My 7-String Ergonomic Headless build from Aura Guitars! (Really big, woody pics...)

JamesM · 08-10-2011, 07:11 PM

This has been cooking for some time, and is not to the point of cutting, but I just can't wait.

Aura Guitars is a promising young company run by someone I've come to call a good friend of mine, Adam (adrock). After a lot of discussion, a build was planned. We will be doing our own take on Ola Strandberg's brilliant designs. Ola has kindly approved the use of his design (yes, we asked. He's an awesome guy and extremely helpful), and we will be using his hardware!

Current "sketch" (nothing is perfect now, Adam is busy with other guitars):

SPECS:
-Two piece Black Limba body
-Ziricote neck
-Figured Maple fretboard, blank (I think...

)
-26.5"-25.75" scale length(s)
-Bareknuckle Aftermaths, Battleworn Black
-Strandberg Guitarworks Headless hardware
-One volume--push-pull--coil tap on neck pup, one rotary three way pup switch
-Recessed output jack
-Tuned Drop G# for Cloudyhead action

PICS:

I'm shitting my pants I'm so excited. Alas, I must wait!

sibanez29 · 08-10-2011, 07:16 PM

That is gonna be BEEEAAAAAAAAASSSSTTT! If it had DiMarzios, I would kill you and steal it when you get it.

JamesM · 08-10-2011, 07:18 PM

You could kill me, steal it, sell the BKPs and buy two sets of Dimarzios dude.

Bigfan · 08-10-2011, 07:23 PM

Holy shit, James!

That is even tastier than I imagined.

Guitarman700 · 08-10-2011, 07:27 PM

JESUS ....ING CHRIST.
I literally can't say anything else right now, I just keep repeating that.

JamesM · 08-10-2011, 07:27 PM

Yeah, me either. I literally have a semi right how thinking about it.

Guitarman700 · 08-10-2011, 07:28 PM

ZIRICOTE. ZIRICOTE.

Bigfan · 08-10-2011, 07:31 PM

To quote Devin Townsend at Download: "Aftermaaath!"

Also, ....ing Ziricote, .... yeah.

SirMyghin · 08-10-2011, 08:38 PM

Pretty cool, I find it a bit funny you are having someone not strandberg build you a strandberg (down to the hardware though). You were cool enough to ask him though which says a lot about you ( all good).

Spaceman_Spiff · 08-10-2011, 08:51 PM

Damn man...that design is so tasty. I first saw that design when Chris Letchford put out that video of him playing The Great Plains, and it just blew my mind when i started looking at Ola's stuff. It's really cool he let you use it too. I will definitely be following this thread!

BlackMastodon · 08-10-2011, 08:52 PM

This is gonna be pretty goddamn awesome. Really interested to see how the ziricote neck and maple fretboard turns out. Usually those are reversed

Stealthdjentstic · 08-10-2011, 08:53 PM

That's awesome Ola gave the go ahead, can't wait to see how this turns out! Are you going to be using the coloured bridges?

Spaceman_Spiff · 08-10-2011, 08:54 PM

A question...Will you be using a zero-fret?

JamesM · 08-10-2011, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackMastodon

This is gonna be pretty goddamn awesome. Really interested to see how the ziricote neck and maple fretboard turns out. Usually those are reversed

Ziricote neck will be reinforced with carbon fiber for stability.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stealthtastic

That's awesome Ola gave the go ahead, can't wait to see how this turns out! Are you going to be using the coloured bridges?

Yeah, he's really a great guy. Maybe I'll get lucky and he'll post!

I am not, keeping the hardware black. Don't want to distract from the wood.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spaceman_Spiff

A question...Will you be using a zero-fret?

Yes, that's the plan at this point. But this is all subject to change, of course.

elq · 08-10-2011, 09:04 PM

Ola seems to have a very open approach to design - he's written about it (it's one of the reasons I decided to order from him) Strandberg Guitarworks » Blog Archive » Patent vs. Open Source vs. Copyright

technomancer · 08-10-2011, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elq

Ola seems to have a very open approach to design - he's written about it (it's one of the reasons I decided to order from him) Strandberg Guitarworks » Blog Archive » Patent vs. Open Source vs. Copyright

Let's be real, you've ordered from just about everybody

That is going to be one sweet guitar

mountainjam · 08-10-2011, 09:23 PM

Is it going to have a trapezoidal neck? Just qurious, after playing tosin's I felt like it was the guitars most interesting feature.

