Hey, guys. I ordered this a while ago, and a lot of progress has been made on it. It should be done in the near future, so I figured I'd post some pics for anyone who might want to see...
First, here's the specs:
-7 strings (of course).
-Carved top "Juggernaut" body style.
-4x3 headstock
-Neck-through construction.
-Neck and body wood both made of Black Limba (or Korina, as Gibson called it... It's supposed to sound a lot like Mahogany but a little brighter, more resonant, and acoustically louder).
-Fretboard, truss rod cover, and cavity covers on back of the guitar all made of some awesome looking Cocobolo.
-24 Stainless Steel jumbo frets
-15" fretboard radius, like the Ernie Ball MusicMan Petrucci 7 strings
-25.5" scale (I don't like super tight string tension or extended scale lengths... I know some of you dudes are really big on extended scale lengths for 7 strings, but there're plenty of great players that prefer the 25.5" scale.... like John Petrucci, Chris Broderick, Rusty Cooley, Andy James, etc.... it's all just preference).
-Neck shape and thickness are similar to the Ibanez RG1527's neck and the EBMM Petrucci 7 string's neck. Pretty thin and comfortable (for a 7 string)
-Original Floyd Rose 7 with a heavy bell brass sustain block from www.floydupgrades.com to add some extra resonance, sustain, and bass response. I know some people aren't into Floyds, but I love them.
-Pickups will be Seymour Duncan Blackouts.
-It's also going to have a momentary push button killswitch for rhythmic on/off tremolo kind of effects, a la Buckethead, Tom Morello, etc.... They just seem like a lot of fun, so I wanted to get one on there to try out.
-The whole guitar is going to have a satin matte finish, and I'm thinking about having the body and neck stained a transparent red or red/brown kind of color, but I'm not sure yet. I might just leave it natural depending on how it looks when it's all put together.
I'll post a few pics below of what I've seen so far, but you can see all of them here on my photobucket if you want:
http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x173/joshualoganpics/My Gutierrez Juggernaut 7 string/
EDIT: Sorry that the pics were huge. I edited in smaller versions of them. Click the photobucket link above for the full size pics.
First, here's the specs:
-7 strings (of course).
-Carved top "Juggernaut" body style.
-4x3 headstock
-Neck-through construction.
-Neck and body wood both made of Black Limba (or Korina, as Gibson called it... It's supposed to sound a lot like Mahogany but a little brighter, more resonant, and acoustically louder).
-Fretboard, truss rod cover, and cavity covers on back of the guitar all made of some awesome looking Cocobolo.
-24 Stainless Steel jumbo frets
-15" fretboard radius, like the Ernie Ball MusicMan Petrucci 7 strings
-25.5" scale (I don't like super tight string tension or extended scale lengths... I know some of you dudes are really big on extended scale lengths for 7 strings, but there're plenty of great players that prefer the 25.5" scale.... like John Petrucci, Chris Broderick, Rusty Cooley, Andy James, etc.... it's all just preference).
-Neck shape and thickness are similar to the Ibanez RG1527's neck and the EBMM Petrucci 7 string's neck. Pretty thin and comfortable (for a 7 string)
-Original Floyd Rose 7 with a heavy bell brass sustain block from www.floydupgrades.com to add some extra resonance, sustain, and bass response. I know some people aren't into Floyds, but I love them.
-Pickups will be Seymour Duncan Blackouts.
-It's also going to have a momentary push button killswitch for rhythmic on/off tremolo kind of effects, a la Buckethead, Tom Morello, etc.... They just seem like a lot of fun, so I wanted to get one on there to try out.
-The whole guitar is going to have a satin matte finish, and I'm thinking about having the body and neck stained a transparent red or red/brown kind of color, but I'm not sure yet. I might just leave it natural depending on how it looks when it's all put together.
I'll post a few pics below of what I've seen so far, but you can see all of them here on my photobucket if you want:
http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x173/joshualoganpics/My Gutierrez Juggernaut 7 string/
EDIT: Sorry that the pics were huge. I edited in smaller versions of them. Click the photobucket link above for the full size pics.
