Gackt's half-fretted, half-fretless Caparison...

distressed_romeo · 05-25-2007, 06:26 AM

caparison gackt venus

Not sure why he has a signature guitar, as I've never actually seen or heard him play, but the design's pretty cool. I wonder how well that half-fretted fingerboard works...

Here's the normally-fretted version...

caparison gackt marcury

Naren · 05-25-2007, 06:40 AM

I've seen him playing guitar while singing in some of his music videos, but he never ever plays live and when he plays in his music videos, he doesn't play anything impressive (the other guitarist in the video plays all the solos and all the stuff you'd notice when listening).

Don't know why he'd have a signature guitar... other than the fact that insane Gackt fans might be stupid and buy it. :P I think it's pretty ugly.

distressed_romeo · 05-25-2007, 06:41 AM

From what I've seen, he does seem ready to put his name on absolutely anything...

I still think the guitar still looks pretty cool...

I just remembered, Uli John Roth tried the fretted/fretless thing on one of his early Sky guitars, before he settled on whole-tone fretting for the 24th to 36th frets...

Metal Ken · 05-25-2007, 06:51 AM

I Like the idea of half fretted, half fretless,but scott ian's "NOT" guitar was way cooler looking.

TomAwesome · 05-25-2007, 06:54 AM

I think they're pretty cool! If I had one, I'd definitely play it! I'd just want to change that gold hardware first. Interesting idea with the fretted/fretless combo.

the.godfather · 05-25-2007, 07:33 AM

It's an interesting idea, would be cool to feel how it played.

goth_fiend · 05-25-2007, 07:51 AM

needs a damn cutaway, but kinda cool

Metal Ken · 05-25-2007, 07:52 AM

this owns it:

05-25-2007, 08:21 AM

Most of the guitar is "over-the-top" but I like the idea of the frets/non-frets.

Pauly · 05-25-2007, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

this owns it:

That's a chunky inlay.

7 Dying Trees · 05-25-2007, 09:16 AM

I was thinking it was upper half (bass strings) fretted and the treble strings ufretted, but that would just be really weird...

Metal Ken · 05-25-2007, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pauly

That's a chunky inlay.

Not.

Mastodon · 05-25-2007, 04:42 PM

What's up with the whole effeminate looking male fad in Japan?

Clydefrog · 05-25-2007, 04:48 PM

Excuse me while I puke.

At Gackt, not the guitar. This guy is pretty much everything that is wrong with music at this point in time -- just magnified times 100000000 because it's in Japan, where they take trends to the absolute extreme.

This clown has been around for a while.

D-EJ915 · 05-25-2007, 04:59 PM

I liked Gackt in Malice Mizer, Diabolos isn't half-bad either.

I do, however, hate this guitar. It's a bastardized version of Mana's sig model and made 100 times uglier. It's supposed to look like a violin/acoustic or something along those lines, I've seen acoustics that have frets which stop at the neck joint which is probably why this one is like that.

TheMasterplan · 05-25-2007, 11:04 PM

Gackt is a guilty pleasure of mine. Not a huge fan, but I give em a listen now and again. And you're right he doesn't do much in reality, so I'm not sure why he's getting a signature series. I've got to say though I love the shape. It's like a giant violin or something. The top and hardware make it ugly though. The headstock's no looker either. What's the purpose of having half and half? Is it easier to solo if all the neck space behind the 12th fret is frettless?

Shawn · 05-25-2007, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

this owns it:

I've always loved that guitar.

playstopause · 05-25-2007, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

this owns it:

A freakin' million time.

Desi · 05-26-2007, 02:04 AM

You saw the upper fret access on that thing? YEEECH!! I'm not feeling his Guitar at all, gimme hide's, Kaoru's and Ken's sig any day.

Carrion · 05-26-2007, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by distressed_romeo

caparison gackt venus

Not sure why hehas a signature guitar, as I've never actually seen or heard him play, but the design's pretty cool. I wonder how well that half-fretted fingerboard works...

Here's the normally-fretted version...

caparison gackt marcury

Wait, I thought it was a girl in the first pic.....

