Yesterday evening after I closed for the day I delivered Chris’ new evil guitar to him.  It’s funny how similar our tastes are sometimes.  If this guitar had a seventh string I’d have probably given him his deposit back and kept it.  It plays great, sounds great, looks great.  Looking so much like the Ibanez Universe brings back the memories of my first build.  I couldn’t afford to get a Universe ($2,000 at the time was a lot of money) and so I decided I would just build myself a seven string.  It was a very nice guitar, but, as I’ve said is my goal, each one ends up a bit nicer than the last.  This was no exception.  I decided a long time ago though that wanting to change my name and run away with it to Mexico was the sign of a job well done.  I don’t want to keep it for myself than I haven’t done my best work.  Since I don’t get to play as often as I’d sometimes like and owning dozens of guitars might be difficult if I had no house to store them in I’ve concluded that I can’t keep them all, no matter how much I want to.  Congratulations Chris on your new best friend.  Hope you’ll let me visit often.

    Here’s a quick rundown of the specs:

- Mahogany body with birdseye maple neck and indian rosewood fretboard

1. -DiMarzio pickups: Air Norton (neck), Virtual Vintage 54 Pro (middle), Air Zone (bridge)
   

2. -GraphTech Ghost piezo/ MIDI system installed on Schaller hardtail
   

3. -5 way switch, mini toggle, and push/pull offering a combined 11 unique pickup settings
   

4. -25.5” fret scale with 22 frets and 1  11/16” nut spacing
   

5. -Dual action spoke style truss rod and twin carbon fiber reinforcement rods
   

6. -Gotoh mini tuning kets
   

7. -High gloss urethane finish body and front of headstock with satin finish neck
   

8. -Green ultra-bright LED lit face and side dots activated by push/pull pot
   

    Check out all the pictures in the gallery.  I’ll be posting more later this month once I can figure out how to photograph the LEDs better.  These pictures give you no real idea of how bright these babies really are.