met the man today, he and his son brought 3guitars, his first ever complete build a PRS style hollowbody with a very interesting neck... wide and thin , 45mm at the nut 12inch radius medium frets, I really fell in love with that one...Arcee pickups are simply great.. I did bring my own virtual amps for reference and it sounded so good, played like dream...I've not seen that one on any pics before so it was a real pleasant surprise ..if for sale ..I'would have bought it
the Metal riffer God guitar was a real gem in craftsmanship made by Raph his son ..sandwiched JAP fruit wood between Ash front and back...also played like a dream and sounded awesome with Raph made pickups... yea he make some wicked sounding pickups that man..even if very hot still had lot of transparence and tone
TeleStrat was also a gem with Ash body, wonderful craftsmanship, sounded better than any Strat I played....
conclusion: these guys earned my deepest respect today...( they are good guitarplayers also
) everything they do is Top quality... pickups sound better than anything I have tried before....
so the project is ON... xited... mahogany body with Ash top ala the LesPaul they built....but in the shape of a Ibanez JS ... bolt on maple neck with rosewood fretbord...medium jumbos, Raph pickups instead of DiMarzio's Fred and PAF Pro... so im still on StewMac.com making a parts list 12:52 am
did I mention that they are supernice also....