Gecko Guitar Prototype Maybe?
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dbw said:
not sure, from Gregg's email, it could be just a private (body blank) project from one of the Warmoth employees.
now, if that employee is working in the R&D department..it's a different story!
Basically the VIP is also a Warmoth Original, loosely based on a PRS.
Either way, I really think it is time for a guitar equivalent of the Gecko (I have actually mentioned this a long long time ago
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R
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Isn't it basically one of these...
http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/bodies/7_string.cfm?fuseaction=7s
done as a 6-string?
http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/bodies/7_string.cfm?fuseaction=7s
done as a 6-string?
jackthehack
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One other mod - when you set up the CNC machining, move the centerline for the neck pickup DOWN just enough to accomodate a 24 fret neck
It was done as an experiement. There has been a constant low drone of requests for it for years. I think it would be cool to have the Gecko inlay too!
No plans to take it further right now since our plate is full, but down the road a year you may see it come back in a more official capacity!
No plans to take it further right now since our plate is full, but down the road a year you may see it come back in a more official capacity!
SkuttleFunk
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you all really want a lounge lizard plastered onto your fretboard? really??? :dontknow:
many of us who dwell low and play thick strings pay the extra $$ to NOT have the lizard on our fretboards
agreed - making the slight mods to accommodate a 24-fret neck would be nice (and relatively simple to do) since you'd still have generous access to the extra frets.
all the best,
R
many of us who dwell low and play thick strings pay the extra $$ to NOT have the lizard on our fretboards
agreed - making the slight mods to accommodate a 24-fret neck would be nice (and relatively simple to do) since you'd still have generous access to the extra frets.
all the best,
R
DangerousR6
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Looks awesome......but in the absence of one body style.....why not replace it with that.......And I would vote for the gecko inlay.....Birdseye maple AAAA please with black inlay.. :kewlpics:Gregg said:
TTU Shredder
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I like it!! :hello2: Reminds me of an Ibanez S
One thing I thought of a while back - the neck heel on both the 25" scale and the baritone SEVEN-string necks is 2 5/8" wide, and the neck pocket on all standard 4-string bass bodies is 2 1/2" wide.... hmmm, just a leetle shaving here and there... I like 'em weird, you know, anybody can have a Strat. And I like seven-strings. Warmoth used to have more weird bass bodies, but they still have the G4 and the Z bass:
http://www.warmoth.com/bass/bodies/radical.cfm?fuseaction=zbass
Besides having to shave the pocket and place your own hardtail bridge, maybe you can con them into not drilling out for the bass bridge grounding wire. I'm still planning my next project to be a G5 fretless bass with a 32" SCALE, I gotta ask about leaving off both the side dots on the neck and the little butthole for the grounding wire. Then you just have them route for a neck pickup only and slap the bridge on 2" higher.
http://www.warmoth.com/bass/bodies/radical.cfm?fuseaction=zbass
Besides having to shave the pocket and place your own hardtail bridge, maybe you can con them into not drilling out for the bass bridge grounding wire. I'm still planning my next project to be a G5 fretless bass with a 32" SCALE, I gotta ask about leaving off both the side dots on the neck and the little butthole for the grounding wire. Then you just have them route for a neck pickup only and slap the bridge on 2" higher.
