(Un)Official Melancon Guitars Thread - Come on in...

[tonecontrol]

as promised, this is #15 my best description is the you tube clip (please excuse my beer belly and white legs
the guitar is very powerful sounding clear yet has a "throaty" quality to it and yes, it plays itself and I mean it, Gerards " best of best" workmanship is appearent throughout this guitar, unplugged the resonance is really something to behold!
http://youtu.be/a0q0U1GNmUA

[tommc]

tonecontrol - How about a vid demo of the Goldtop w/Bigsby?

[tonecontrol]

Originally Posted by tommc

tonecontrol - How about a vid demo of the Goldtop w/Bigsby?

I can do that
the 295 is a different animal than the Master Artist
kinda like what Elvis said to Priscilla
"I love you like a Sister...only different"

[RSRD]

Originally Posted by imissmj

I wish I was in a position to do a deal for the black one, that is a killer guitar. The blue master artist has hurricane inlays. My custom artist has a variation of those as well.

I hear you on being in a 'position' to buy the trans black Master. Its actually down to $5k now. But that's still above my ceiling. One day...BTW, its #14 and I see Tonecontrol has #15. Very cool.

Originally Posted by tonecontrol

as promised, this is #15 my best description is the you tube clip (please excuse my beer belly and white legs
the guitar is very powerful sounding clear yet has a "throaty" quality to it and yes, it plays itself and I mean it, Gerards " best of best" workmanship is appearent throughout this guitar, unplugged the resonance is really something to behold!
http://youtu.be/a0q0U1GNmUA

Awesome guitar and awesome playing. You deserve that guitar. I cant get over how nice the carve top is on these masters. Going to have to revisit the video tomorrow.

[tonecontrol]

Big Country;

the carve is very dramatic, everything on it is over the top
Gerard put some serious Man hours into it

[RSRD]

Originally Posted by tonecontrol

Big Country;

the carve is very dramatic, everything on it is over the top
Gerard put some serious Man hours into it

I think that's why he only made it to 15 (or16?) instead of making 20 like planned. I tried like the dickens to custom order a master artist to no avail. I then tried to get him to just do the carve top.. Nope. Then just the master headstock on a custom T ... Nope !

[fred dons]

the two on the left I got in a partial trade last week, both 2004 Frankfurter Messe showmodels
the green one has evolution pickups and the purple quilt has a solid rosewood neck

[RSRD]

Fred, can we get a close up of the neck inlay? I've never seen that on a Mel. Congrats, very nice guitars!

[fred dons]

sure

[tonecontrol]

Originally Posted by fred dons

sure

wow, that`s a one off, very nice!

[RSRD]

So what do you all think of Gerards PAFN and PAFB? if you were to custom order a guitar what pickups would you put in? Im ordering one now and Im debating whether to get some outside humbuckers to put in....

[robyogi]

Ditto on the pickups.

Also, anyone else care to comment on what makes a Mel a Mel? What's unique / different / special IYO?

[imissmj]

The neck heel and his own compensated scale are probably the two construction items that are unique to the guitars. I would vote go with custom pickups just because it's a custom guitar and it's fun to research and tweak all the possibilities.

[iamdavea]

Mels are incredibly easy to tune. Notes just lock into pitch with absolute certainty, and a Mel will stay in tune for weeks at a time. I don't know what Gerard's secret is, but you really get spoiled by the ease of it all.

[tommc]

PSA: Big neck Mel on eBay w/buckers. (Not my sale) If I wasn't in the middle of a kitchen remodel.......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300756895471...84.m1423.l2649