JamesM · 08-10-2011, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by technomancer

Let's be real, you've ordered from just about everybody

That is going to be one sweet guitar

Thank you! I'm all giddy with excitement.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mountainjam

Is it going to have a trapezoidal neck? Just qurious, after playing tosin's I felt like it was the guitars most interesting feature.

It is not. The concept intrigues me, however I've never tried one. We'd have to play with blanks. Further, I don't want any dirty water between myself and Rick Toone (though in exchanging multiple emails with him about his new designs, I find he is an extremely nice guy! Really!) and really don't want to pay for licensing.

I suppose If I truly become interested, I will contact him. Hard to become too incredibly interested, however, without ever playing such a neck.

mountainjam · 08-10-2011, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Armada

It is not. The concept intrigues me, however I've never tried one. We'd have to play with blanks. Further, I don't want any dirty water between myself and Rick Toone (though in exchanging multiple emails with him about his new designs, I find he is an extremely nice guy! Really!) and really don't want to pay for licensing.

I suppose If I truly become interested, I will contact him. Hard to become too incredibly interested, however, without ever playing such a neck.

Right on dude. If im not mistaking, both of his fan fret guitars had a trapezoidal neck, the Rick Toone model having the more extreme shape neck. Either way, congrats on the move from playing production to custom guitars

skeels · 08-10-2011, 10:11 PM

Yay, Adamrock! nice grains on the woods, too....

JamesM · 08-10-2011, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mountainjam

Right on dude. If im not mistaking, both of his fan fret guitars had a trapezoidal neck, the Rick Toone model having the more extreme shape neck. Either way, congrats on the move from playing production to custom guitars

Both of whose fan-fret guitars? Nearly every Strandberg is multiscale.

Rick Toone owns the rights (to what specific extent I am not sure) to many different trapezoidal neck shapes, actually.
Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by skeels

Yay, Adamrock! nice grains on the woods, too....

Thank you as well!

eclipsex1 · 08-10-2011, 11:12 PM

The wood is absolutely beautiful, and I love the design of it.

Metalus · 08-10-2011, 11:16 PM

So this is the big secret you've been keeping! Damn you for not telling me earlier! Oh well its all good. Im waiting on my Aura Radiant 7 custom as well. He sent me some wood pics and DAMN is all i can say

scherzo1928 · 08-10-2011, 11:16 PM

I'll try and express my feelings towards this build with images.

and

this kind of joy:

adrock · 08-11-2011, 12:07 AM

whoo!!!

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08-10-2011, 07:11 PM	#1
JamesM The Armada Join Date: May 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 6,925 Thanked: 87 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	My 7-String Ergonomic Headless build from Aura Guitars! (Really big, woody pics...) This has been cooking for some time, and is not to the point of cutting, but I just can't wait. Aura Guitars is a promising young company run by someone I've come to call a good friend of mine, Adam (adrock). After a lot of discussion, a build was planned. We will be doing our own take on Ola Strandberg's brilliant designs. Ola has kindly approved the use of his design (yes, we asked. He's an awesome guy and extremely helpful), and we will be using his hardware! Current "sketch" (nothing is perfect now, Adam is busy with other guitars): SPECS: -Two piece Black Limba body -Ziricote neck -Figured Maple fretboard, blank (I think... ) -26.5"-25.75" scale length(s) -Bareknuckle Aftermaths, Battleworn Black -Strandberg Guitarworks Headless hardware -One volume--push-pull--coil tap on neck pup, one rotary three way pup switch -Recessed output jack -Tuned Drop G# for Cloudyhead action PICS: I'm shitting my pants I'm so excited. Alas, I must wait! BigPhi84, Bigfan, CD1221 and 3 others like this. Cloudyhead. Facebook//Twitter//Bandcamp Watch:1,2,3,4,5 Debut Album, Abstraction out now!

