diablo175

Just came across this company a few days ago and have been looking into them. Made in Maryland but headquarters in NJ. Interesting business model; doing only limited run (100 units) batches with different themes. VERY transparent about what and where the components/hardware comes from. Looks like they're using the USA made Floyds. Seriously considering one (they're all sold out of this current run) but would prefer to get one w/ more of my specs. I'd also like to play one before plunking down $3500. Truly custom orders are not yet available. Build times are around 90-120 days. The only question remains as to how good their pickups are. Can always swap them out but curiosity is still strong. https://www.badlandsguitarcompany.com/

Had the pleasure of catching these guys in a modest-sized club years ago. Love this take on "Fairies!"

I heard just enough back in the late 90's/early 2000's to know I wasn't interested. I liked Jim Root's stuff with Stone Sour and Mick Thompson has decent taste in guitars but outside of that? Meh.

Interesting. I got this from Matt re: my double neck Cali. 🤨🤔 Hey Jim, Very cool guitar! Unfortunately, I would have to pass on this one just because of its rarity. I don't know enough about them to accurately price it, there are not enough sold listings from the past to draw a conclusion on its value. I think you'll have better luck in a local market, or perhaps a consignment at a nearby guitar store. Thanks for reaching out! -Matt

Agree! Slayer has that same limited scope of appeal with me.

Better than... what? I shudder to think of what they started out as.

I was just on there but didn't find it to be very convenient - every guitar I input had no previous listing & thus, no record. Which means you have to email them with your make/model and they will appraise it and give you a quote via email? Interesting approach. Not very effective at the moment.

In the spirit of mash ups: Just came across this mash up-

Oops. Obviously missed that!

Recently, I came across 2 new options in the ongoing struggle to sell gear without getting bent over on fees (ahem- Reverb, eBay) Haven't had luck on either but I'm attributing that to the sizable price tags of the high end instruments I'm trying to move and the shitty state of the economy at the moment. Let's be honest, it's a bad time to be selling high end gear unless you're giving it away. My experience with https://www.stringtree.co/ was so-so; a mix of pretentious auctions and standard listings. They do make an effort to present your items in a more dignified manner. They edit your photos (cropping, removing background and adding other Photoshop accents like drop shadows, etc.) and add a bit of flowery BS verbiage in the descriptions that would make the copywriters at Sweetwater and Guitar Center envious. In the end, the guitar I had up was asking too much and it didn't command anywhere near the minimum for bids so it's relegated to just sitting in the site. Someone would need to go on there specifically looking for it in order for it to move. Meh. https://www.resyn.com/ is pretty straight forward. Same essential approach as Reverb in terms of listing and it has an offer option (like Reverb) but it seems little less costly with BS fees. They market themselves as, "A trusted space to buy, sell, and trade gear with no commission fees." I now have a few axes up there. A follow up report will be posted if they sell.

I'm also indifferent towards PRS. I briefly owned a Torero and have played a bunch of others- Custom 24s, the Santana model, a few SE offerings. I haven't really felt the compulsion to get any others. My aversion to owning artist signature guitars is in no danger of changing with this model. Definitely a different and interesting offering from PRS but not blowing my skirt up.

Just having a little fun rehashing the tired and true Diablo/HFC joke re: must-haves. I need another new ax (even one as purty as that) like I need a cavity search by a large-handed, sadistic TSA employee. 😬

Hard NO on that.

Reverse head stock- check. Floyd Rose- check. Super badass poker chip toggle skirt- check. 24 frets- uh, 24 frets? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? Phew- that is one spec shy of me being REALLY insanely envious. Congrats Stike! Man, you don't f- around when you do a NGD.

Cent needs a reversed head stock and the solo needs some ill-suited, over-the-top whammy bar histrionics! Nice work, mate!!

I've been racking my brains to come up with a contribution to this thread. I can't think of a single guitar that I can point to as one I'm really regretting letting go of. Sure, there are some I wouldn't mind having back for two reasons: nostalgia being the most potent of those motivations. The other is bit more involved. In short, I'd like to have a number of them back to see how I get on with them now. I think we all grow as players over the decades and I like to delude myself into believing that I've evolved to a degree as a player as well. My inability to truly bond with a guitar back in the day could have been rooted in my then less-developed technique and theory. I'd like to test that theory.

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I'm grateful for the fact that I don't play Fender guitars.

Not sure this is feasible. Looking at the various M6 screws on line, can't help but wonder if they'll work; the tip needs to have a slight point & the threading might not be compatible with the saddles. Double check that the width of the shaft of the Schaller-type screws will fit through the slots on the baseplate. I believe they're too fat for the width of the slot. You're better off ordering a set of Schaller short (38mm) string lock screws IF the threading is compatible. Be advised- the Schaller fat stubbies are 34mm and the "short" Floyd Rose-style bolts are 38mm. It'll be close but should fit. I've used them in my Custom Californian and the double neck Cali but both of those trems are LockMeisters.

Sweet jeebus! hummina hummina hummina. That beauty is 2 frets shy of being MINE!!!!

It's probably best to let this person continue thinking he's got a USA Hamer but welcome him to discuss this with our own brothers Matthes. There are few people on here who know more about Hamer than the brother Matthes.

Phil makes a couple of good points I can relate to vis-à-vis volume control. Funny thing is, it's not like these are new revelations- but using the guitar's volume control specifically to alter tone is kinda handy. EVH achieved some of his clean tones by dialing back the volume knob. This is an approach I have been using of late, to good effect, in the cover band. In some respects, I think the volume control works better at adjusting tone than volume. For actual volume changes without change in tone, I use my expression pedal set as a volume control on the FM 9. I get true volume adjustment without losing the tone.

I have no qualms with quilted maple but I think @scottcald finds it to be incongruous with the metal flake finish on the body and I can see his point. I would have preferred it remaining as bare maple but it wasn't a deal-killer.