Hardtails

[~K~]

Just finished off a few hardtails, just got them back from Anodize... I can see what these are going on already!

[leftykingv2]

Nice work bro!!! Will they fit on any model or just a select few?

[~K~]

Standard 2 1/8" charvel spacing. These were modeled after my purpleburst Jake E Lee bridge

[leftykingv2]

I love the Jake models from back in the day. I've always wanted one but unfortunately I've never been able to find a lefty. What year is your purpleburst?

[~K~]

2000

[leftykingv2]

Man I hate being left handed. It's so hard to find anything to even try out let alone buy. I notice your avatar is a Jake model too. How old is that one?

[~K~]

I think we did those in 2007 iirc ..there were 10 of those

[leftykingv2]

Either way it's an awesome guitar I'd bet. Aside from Randy, Jake is my favorite Ozzy Guitarist.

[VitaminG]

your brass hardtails have always looked amazing. The new anodized ones do too. Are you making the saddles too?

[~K~]

your brass hardtails have always looked amazing. The new anodized ones do too. Are you making the saddles too?

Thanks Gary!!

Sully and I were just talking about doing a full on run of these in the standard 6 string (oh they were standard charvel 2 1/8" spacing) and maybe attempting to do a 7 string hardtail. We haven't decided which direction we will take with the saddles yet but honestly they are much cheaper to source than machine. The saddles are a dime a dozen but the plates are much harder to find.

[VitaminG]

yea, that's fair enough. People have different tastes in saddles too. So you could put bent steel, GraphTech, black-on-brass, chrome-on-black (like in your picture) per the customer's request. Sourcing a wide variety of saddles as you need them rather than making them lets you react to demand & you're not going to be stuck with excess stock of something that maybe didn't take off. Assuming you're selling whole bridge units or Sully is using them in builds. If you're just selling the plates, everything I just said doesn't matter

How does the anodizing hold up to saddle adjustments?

[~K~]

yea, that's fair enough. People have different tastes in saddles too. So you could put bent steel, GraphTech, black-on-brass, chrome-on-black (like in your picture) per the customer's request. Sourcing a wide variety of saddles as you need them rather than making them lets you react to demand & you're not going to be stuck with excess stock of something that maybe didn't take off. Assuming you're selling whole bridge units or Sully is using them in builds. If you're just selling the plates, everything I just said doesn't matter

How does the anodizing hold up to saddle adjustments?

Well it's both, selling whole bridges as well as Sully using them in builds. We are planning on putting a good quality saddle on them, not the plates that are used on the lower models. We also are thinking about something a tad different.

The coating should hold up well, it' an anodize.

[ulijdavid]

Just a quick question.....why anodize and not black chrome or black nickel? Nice work either way. It's good to see the nice thick back stop rather than the bent base. How many have you made and will you be selling any to the "open" market?

[~K~]

Just a quick question.....why anodize and not black chrome or black nickel? Nice work either way. It's good to see the nice thick back stop rather than the bent base. How many have you made and will you be selling any to the "open" market?

Just a quick question.....why anodize and not black chrome or black nickel? Nice work either way. It's good to see the nice thick back stop rather than the bent base. How many have you made and will you be selling any to the "open" market?

Anodize- Wanted to try it and see how it looked. Anodize tends to hold up well. I'm not against black chrome or nickel at all. Up till now most of the ones I had sold we straight up brass. Sully decided to try something different on his guitars and had them coated. These 2 were for my personal use so I figured I'd see how it came out.

Yes we are discussing setting up a another run of these between Jon and I. We were hoping to do some different colors. Maybe a 7 string version. He's also trying to do some other style bridges so we'll see.

[warlok]

Saw these on sully'a FB page. Look solid.. And awesome!