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PY38
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The other thing that strikes me with the "performance car" analogy is that some of those car hoods are carbon fiber....sooooo...what if you could "lift" the face or top of the guitar to switch pickups.....rest of the body is the same color as the headstock which is why maybe the pic has no strings.......getting ready for a PU switch......
I just reread this and Im not sure if I believe it.....
I just reread this and Im not sure if I believe it.....
coldsummer
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I was thinking that myself. Maybe quick access to different switching/wiring options, but surely that would be more easily achieved by adding the GC technology?? Dunno, I guess time will tell.
dkannen
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Love love LOVE it!
Metalcat
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Wickedly cool!
Dr.Strangenote
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Thanks Sterling!
Tanax
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Here's an thinker; The carbon could just have been a "cover" to conceal the guitar, being something only used now in the teaser to not spoil something they don't want to reveal at this time. Anyone thought about that?
Dr.Strangenote
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makes complete sense, since BP did say, things may not be as they appear.
Oh3AreSicks
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A carbon fiber carve-top JP.... Interesting...
Oh3AreSicks
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Or... "things may not be as they appear." Could be referring to the other picture. Where we assume there is wood under that pretty paint.
mr.b
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Is it just me or do the pickups look closer together than normal? Maybe its just the angle the shot has been cropped to. ?
MusicMan_Luke
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Please BP, give us more...
Pablo
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That's what I see as well... So, that would be 27 frets and a carbon fibre top: I was WAY off the mark with my guess of the Majesty being a Les Paul Custom on acid :lol: It sure looks faster than the F1 - I am officially intrigued!
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Eske
PeteDuBaldo
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Look at those pickups a bit closer
(just messing with you)
Love the looks of a contoured top.
Oh3AreSicks
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Distance between the pickups looks the same to me. F-spaced Bridge pickup.
PY38
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I dont think we should count out a floyd.....Guthrie Govans new proto has an original floyd (no fine tuners) with a normal nut and locking tuners and he has said he prefers this to the wilkinson.....
You never know......Players like Chris Broderick used to have his Ibbies made with an edge system but no lock nut.....
You never know......Players like Chris Broderick used to have his Ibbies made with an edge system but no lock nut.....
Oh3AreSicks
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Agreed. The locking tuners pretty much eliminated the "need" for a locking nut.
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BP's photo is upside down. The switch is on the topside of the guitar. Can't put it on the horn because the horn does not exist.
They took the tonewood cocktail idea from the BFRs and replaced the mahogany toneblock with a patent-pending carbon fibre-wood composite tone block. With regular tonewoods, the pickups very slightly vibrate in phase with the body wood, but that is sometimes out of phase with the string vibrations. The ultra-stiff carbon fibre eliminates that and make the pickups more responsive, giving a faster, smoother attack with more articulation to super high speed playing and complex chords under distortion (try playing a Major 7 with full distortion and you'll know what I mean).
The wood part of the composite is made out of a super lightweight ultra-resonant wood (Ochroma Pyramidale) that is often used to make ultra-high-tech aircraft propellers, wing-struts, and high-performance surfboards. It's a very fast growing tree, so stocks can be quickly replaced, which aids sustainable harvesting.
They took the tonewood cocktail idea from the BFRs and replaced the mahogany toneblock with a patent-pending carbon fibre-wood composite tone block. With regular tonewoods, the pickups very slightly vibrate in phase with the body wood, but that is sometimes out of phase with the string vibrations. The ultra-stiff carbon fibre eliminates that and make the pickups more responsive, giving a faster, smoother attack with more articulation to super high speed playing and complex chords under distortion (try playing a Major 7 with full distortion and you'll know what I mean).
The wood part of the composite is made out of a super lightweight ultra-resonant wood (Ochroma Pyramidale) that is often used to make ultra-high-tech aircraft propellers, wing-struts, and high-performance surfboards. It's a very fast growing tree, so stocks can be quickly replaced, which aids sustainable harvesting.
Tollywood
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BP's photo is upside down. The switch is on the topside of the guitar. Can't put it on the horn because the horn does not exist.
They took the tonewood cocktail idea from the BFRs and replaced the mahogany toneblock with a patent-pending carbon fibre-wood composite tone block. With regular tonewoods, the pickups very slightly vibrate in phase with the body wood, but that is sometimes out of phase with the string vibrations. The ultra-stiff carbon fibre eliminates that and make the pickups more responsive, giving a faster, smoother attack with more articulation to super high speed playing and complex chords under distortion (try playing a Major 7 with full distortion and you'll know what I mean).
The wood part of the composite is made out of a super lightweight ultra-resonant wood (Ochroma Pyramidale) that is often used to make ultra-high-tech aircraft propellers, wing-struts, and high-performance surfboards. It's a very fast growing tree, so stocks can be quickly replaced, which aids sustainable harvesting.
Holy cow - the craftsmen at ebmm really took this design to a new level. Very impressive.
