Steinmetzify
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Didn't see a thread about this.....I'm not a huge fan of Periphery in particular and not a fan of djent at all, but the dude has some of the sickest guitars I've ever seen. This is his new one from luthier/engineer/design master Rick Toone.
I took one look and hated it, and took some more looks and got interested, and read the specs and though "holy sh*t". This guitar belongs to a guy named Misha Mansoor, who is a guitarist in the band Periphery....I don't dig all of their music, but the guy is an accomplished guitarist. He got in touch with Rick and told him to build a guitar based on steampunk and an F-22.0 This is the result...I ask that people don't make snap judgements....take a look at it, how it's constructed, and the ergonomics of the thing....one thing I thought was really cool is that it's designed to sit on your outer thigh and have the neck (which is made out of aluminum, BTW) be up in a classical position, and another was where the controls are in relation to where your hands are when playing. Rick holds a bunch of patents for neck profiles, and also bridges, tuning hardware and intonation devices. It's an interesting look and an unconventional guy and his take on what makes a guitar playable.
Pics:
Rick Toone's site for more info and more pics of his stuff....this interpretation of what a guitar is is friggin amazing to me.
http://www.ricktoone.com/
I took one look and hated it, and took some more looks and got interested, and read the specs and though "holy sh*t". This guitar belongs to a guy named Misha Mansoor, who is a guitarist in the band Periphery....I don't dig all of their music, but the guy is an accomplished guitarist. He got in touch with Rick and told him to build a guitar based on steampunk and an F-22.0 This is the result...I ask that people don't make snap judgements....take a look at it, how it's constructed, and the ergonomics of the thing....one thing I thought was really cool is that it's designed to sit on your outer thigh and have the neck (which is made out of aluminum, BTW) be up in a classical position, and another was where the controls are in relation to where your hands are when playing. Rick holds a bunch of patents for neck profiles, and also bridges, tuning hardware and intonation devices. It's an interesting look and an unconventional guy and his take on what makes a guitar playable.
Pics:
Rick Toone's site for more info and more pics of his stuff....this interpretation of what a guitar is is friggin amazing to me.
http://www.ricktoone.com/