Chris · 05-26-2007, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pauly

That's a legendary inlay.

Fixed.

Chris · 05-26-2007, 11:11 AM

This is a guy?

Edit:

YouTube - GACKT - Shima Uta

Dude's got a pretty good voice.

Edit:

YouTube - Gackt - Vanilla

So he's the Japanese Ricky Martin?

I can see why you guys are wondering why this guy has a sig guitar.

Naren · 05-26-2007, 11:32 AM

Chris, yeah, sometimes he can have a pretty cool and unique sound (but not usually

). He used to be in this gothic visual kei band that was generally considered really "edgy" when they were out (I don't think they were edgy at all, but I guess they were for popular rock

), then he went solo. When he went solo, he tried to sound all dark and creepy at first, but then he just went poppier and poppier and poppier.

I mentioned on the first page that I've never seen him play guitar live and that he only plays really basic stuff in his videos, but he does play piano a lot live. He seems to be a pretty good pianist, but you can't really sell a signature piano.

Personally I don't really like much of anything from "visual kei" (except for X Japan which is more like speed metal or power metal. They were the band that kind of created the visual kei look). Never liked Gackt, but there are a few songs by him that are kind of cool. Most of them suck, though...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mastodon

What's up with the whole effeminate looking male fad in Japan?

It's a part of the "visual kei" style of music which Gackt is a member of. In that style of music (which can actually encompass anything from punk to rock to power metal to goth to industrial), many of the guys go for this really effeminate look. Most styles of music in Japan are completely anti-this kind of look (take a look at Japanese rap, regular rock, regular metal, pop, etc. to see what I mean).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

Edit:

YouTube - GACKT - Shima Uta

Dude's got a pretty good voice.

He can do traditional Japanese music.

Didn't know that.

TomAwesome · 05-26-2007, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

YouTube - GACKT - Shima Uta

Dude's got a pretty good voice.

YouTube - Gackt - Vanilla

So he's the Japanese Ricky Martin?

I can see why you guys are wondering why this guy has a sig guitar.

It's not all that kind of stuff. For example:

YouTube - Gackt- Redemption

D-EJ915 · 05-26-2007, 11:54 AM

You should watch this one: YouTube - Malice Mizer - Gackt Duo with Kami
and this one too: YouTube - Malice Mizer - Syunikiss (live)

05-25-2007, 06:26 AM	#1
distressed_romeo Melnibonean Metal! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melnibone (duh!) Posts: 10,684 Thanked: 231	Gackt's half-fretted, half-fretless Caparison... caparison gackt venus Not sure why he has a signature guitar, as I've never actually seen or heard him play, but the design's pretty cool. I wonder how well that half-fretted fingerboard works... Here's the normally-fretted version... caparison gackt marcury __________________ Define 'well-adjusted'... http://farsideguitars.blogspot.com/

05-25-2007, 06:41 AM	#3
distressed_romeo Melnibonean Metal! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melnibone (duh!) Posts: 10,684 Thanked: 231	From what I've seen, he does seem ready to put his name on absolutely anything... I still think the guitar still looks pretty cool... I just remembered, Uli John Roth tried the fretted/fretless thing on one of his early Sky guitars, before he settled on whole-tone fretting for the 24th to 36th frets... __________________ Define 'well-adjusted'... http://farsideguitars.blogspot.com/

05-25-2007, 06:51 AM	#4
Metal Ken Hates the Air • Super Moderator • Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 17,841 Thanked: 81	I Like the idea of half fretted, half fretless,but scott ian's "NOT" guitar was way cooler looking. __________________ Since the Bible and the church are obviously mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust them to tell us where we are going? Didn't you say... Jesus was coming?

