Custom Designed Guitar

My suggestion would be to contact Scott Heatley. I am sure there are several builders who do that sorta thing, but I know he does custom jobs.

www.heatleyguitars.com

 

you could try Schroeder, but....not a lot of places deviate from their standard patterns.

dave

 

Check out MYKA for sure before deciding on anyone! Check out this guitar he is building for a friend of mine:

http://www.mykaguitars.com/instruments/034/default.htm

Totally custom to my buddies specs on everything. Check out those sweet pickup covers! I don't want to post anothers prices but MYKA's prices are great with very reasonable build times.

 

wow!! that is Excellant!! love the matched covers.. EMG'S?

 

The pickups are humbuckers from a 1989 PRS and are direct mounted. Myka made the covers for cosmetic puposes only and they don't color the sound.
This entire guitar is a cross between the sound and tone of a 1989 PRS CE and the playability and upper fret access of a John Petrucci Signature Ibanez with that boutique small builder mojo and love. I imagine it will be sick!

He should be getting this tomarrow.

 

Holy Crap...........did u have him copy the PRS or the Petrucci Ibanez neck ?????

Could he built one of those for someone else, like i dont know, maybe me ?

 

Adam doesn't have a BAM name or anything yet so he is writing this:

I had Dave copy the petrucci neck 100% and the petrucci body but with a carved top and set neck instead of the petrucci's bolt-on neck and flat top.

I had him copy everything I loved from every guitar I have ever had (petrucci neck, '89 PRS CE sound, inverted input jack, piezo, 5-way wired my way, string through the body, ect).

I have no doubt he could do anything you want and let me say that his prices were great, working with him could not have been easier and his build time was much shorter than almost all others. Totally a great experice all the way around. Look for more pics and a full report tomarrow - feel free to ask any questions you want and anyone who wants to come to Maryland can come be and try her in person if they want.

Here is Dave Myka's email: david@mykaguitars.com

 

Great God, that's a gorgeous guitar. MYKA impresses me more with each new instrument.

 

PRSplaya,


I have a similar project going on, and I have found a luthier here in Switzerland that will do the job for me, whenever I finish the design. I am still working on the body. My suggestion is to find someone close to you, so that you can have full control over the building process. Being a custom design, you will have a lot of things to discuss in the making. Good luck.

 

David also worked with another customer (a member here I think) to build this one the customer had designed.

Myka Sungazer

 

Let me just chime in here. David has worked with a few very satisfied customer here, myself included (#25). he's very open to new ideas and has lots of good ideas himself.

The man knows what he's doing, just drop him a line or give him a call, you wont regret it.

just my 2 cents.

 

If it's set neck...Warmoth

 

Just my opinion but I would but Warmoth at the very end of the custom builder list personally. They are good for do-it-yourself projects, but I have never seen or heard anything to make me think they can stand up to Myka, Driskill, Heatley, PRS, ect. in any way.

 

I immediately thought of Scott Heatley too.

The Mykas are beautiful. This one looks particularly great to me:
http://www.mykaguitars.com/instruments/019/default.htm

 

Hi,
This is right down my alley. Contact me at dlblackburn2@msn.com, or check out the website at www.blackburncustomguitars.com.
Peace,
Dave