Wished your guitar looked more like a violin?

carlos

Yeah, if it looked like this!

scrumhalf

26 grand?

Yuriy got to be kidding me. 

DavidR

My lovely Ibanez AFC95 fairly violinesque too. I think it looks really nice. These are not photos of it - apologies to FB purists.


Ibanez Contemporary Archtop AFC95 Hollowbody - Violin Matte w/Case - 2nd Hand | Rich Tone Music

axisus

That is close to me liking it, but fails. I think a top S hole only would have done it for me.

I'm talking about the look, not the frankly ludicrous price tag. The price annoys me with this sort of guitar as it has nothing to do with the parts or time to build, it's a bunch of suits sat around a table saying what's the most stupidly high price we can stick on this that some mugs will actually pay?

maltingsaudio

I have no idea who   Yuriy Shishkov  Is so why I should pay that much more for a tele just because he built it is beyond me. 

 On the same note I did start a thread a couple of weeks ago so the uninformed like me could find out about who’s building and built for whom , to date only 2 people have looked at it and no replies .   https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/215525/manufacturers-best-luthiers-hall-of-fame/p1

Kalimna

Luthierial skill aside, that is rather fugly. The 'burst' fading looks wrong (though not sure why), and has a surface patina not unlike the Necronomicon from Evil Dead.
For 26k there are many other guitars higher up the list.

Adam.

JezWynd

If you must do it; do it right...

axisus

JezWynd said:

If you must do it; do it right...

Uggh! Hate them!

Basher

Call me picky if you will but I'm waiting for the Bassoonmaster myself.

RocknRollDave

Tannin said:

Ugly, ugly ugly. 

These - https://www.basscentre.com.au/collections/hofner - are a much, much better take on the violin idea.

Needs a big name celebrity to play one on stage, though, for it to really take off, though...Can’t see it happening, myself 

Offset

RocknRollDave said:

Needs a big name celebrity to play one on stage, though, for it to really take off, though...Can’t see it happening, myself 

Nigel Kennedy?

skunkwerx

Viola-ted more like. 

Both in the eyes and in the bumhole if purchased.

Offset

skunkwerx said:

Viola-ted more like. 

Both in the eyes and in the bumhole if purchased.

...and definitely in the wallet.

Mellish

Stone me! £26k makes it one for the rich guys. Don't be surprised if they sell, though  

ICBM

For £26K you could probably buy a pretty decent orchestra-quality violin... I think. Although I don't know enough about them to be certain.

Whether or not so, it would be at least a valuable instrument, unlike this abomination.

dindude

Limited to 60 pieces ! At 26k, who’s buying this stuff. 

v12cat

...as a drive through a local village to me (Alderley Edge) will confirm, there is no correlation between wealth and taste. That thing is awful. The body looks like a  roofing purlin stained with Cuprinol.

Chris_Scotland

The scary thing is that there are 60 (six-zero) of these available. It's only a limited edition if people actually want to buy the thing....

CE1

I wonder how many they will sell? My guess is none.

LPManic

I'd love to try it. Does it come with one of Jimmy's bows?