Dunable guitars: NGD Cyclops. Yeti, Asteroid, Moonflower, et al

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I don’t see these guitars mentioned all that often on the interwebs and only just once in a FS advert here. The brand could probably support having its on thread, so here we are!

I just bought this beauty off of Sacha Dunable (the creator of the guitars) at the closure of his European Tour with his band “Intronaut”. It is a very ‘customized’ “Cyclops” model.
The specs are as follows:

25.5" scale
roasted swamp ash body with burl top
figured maple fingerboard
mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard and white binding
luminlay side dots
Mastery bridge and trem
Grizzly pickups (he winds several types) with flame maple covers
volume/tone with coil split switch
side jack
tusq nut
grover sta-tite tuners

I’d first heard about these from Mario of the band “Spotlights” . I caught him at a gig, here in Vienna, and I thought that he was playing a Schecter instead of his usual SG. He introduced me to the brand and told me about how the instruments are specifically designed for lowered tunings. Like Intronaut, Spotlights tune down down a few half-steps. This “Cyclops” is setup and tuned for B-Standard and will likely remain there.
I only own one guitar that I have set up for rather heavy music and it lacks a vibrato. I also love the all-wood look and am really looking forward to receiving this and will update this post after I get to play it for a few days.

Does anyone else here own a Dunable? What do you think of this particular guitar and one that you may own yourself?

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This is a selection of other Dunables that are on Reverb right now. It looks like he has just started getting retailers to carry his wares as of a couple of months ago. I’m guessing about that but see that CME just picked up the brand.

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I heard of them via a few friends posting a few pics, and when my friend Robot Graves Industries started producing aluminum necks, Sacha has bought a couple for his builds.

I'd love to try one in person.
 
gorgeous....think i will pop by CME soon (now?..im a a good mood after Bears win) and check them out
 
I've been playing it a lot today. It is really quite light and the neck is beautiful. I need to try it with some clean sounds as I've been basically letting it rip in "full-bore" mode. It's also my first time with a Mastery bridge and vibrato. It seems fine thus far. I've used Staytrems and Mustang saddles in the past. I'll report back if I think that there is anything noteworthy with the Mastery.
Thus far, it's lovely.
 
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