My first custom guitar

[EngelFaeuste]

Ordered from Ran guitars, I've got the drawing from them, now I've got to wait for a painful 10 months. To ensure that this guitar is going to be playing metal and nothing else, I had the word "METAL" inlaid on the 12th fret. Nobody's gonna be playing anything other than metal on this without looking like a retard. Feel free to hijack and post up pics of your customs.

 

[reez_rock]

awesome man....Did u design that?reminds me of Ibanez xyphos somehow....Mind letting us know what's the damage on wallet?what pickups and specs?

 

[nabeelmashren]

i just love the maple fingerboard. are those blackouts?

 

[wadthefish]

Nice ! Reminds me of Loudness

 

[jskadiang]

reminds me of Ibanez xyphos somehow

It's much closer to a Jackson Warrior. Probably is modeled after that.

 

[van_halen]

the body shape is jackson's "death kelly" shape. upper part of body is exact kelly. lower part of body is somewhat like warrior (not exact). headstock shape is ran's headstock shape.

 

[EngelFaeuste]

the body shape is jackson's "death kelly" shape. upper part of body is exact kelly. lower part of body is somewhat like warrior (not exact). headstock shape is ran's headstock shape.

He's got it, it's essentially a Death Kelly with a Ran Invader headstock. Spec Sheet here:

Construction: Neck Thru Body
Material : Alder
Finish : Metallic Blood Red w/black bevels
Headstock Shape : Invader
Neck Material : 3P Maple
Headstock Cover : Metal (chrome)
Headstock Finish : Match Body Finish
Neck Finish : Match Body Finish
Fingerboard : Plain Maple
No. of Frets/Size : 24 Dunlop 6000
Side Inlays : Aluminium Dots
Inlays : Bullets (Pat`s style)
Inlay at 12th Fret : “METAL”
Fingerboard Binding : Yes, black
Headstock Binding : No
Nut /Width : Locking/ 43mm
Straplocks : Schaller
Hardware Color : Chrome
Bridge System : Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo
Tuning Machines : Schaller M6
Pickups : Seymour Duncan AHB1 - AHB1 w/chrome rings (Blackouts)
Control Knobs : 2 x volume, 1 x tone
Pickup Selector : 3-way toggle

 

[theunknown]

reminds me of some guitars i saw

 

[van_halen]

i have to say that ran's invader headstock has got to be THE sharpest headstock that i've ever seen. it's like a spear...

looking forward to a review when it arrives. i nearly ordered a custom Ironbird from them.

 

[asdf]

how much is it?

 

[mockingbird]

Nice guitar you got there, man.

 

[Ripper]

Feel free to hijack and post up pics of your customs.

Haha. I like your attitude man. You are one real joker.

Hey bro, why dont you email them, ask them to spray the words "engel playing this guitar now" or "this guitar cost me $xxxx" on the body next to the bridge cavity?

Jokin lah. Wishin u patience for the wait!

 

[DanoWang]

LOL

'METAL' as an inlay?
hideous, and more so with the 4.5k price tag

 

[superpotato_30]

LOL

'METAL' as an inlay?
hideous, and more so with the 4.5k price tag

If you dont like it thats fine.

Aha morgan that headstock can pierce some skin man gotta be careful with it! or was it designed for that purpose? heheh

 

[relinquish69]

who said anything about $4.5k? I didnt see it.

 

[HarrisonYeo]

woah! bullet inlays ..sweet dude..

 

[rimuel]

Good choice with the blackouts

 

[junhao405]

i have to say that ran's invader headstock has got to be THE sharpest headstock that i've ever seen. it's like a spear...

Excalty.. No offence, no point buying a guitar to jus play METAL.. and play clean blues and other stuff mah..

 

[Whitestrat]

To ensure that this guitar is going to be playing metal and nothing else, I had the word "METAL" inlaid on the 12th fret. Nobody's gonna be playing anything other than metal on this without looking like a retard.

Send it to me when completed... I'll play blues on it and still not look like a retard...:mrgreen:

 

[bf0502tr]

Send it to me when completed... I'll play blues on it and still not look like a retard...:mrgreen:

dood!! its blackouts on an alder body!! how u gonna play blues on that?!?! ow worse jazz