05-25-2007, 06:54 AM	#5
TomAwesome I LIKE JUICE!!! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 7,636 Thanked: 39	I think they're pretty cool! If I had one, I'd definitely play it! I'd just want to change that gold hardware first. Interesting idea with the fretted/fretless combo. __________________ "Tom, you're like 1 part a serious dork, and 2 parts the most awesome fucking guy ever." -

05-25-2007, 09:16 AM	#11
7 Dying Trees Sarcy English Twat Join Date: May 2004 Location: 7th Ethereal Plane of interstellar hell, Innit Bruv, Safe, London, UK Posts: 8,486 Thanked: 129	I was thinking it was upper half (bass strings) fretted and the treble strings ufretted, but that would just be really weird... __________________ The Chaos has come: www.chaosanct.com

05-25-2007, 06:40 AM	#2
Naren OldschoolGhettostyle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tokyo Posts: 12,811 Thanked: 49	I've seen him playing guitar while singing in some of his music videos, but he never ever plays live and when he plays in his music videos, he doesn't play anything impressive (the other guitarist in the video plays all the solos and all the stuff you'd notice when listening). Don't know why he'd have a signature guitar... other than the fact that insane Gackt fans might be stupid and buy it. :P I think it's pretty ugly.

05-25-2007, 07:33 AM	#6
the.godfather Mr. Flibble Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: East London, UK Posts: 1,303 Thanked: 2	It's an interesting idea, would be cool to feel how it played.

05-25-2007, 07:51 AM	#7
goth_fiend ss.org Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 604 Thanked: 2	needs a damn cutaway, but kinda cool

05-25-2007, 08:21 AM	#9
Desecrated Dirty Lurker Posts: n/a	Most of the guitar is "over-the-top" but I like the idea of the frets/non-frets.

05-25-2007, 04:42 PM	#13
Mastodon Songs about My Cats Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bizurke Posts: 6,643 Thanked: 41	What's up with the whole effeminate looking male fad in Japan?

05-25-2007, 04:48 PM	#14
Clydefrog ss.org Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi Posts: 1,133 Thanked: 45 $Clydefrog is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Clydefrog is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Clydefrog is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Clydefrog is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Clydefrog is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Clydefrog is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Clydefrog is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$	Excuse me while I puke. At Gackt, not the guitar. This guy is pretty much everything that is wrong with music at this point in time -- just magnified times 100000000 because it's in Japan, where they take trends to the absolute extreme. This clown has been around for a while.

05-25-2007, 04:59 PM	#15
D-EJ915 <3's Tsukasa Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 18,721 Thanked: 219	I liked Gackt in Malice Mizer, Diabolos isn't half-bad either. I do, however, hate this guitar. It's a bastardized version of Mana's sig model and made 100 times uglier. It's supposed to look like a violin/acoustic or something along those lines, I've seen acoustics that have frets which stop at the neck joint which is probably why this one is like that. __________________ əBCAir

05-25-2007, 11:04 PM	#16
TheMasterplan Cool guy Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Trenton, NJ Posts: 713 Thanked: 19	Gackt is a guilty pleasure of mine. Not a huge fan, but I give em a listen now and again. And you're right he doesn't do much in reality, so I'm not sure why he's getting a signature series. I've got to say though I love the shape. It's like a giant violin or something. The top and hardware make it ugly though. The headstock's no looker either. What's the purpose of having half and half? Is it easier to solo if all the neck space behind the 12th fret is frettless? __________________ My project: The Lucifer Effect

05-26-2007, 02:04 AM	#19
Desi Beautiful filth. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Nu Jursee Posts: 198 Thanked: 3	You saw the upper fret access on that thing? YEEECH!! I'm not feeling his Guitar at all, gimme hide's, Kaoru's and Ken's sig any day.

05-26-2007, 11:11 AM	#22
Chris metalguitarist.org Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boston, Mass Posts: 16,679 Thanked: 550	This is a guy? Edit: YouTube - GACKT - Shima Uta Dude's got a pretty good voice. Edit: YouTube - Gackt - Vanilla So he's the Japanese Ricky Martin? I can see why you guys are wondering why this guy has a sig guitar. __________________ Metalguitarist.org \m/

05-26-2007, 11:54 AM	#25
D-EJ915 <3's Tsukasa Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 18,721 Thanked: 219	You should watch this one: YouTube - Malice Mizer - Gackt Duo with Kami and this one too: YouTube - Malice Mizer - Syunikiss (live) __________________ əBCAir

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