on...
http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/000854.html |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Again, the reason to go custom is if the combination of features you want are not available in a stock model. I've done it. I can also tell you that the best sounding instruments I own are stock models, maybe not common or inexpensive, but certainly not custom. |
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| Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Again, the reason to go custom is if the combination of features you want are not available in a stock model. I've done it. I can also tell you that the best sounding instruments I own are stock models, maybe not common or inexpensive, but certainly not custom. Well stated point of view above. Yes, I am leaning toward Collings. I love the quality, beauty, sound, ability, and consistency.
I'd need to go a bit custom in order to add a bit of bling. I'm still open minded and looking around. My wife is being very generous. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | You know, another point is the definition of "custom". I have a few guitars that have been "personalized" but not really custom. For example I have an OM that I special ordered withOUT fret markers. I would hardly call that custom. On the other hand I have a small bodied 00 guitar that I ordered with Koa back and sides, rather than the stock mahogany. I would consider that a little more "custom". There is also custom that is complete one off. I would consider Kim's Adamas Bass to be in that category. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Last two "custom" guitars I ordered have been without fret markers. Not sure why but I was just going through a "clean look" phase. Love them....but I also really dig the 42 and 45 style bling.
The Borges that I should be receiving soon is an OM-18....so simple dots for fret markers but I did bling up the trim a bit. Hope it looks as good when I get it as it did in my mind when I ordered it. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The last three guitars I've ordered were all customs. Two were based on stock models with a few changes in materials or finishes (e.g., the Koa VXT). The third was a mixture of stock materials and features combined in a configuration that has not likely been tried before. Its totally your call and there may or may not be any rules, so make it your guitar. The rest of us may or may not appreciate it, but that doesn't matter because it isn't being built for us. Just go for it! |
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