Custom made or Faker???

1rr3l3v4n7 · Post by **1rr3l3v4n7** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:55 pm

Floyd Rose, too many switches... Double binded, weird pu emplacement... hmmmm...

http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=781829

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:14 pm

Faker.

krick · Post by **krick** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:24 pm

I vote "Custom made".

loves4003 · Post by **loves4003** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:29 pm

I vote "Custom ruined". Why put a Floyd Rose on a Ric or any other guitar?

icabod · Post by **icabod** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:49 pm

Despite the impediment I have as I'm a bass player, as well as the distraction that the background offers, I think it's a real good looking guitar....

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:52 pm

Well, Sven, I guess we know your prejudices, now, don't we?

People put Floyds on guitars to go out and "dive bomb". I enjoy "dive bombing" on occasion, and have fitted a Fender Duo-Sonic with a Strat neck, active Strat pickup system, and--a Floyd Rose.

I can get sounds out of this guitar that I can't get any other way...

Oh, by the way...Sheena? Are you reading this?

My Duo-Sonic is GREEN!

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:05 pm

Here's why I think that it is a faker. Once my eyes got past the person holding it I noticed that it has three dots on the twelfth fret and the headstock shape and tuners do not look quite right either. Does anyone with better eyesight than me see any evidence of a sound hole of any sort? I can't.

I have a MIJ Strat that has a factory installed Fender Floyd Rose style bridge on it and Texas Special pickups installed in place of the somewhat weaker originals.

It's one of my favorite Strats. I don't dive bomb very often but the extra "meat" on the bridge gives it unbelievable sustain, when required of course.

krick · Post by **krick** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:12 pm

While I agree that it is a fake, it is not a typical faker with the twisted scissors tailpiece or the other features normally seen on cheap "knock-offs". I believe it was custom made to look similar to a Rickenbacker. Many people have done custom guitars like this including some of our fellow Forum members.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:15 pm

I agree with the opinion that it is most likely a custom-made guitar.

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:17 pm

Both are quite nice to look at!

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:26 pm

I took a good look in Photoshop. The obligatory indent in the tail of the guitar is not present either. Custom made or not it's not a Rickenbacker IMO, despite what it says on the headstock.

I won't tell you what else I noticed. LOL

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:14 pm

What a great website, Russian photo artists.

jpf · Post by **jpf** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:31 pm

I think she's very custom made...not fake.

Oh, you mean the GUITAR! Ahhhh...

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:43 pm

Here's a different view of the same guitar. As I mentioned earlier it a has few features that give it away as being fake. Some of those are quite evident in this shot.

I should also mention the fact that it has what appears to be a 650 TRC on the headstock.

http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1112492&ref=author

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:14 pm

That is some crazy hair.