One of my clients is really jonesing for a Floyd and onboard Sustainer system'ed quality import LP clone. So much that he's bought a Floyd, bought Sustainer guts and approached me twice now about doing a router-happy and subsequently big-ass-$$$ conversion on a Chinese TOM/ST LP clone in his stable, which I'm reluctant to do for several reasons.
I have recommended instead of cutting that clone, big investment, no return on it and with no guaranteed back-end satisfaction, that we instead pursue a LP'esque guitar that has already had that grunt-work done - factory Floyd, possibly factory Sustainer, and we refine from there. I know there are some Burny LPs out there with this setup but they're all in Japan. I'd suspect the same for Edwards if we look around. LTD has at one point offered a Floyd/Sustainer version of their Eclipse but we can't find one on the used market. Same story for Fernandes and what I think they call the Monterey or a variant of it that's now discontinued. I guess we could look into a Floyded PRS SE Singlecut and cutting it up for Sustainer, just thought of that as I'm typing this.
Anyone else making a quality import factory Floyded and possibly Sustainer system'ed LP clone that needs to be on our radar for a project like this? We haven't talked budget but I take it he's ready to spend decent money - not Floyded Gibson money but decent money - on the right platform.
FWIW, I've sung the praise about factory Floyded USA Sunbursts and the value both at current purchase and possibly down the vintage value road, but he seems to have a singlecut bug. Well, we tried ...
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One of my clients is really jonesing for a Floyd and onboard Sustainer system'ed quality import LP clone. So much that he's bought a Floyd, bought Sustainer guts and approached me twice now about doing a router-happy and subsequently big-ass-$$$ conversion on a Chinese TOM/ST LP clone in his stable, which I'm reluctant to do for several reasons.
I have recommended instead of cutting that clone, big investment, no return on it and with no guaranteed back-end satisfaction, that we instead pursue a LP'esque guitar that has already had that grunt-work done - factory Floyd, possibly factory Sustainer, and we refine from there. I know there are some Burny LPs out there with this setup but they're all in Japan. I'd suspect the same for Edwards if we look around. LTD has at one point offered a Floyd/Sustainer version of their Eclipse but we can't find one on the used market. Same story for Fernandes and what I think they call the Monterey or a variant of it that's now discontinued. I guess we could look into a Floyded PRS SE Singlecut and cutting it up for Sustainer, just thought of that as I'm typing this.
Anyone else making a quality import factory Floyded and possibly Sustainer system'ed LP clone that needs to be on our radar for a project like this? We haven't talked budget but I take it he's ready to spend decent money - not Floyded Gibson money but decent money - on the right platform.
FWIW, I've sung the praise about factory Floyded USA Sunbursts and the value both at current purchase and possibly down the vintage value road, but he seems to have a singlecut bug. Well, we tried ...
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