660 Guitars Sample
- Thread starter ApolloSpeed
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-28.625" Baritone Scale or 25.5" Standard Scale
-Grover Tuners
-Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Humbucker
-T6061 Aluminum Alloy Solid Body
-Maple And Ebony Fingerboard Neck
-6130 "Medium Jumbo" Fretwire (found on Gibson necks)
-Lexan Control Plate
-HipShot Baby Grand Bridge
-$2,399 MSRP
Necks are made custom by Warmoth. It takes roughly 3-4 weeks to build. I take direct orders @ $1799 a guitar. Your choice of either Baritone or Standard scale models. EMG substitution is no problem.
Nebulous
Daniel
I think it looks and sounds good, but would be interested to hear a clip with a closer to standard tuning and also a design that is not so square in the cutouts. Just to see what other shapes could work.
Nebulous
Daniel
AudioPhile777
Mathew Cohen
Thats cool... $1799 for a guitar... I wouldn't pay that much for a guitar unless I could wipe my ass with $100 bills...
I do wish you luck with it though... who knows... maybe I'll be able to get one sooner than later...
It is awesome looking, though.
Most custom guitars and/or some quality guitars built in the USA start at around that price or more. Hell, the USA versions of ESP are 3000+. I won't even talk about PRS and others like that.
As I streamline my productivity, and get more orders....price may drop slightly. But I find that a $1,300-$1,800 range for a sweet custom USA made guitar is not unreasonable. It is actually very much worth it when you count the time building, and the cost of the premium parts.
As I streamline my productivity, and get more orders....price may drop slightly. But I find that a $1,300-$1,800 range for a sweet custom USA made guitar is not unreasonable. It is actually very much worth it when you count the time building, and the cost of the premium parts.
AudioPhile777
Mathew Cohen
I don't doubt that at all, I'm sure the build quality and attention to detail is of top shelf... but I can't justify spending that much on a guitar int he near future... I could use that some of money to outfit my studio a little better or buy a tube amp 6505, Mesa Dual, Krank, jSX (XSr
) as I only have a HD147 right now... So, like I said, I wish you nothing but good luck with the product and hopefully I will be able to afford such a luxury in the near future.
Sounds great. Not much to look at though, haha. More of a traditional shape would help in the marketing I'm sure. You have to understand that the most popular guitar shapes are the most popular ones for a reason. Let's face it, people aren't always 100% true when they claim "it should be the sound that matters". The shape you have chosen reminds me of something I'd see at a Powerman5000/RobZombie/Manson concert. It would go great next to that guy's (from Zombie) acrylic hollow guitar that he fills with cow blood for certain songs. It honestly looks ok to me, not great or anything, but ok. The idea of using a metal body is great, it's been done, but definitely not like this. The holes in the design are interesting, but from the sound clips I'm thinking they aren't really affecting the tone, at least not in a bad way. At this point, however, with the design you have chosen, I would only expect it to be a novelty amongst guitarist's rather than a guitar they would love to use live.
Please don't take anything I've said the wrong way. It sounds great, looks ok, and I think you're on to something. Just trying to deliver some constructive criticism.
~e.a
Please don't take anything I've said the wrong way. It sounds great, looks ok, and I think you're on to something. Just trying to deliver some constructive criticism.
~e.a
Mutant
I hate that supercow !
Radd
Self Portrait
I totally respect the fact that you went for a different shape and I'm glad to see that other companies have been developing new designs also but unfortunately most don't appeal much to me. The last design that blew me away was the Dean Razorback.
I am soooo sick of the typical les paul and strat shapes even though I do like them. They're everywhere. It's like a great classic rock song thats been killed by the radio because they played it 10 times a day, every day for the past 20 years.
I like the fact that you designed something different with the Aluminum Alloy Solid Body also which leaves me wondering what the thing weighs in at. I'm sure it's a comfortable weight, hence the holes.
I agree though with AudioPhile777 about spending that kind of money for a guitar. At your lowest price of $1,300, perhaps, maybe but probably not.
I would really have to love it and be convinced that it is definatly worth it. I know plenty of people would be ok with those prices, I'm just not one of them. Not yet anyway.
I am soooo sick of the typical les paul and strat shapes even though I do like them. They're everywhere. It's like a great classic rock song thats been killed by the radio because they played it 10 times a day, every day for the past 20 years.
I like the fact that you designed something different with the Aluminum Alloy Solid Body also which leaves me wondering what the thing weighs in at. I'm sure it's a comfortable weight, hence the holes.
I agree though with AudioPhile777 about spending that kind of money for a guitar. At your lowest price of $1,300, perhaps, maybe but probably not.
I would really have to love it and be convinced that it is definatly worth it. I know plenty of people would be ok with those prices, I'm just not one of them. Not yet anyway.
Right now the baritone weights almost the same as my Ibanez MMM1 baritone, about 8lbs or so. The Standard scale model a little less.
And my price is still 1,799. I was just saying that when I increase my productivity, price may go down.....but I'm not sure how much as of yet.
kaomao
Member
Hey Apollospeed, but what if you fill those holes?
would it be way more heavy??
That sound good for a non wood guitar!
I think that mp3 got too much mids.
Cut a little bit of mids and upload a new mp3 on your myspace site, it will catch much more the attention of people.
would it be way more heavy??
That sound good for a non wood guitar!
I think that mp3 got too much mids.
Cut a little bit of mids and upload a new mp3 on your myspace site, it will catch much more the attention of people.
I think it sounds awesome.....
I referenced with 36 crazyfists Elysium.
I think it sounds pretty par, if not more raw. Which is what I was looking for.
UPDATE:
I got the dot com site updated, even with a higher resolution media player that what myspace offers.
660guitars.com
I referenced with 36 crazyfists Elysium.
I think it sounds pretty par, if not more raw. Which is what I was looking for.
UPDATE:
I got the dot com site updated, even with a higher resolution media player that what myspace offers.
660guitars.com
Sounds nice, I'd like to try one out and I'd probably buy one if I had any money laying around...
Jeff
Jeff
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