Splawn Guitars?

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Have any of you guys tried a Splawn guitar? I've seen a few posted recently that looked great.

I remember seeing Scott build guitars when I was a kid before he started building amps so I imagine that he has quite a bit of experience. I had some stuff pop up over the past few weeks where I sold off a good amount of stuff and now I'm feeling a bit understocked.

I'm planning on adding another Chubtone and a Mayones Regius but kinda wanting to try something new. I have a bonus coming in October so I was going to treat myself. I was considering a Wizard but a big part of my brain tells me that I will end up selling it cause that's a lot of coin to put into an amp for my application.

Any other small brands that you guys are digging these days? I really love my Aviator but they went up considerably in price over the year so to where they are a bit more than I would want to pay.
 
GuitarGuy08 said:
Check out Lacello guitars on Facebook. Great pricing for custom instruments. The one I have is an absolute beast.
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I heard about Lacello from this site (maybe you, even? Lol). Seeing as he's relatively local to me I started looking them up, I've got to try out quite a few now. If I didn't have so much tied up in my guitars whilst also eyeing a new amp, I'd definitely snag one.

They're beautifully crafted guitars, remind me a lot of Mayones.
 
Splawn guitars look great. Plus they are easy to mod the head stock to look like a fender. 🤣
 
ClintN667 said:
I just spoke to him. Super quick build times. What is the neck profile like?
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It depends on what you want. I honestly should have went more traditional but this one is similar to a Caparison if I recall. An asymmetrical carve and a super shredder radius. Again, I think he is pretty flexible, so you can get whatever (in the modern realm).
 
Al Chapo said:
I heard about Lacello from this site (maybe you, even? Lol). Seeing as he's relatively local to me I started looking them up, I've got to try out quite a few now. If I didn't have so much tied up in my guitars whilst also eyeing a new amp, I'd definitely snag one.

They're beautifully crafted guitars, remind me a lot of Mayones.
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Yeah it was probably me LOL not many are out in the wild. I definitely want to do another build when I can with him.
 
I remember reading David McNaught was building the necks and bodies and Scott was assembling them. Not sure if that's true or not?
 
GuitarGuy08 said:
It depends on what you want. I honestly should have went more traditional but this one is similar to a Caparison if I recall. An asymmetrical carve and a super shredder radius. Again, I think he is pretty flexible, so you can get whatever (in the modern realm).
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So he said if we figured out the specs he would schedule me for October with a Nov delivery date. I'm really tempted. This is the one I'm considering
 

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I have a Splawn guitar. And Chubtones, Charvels, a Luxxtone, Wayne… the Splawn is as good quality as any of them, but to me, the Luxxtone and especially the Wayne are just a smidge more to my liking. That Wayne neck is just unbelievable. YMMV.
 
ClintN667 said:
So he said if we figured out the specs he would schedule me for October with a Nov delivery date. I'm really tempted. This is the one I'm considering
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I have only worked with a few builders, but he is by far the best and most customer oriented IME. I doubt you will have any regrets deciding to go with Lacello.
 
Back on topic :D

Splawn guitars ARE pretty sexy. A little out of my price range though.

paulyc said:
I have a Splawn guitar. And Chubtones, Charvels, a Luxxtone, Wayne… the Splawn is as good quality as any of them, but to me, the Luxxtone and especially the Wayne are just a smidge more to my liking. That Wayne neck is just unbelievable. YMMV.
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Oh man, that's great. I have not ran into too many people that own a Splawn guitar.

He has done a lot of sparkle paint lately, I will find the one I like - but if I could order one today it would probably be something like this:

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psychodave said:
Splawn guitars look great. Plus they are easy to mod the head stock to look like a fender. 🤣
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Come again? They don't look fendery to me? I need to find a headstock pic.

In the mean time here is some more porn.

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311splawndude said:
Back on topic :D

Splawn guitars ARE pretty sexy. A little out of my price range though.


Oh man, that's great. I have not ran into too many people that own a Splawn guitar.

He has done a lot of sparkle paint lately, I will find the one I like - but if I could order one today it would probably be something like this:
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311splawndude said:
Back on topic :D

Splawn guitars ARE pretty sexy. A little out of my price range though.


Oh man, that's great. I have not ran into too many people that own a Splawn guitar.

He has done a lot of sparkle paint lately, I will find the one I like - but if I could order one today it would probably be something like this:

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I own that one. Pretty much like an older charvel. I like it but hardly play it much.
Been kicking around the idea of letting it go.
 
^ I was just kind of messing around. It would def be harder to glue the rest of the radius on than lopping it off :lol:

tpruitt said:
I own that one. Pretty much like an older charvel. I like it but hardly play it much.
Been kicking around the idea of letting it go.
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Hmmm. Let me know.
Maybe that would be too fanboi'ish :lol:
 
Have you checked out Kauer Guitars? They’ve got some cool options and might offer the uniqueness you're after.
 
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