Hey guys,
So I've recently kind of went anti-GAS, meaning I used to (aka like less than a month ago) have a list of countless builders/brands I wanted to try, and I myself have done the constant buy/sell/trade thing and have probably had 20+ different brands come through my place in the past year. But because of a trip to Paris and getting to play some Vigiers, I've come more to the conclusion of just sticking to semi-custom or production guitars (a good example is to think of the difference between a Schecter USA vs Masterwork), as that will be still a great guitar, and I'll worry about every tiny spec I enjoy if I ever am so rich I can drop upwards of like $8k on a guitar without a second thought , I ever am successful enough musically where I'm getting endorsed, and/or I have some kind of injury or something where I NEEEEED a spec that really only comes mega-custom.
Now as you can imagine, this has pretty much led me to now being into stuff like Tom Anderson/Suhr/Vigier guitars and the like, and in fact I am very tempted/close to pulling the trigger on an Angel. However, the one thing that makes me slightly hesitant is that all these brands really do their take on a superstrat- and more specifically a Fender w/24 frets kinda superstrat, none offer even a slightly more Soloist/Dinky style one. In fact, I would at least ideally like to be able to consider a more extreme shape such as a V or X style shape- even a Flying V kinda style would be fine.
So with that said, does anyone know of any I guess "peer" to the above brands that would do some more "metal" shapes? My only requirements are
1)has a 43mm nut width,
2) stainless Jumbo frets,
3) some form of locking tremolo,
4) not a mega thin neck, or if it's thin at least one with shoulders like a D or U, and
5) passive pickups.
So unfortunately the ESP USA V is out haha....but other than that I was thinking maybe Sully? It really seems like the world of I'll call them "reliable" boutique builders that aren't going to be $6k+ for what I'm looking for, and/or need to go true custom like Waghorn, is only superstrats.
Funny enough, it seems like maybe the original version/mission statement of Daemoness before it got to it's current wait time fiasco and such was about the closest that would match my preferences.
So I've recently kind of went anti-GAS, meaning I used to (aka like less than a month ago) have a list of countless builders/brands I wanted to try, and I myself have done the constant buy/sell/trade thing and have probably had 20+ different brands come through my place in the past year. But because of a trip to Paris and getting to play some Vigiers, I've come more to the conclusion of just sticking to semi-custom or production guitars (a good example is to think of the difference between a Schecter USA vs Masterwork), as that will be still a great guitar, and I'll worry about every tiny spec I enjoy if I ever am so rich I can drop upwards of like $8k on a guitar without a second thought , I ever am successful enough musically where I'm getting endorsed, and/or I have some kind of injury or something where I NEEEEED a spec that really only comes mega-custom.
Now as you can imagine, this has pretty much led me to now being into stuff like Tom Anderson/Suhr/Vigier guitars and the like, and in fact I am very tempted/close to pulling the trigger on an Angel. However, the one thing that makes me slightly hesitant is that all these brands really do their take on a superstrat- and more specifically a Fender w/24 frets kinda superstrat, none offer even a slightly more Soloist/Dinky style one. In fact, I would at least ideally like to be able to consider a more extreme shape such as a V or X style shape- even a Flying V kinda style would be fine.
So with that said, does anyone know of any I guess "peer" to the above brands that would do some more "metal" shapes? My only requirements are
1)has a 43mm nut width,
2) stainless Jumbo frets,
3) some form of locking tremolo,
4) not a mega thin neck, or if it's thin at least one with shoulders like a D or U, and
5) passive pickups.
So unfortunately the ESP USA V is out haha....but other than that I was thinking maybe Sully? It really seems like the world of I'll call them "reliable" boutique builders that aren't going to be $6k+ for what I'm looking for, and/or need to go true custom like Waghorn, is only superstrats.
Funny enough, it seems like maybe the original version/mission statement of Daemoness before it got to it's current wait time fiasco and such was about the closest that would match my preferences.
