Retro/Modern I Dig: Millimetric Instruments

[iaresee]

I don't often encounter retro-modern guitar designs that I think look excellent and would be highly functional as instruments. Bilt, maybe? Ran across Millimetric Instruments today courtesy the Chase Bliss instragram account and these look stellar! Modern with a bit of retro in the paint scheme. Functional in their appearance and some thoughtful appointments like the deep pockets on the "wings" for easy access to the highest register. They make their own lipstick pickups and mill their own bridges.

Canadian-made too!

I think...I need to try one.

https://www.millimetric.ca/

And lots of pictures here: https://www.instagram.com/millimetricinstruments/

An ambidextrous desgin that looks pretty, pretty, pretty nice.

And this is the form I'm really crushing hard on:

With two gold foil pickups. Mmmmm.

And this one is pretty nice, little square-er:

 

[iaresee]

Gold foil pickup-equipped demo:

 

[Scented Meat]

That second one is just screaming "Jetsons", which is enough to make me interested.

 

[unix-guy]

Ok, so we got an SG, a Tele and a Les Paul transformed thru Minecraft?

I kinda dig the middle one (Tele)... Definitely not a fan of the first one.

 

[Project Mayhem]

Ok, so we got an SG, a Tele and a Les Paul transformed thru Minecraft?

I kinda dig the middle one (Tele)... Definitely not a fan of the first one.

Pretty solid analogy.

 

[Project Mayhem]

Didn't MAB solve the Ambidextrous issue like 30 years Ago?

Interesting find though.

As a guy who can't put down his Strandberg, it's good to see designers pushing against tradition.

 

[Muad'zin]

If you like these instruments, go for them! More power to ya. Me? I feel my mouth filling up with my stomach's contents.

 

[Mark-B]

Wasn’t too wowed by them until I went to the website (which is loaded with additional images). They seem to be doing some pretty-good work.. innovatin’ ...I Wonder what the weight would be on the first guitar, just purely interested in the design is all, and if they required extra weight further back (on the body) to help balance the guitar.