Unique guitars

[Dave Merrill]

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Found this while looking for another one...

Big improvement if you ask me!

 

[Planta Fantasma]

Here's a unique SG style that I built for Mike Keneally a few years back.......
The top is recycled Brazilizn rosewood. Carbon fiber reinforced neck through & chambered body wings made from chakte kok & eastern hard rock maple. Fretboard is Brazilian bois de rose. Hand wound Callahan '59 humbuckers. Fiber optic side dot markers change color w/ pickup switching.
Red for bridge, green for mid & blue for neck.
Cheers!

 

[Dave Merrill]

Here's a unique SG style that I built for Mike Keneally a few years back.......
The top is recycled Brazilizn rosewood. Carbon fiber reinforced neck through & chambered body wings made from chakte kok & eastern hard rock maple. Fretboard is Brazilian bois de rose. Hand wound Callahan '59 humbuckers. Fiber optic side dot markers change color w/ pickup switching.
Red for bridge, green for mid & blue for neck.
Cheers!

Very cool!

 

[State of Epicicity]

Here's a unique SG style that I built for Mike Keneally a few years back.......
The top is recycled Brazilizn rosewood. Carbon fiber reinforced neck through & chambered body wings made from chakte kok & eastern hard rock maple. Fretboard is Brazilian bois de rose. Hand wound Callahan '59 humbuckers. Fiber optic side dot markers change color w/ pickup switching.
Red for bridge, green for mid & blue for neck.
Cheers!

Dude, incredible! Would you mind sharing your site?

 

[Planta Fantasma]

Dude, incredible! Would you mind sharing your site?

Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it.
I still build but I stopped paying for a website some time ago & I don't have social media anymore either.
I burned out on the industry. I had to just step back from the business aspect of things & actually concentrate on building instruments that were unique & individual.
My name is Gabe. You're more than welcome to e-mail me & I can send you some pics if you're interested & we can go from there.
My email is diablosnegro@suddenlink.net

 

[State of Epicicity]

Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it.
I still build but I stopped paying for a website some time ago & I don't have social media anymore either.
I burned out on the industry. I had to just step back from the business aspect of things & actually concentrate on building instruments that were unique & individual.
My name is Gabe. You're more than welcome to e-mail me & I can send you some pics if you're interested & we can go from there.
My email is diablosnegro@suddenlink.net

Much appreciated, Man. I would love a custom one day. I'm sorry, I wanted just to see more of your work to admire and dream in the meantime.

 

[David McCarroll]

Kinda surprised this one hasn't appeared yet:



(not Tony Levin, the Chapman Stick!)

 

[621]

For Drop B tuning

 

[Planta Fantasma]

Much appreciated, Man. I would love a custom one day. I'm sorry, I wanted just to see more of your work to admire and dream in the meantime.

Here are a few more pics from the archives.

 

[Dave Merrill]

Nice work!

 

[Planta Fantasma]

Much appreciated, Man. I would love a custom one day. I'm sorry, I wanted just to see more of your work to admire and dream in the meantime.

And a few more.
Cheers man!

 

[Dave Merrill]

And a few more.
Cheers man!

Wow.
The wood on that first one is amazing!
Stunning stuff.

If you don't want to do this sort of work any more, that's fine of course, but if you do, even a little of it, it's a shame you don't have a web site.

 

[Planta Fantasma]

Wow.
The wood on that first one is amazing!
Stunning stuff.

If you don't want to do this sort of work any more, that's fine of course, but if you do, even a little of it, it's a shame you don't have a web site.

Thank you, Dave! I appreciate that. I'll see about recruiting one of my siblings to help get a site back up.
Honestly, I appreciate the encouragement to do so.
Happy holidays man.

 

[Planta Fantasma]

Kinda surprised this one hasn't appeared yet:

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(not Tony Levin, the Chapman Stick!)

Here are a few instruments I made from when I was an apprentice luthier at Moonstone Guitars.
I more less modeled my touch guitar in the middle from a Warr guitar. My friend Randy Strom let me borrow his for measurements. Randy was a founding member of KittyHawk, early prog rock band where he played a Chapman Stick.
I've since bought myself a Chapman Railboard. They're slightly different from a standard Stick, as they're milled out of a solid billet of aluminum.
I made a quick release stand for mine so I can walk up to it, instead of wearing it.
Very unique indeed!

 

[State of Epicicity]

Holy crap @Planta Fantasma, gorgeous work. These just look like functional art. Thanks so much for posting more examples. I second Dave's sentiment about a site. Even if you just set up a social media page, it would be an easy place just to keep you work on public display with your contact info. I'm no fan of Facebook, but many luthiers are maintaining pages their only, because they can easily maintain them on their own. But if you go for a site, there are many places that allow you to set up sites with templates that make it very easy to maintain. Thanks again!

 

[Dave Merrill]

So cool!

 

[scottp]

Here are a few more pics from the archives.

Gabe, Man, these are incredibly beautiful instruments to say the least!
You my friend, are in a different league!
WOW!!!
Truly some of the most beautiful instruments I have ever seen!
I encourage you to keep up the stellar work!

 

[Fro68]

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Found this while looking for another one...

This is the first JT headstock I’ve liked. The shape doesn’t really bother me. It’s the logo.

 

[Rex]

Here are a few more pics from the archives.

I love that German-carve-into-a-scroll transition. Scrolls aren’t easy, and yours brings an extra level of difficulty.

 

[nangillala]

Yeah! It weighs around four pounds. I would like to actually hold one because I suspect it may suffer from neck dive at that weight.

I have one. Yes it does. It's not horrible, but very noticeable sitting down.