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sibanez29 Si Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Spiderland Posts: 172 Thanked: 2 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That is gonna be BEEEAAAAAAAAASSSSTTT! If it had DiMarzios, I would kill you and steal it when you get it. JamesM and Spaceman_Spiff like this.

08-10-2011, 07:18 PM	#3
JamesM The Armada Join Date: May 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 6,925 Thanked: 87 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	You could kill me, steal it, sell the BKPs and buy two sets of Dimarzios dude. BigPhi84, sibanez29, scherzo1928 and 2 others like this. Cloudyhead. Facebook//Twitter//Bandcamp Watch:1,2,3,4,5 Debut Album, Abstraction out now!

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Guitarman700 SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Traverse City, MI Posts: 4,841 Thanked: 22 Feedback Score: 13 reviews	ZIRICOTE. *ZIRICOTE.* anthonyferguson and JamesM like this. "FFDP is metal for Nascar fans."-Rick "Someone said they like guns. I like Mel Gibson."-God

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Bigfan sixstringer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Karmøy, Norway Posts: 2,425 Thanked: 13 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	To quote Devin Townsend at Download: "Aftermaaath!" Also, ....ing Ziricote, .... yeah. JamesM and Guitarman700 like this.

08-10-2011, 08:38 PM	#9
SirMyghin The Dirt Guy Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Anywhere but here. Posts: 7,157 Thanked: 41 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Pretty cool, I find it a bit funny you are having someone not strandberg build you a strandberg (down to the hardware though). You were cool enough to ask him though which says a lot about you ( all good). Guitar techs are for sissies. Learn some damn music theory, don't complain, and you'll be a better person. -Schecterwhore Show me a truly awesome guitar for under $1000 and I'll show you hateful lies.

08-10-2011, 08:51 PM	#10
Spaceman_Spiff SS Contributor Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 854 Thanked: 16 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Damn man...that design is so tasty. I first saw that design when Chris Letchford put out that video of him playing The Great Plains, and it just blew my mind when i started looking at Ola's stuff. It's really cool he let you use it too. I will definitely be following this thread!

08-10-2011, 08:52 PM	#11
BlackMastodon \m/ (ﾟДﾟ) \m/ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Windsor, ON Posts: 3,219 Thanked: 12 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	This is gonna be pretty goddamn awesome. Really interested to see how the ziricote neck and maple fretboard turns out. Usually those are reversed BigPhi84 likes this. "Metal is for Vikings; if you're not a Viking, get off the boat." - The Beard "He doesn't even like Metallica, that's how metal he is." - My friend describing my musical tastes to her friends.

08-10-2011, 08:53 PM	#12
Stealthdjentstic Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canadia Posts: 19,969 Thanked: 338 Feedback Score: 10 reviews	That's awesome Ola gave the go ahead, can't wait to see how this turns out! Are you going to be using the coloured bridges?

08-10-2011, 08:54 PM	#13
Spaceman_Spiff SS Contributor Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 854 Thanked: 16 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	A question...Will you be using a zero-fret?

08-10-2011, 09:04 PM	#15
elq (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,120 Thanked: 42 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Ola seems to have a very open approach to design - he's written about it (it's one of the reasons I decided to order from him) Strandberg Guitarworks » Blog Archive » Patent vs. Open Source vs. Copyright

08-10-2011, 09:23 PM	#17
mountainjam SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: norcal Posts: 1,624 Thanked: 34 Feedback Score: 15 reviews	Is it going to have a trapezoidal neck? Just qurious, after playing tosin's I felt like it was the guitars most interesting feature. JamesM likes this.

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08-10-2011, 11:12 PM	#22
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Metalus JP BFR Whore Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,428 Thanked: 33 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	So this is the big secret you've been keeping! Damn you for not telling me earlier! Oh well its all good. Im waiting on my Aura Radiant 7 custom as well. He sent me some wood pics and DAMN is all i can say My band: www.facebook.com/astheworldweeps www.soundcloud.com/astheworldweeps http://soundcloud.com/metalus "Nice Axe-FX and Agile. But what I really want to say is that you look like Paul Masvidal on crack." -failshredder

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