Hello everyone,
Just want to share our latest build just off the workshop. It took the team more than 2 months to build this plus countless hours of designing it (kitty looks like a zombie). And we are very happy with the outcome
I hope you guys don't mind, i'll be inserting some text from NK's FB page so you can read some background.
Disclaimer: Iam a partner of Neko and a hobbyist as well ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Humble beginning.....(from FB)Years back, with a growing interest in arts and music especially in guitars i have tried countless of different brands.. some that i loved or hated and some that i got used to and some that i felt i have to change. i will not deny that i fell for vintage style instruments.. i tried so many guitars and took notes on what i loved about them and what i think has to go.. then after a week of comparing different guitars in a local music store. i went home and tried to remember the guitars that i have tried from the cheapest to the most expensive that store has to offer and what i liked about them. I arrived to a conclusion.. "i wanted a guitar that has that vintage vibe in a modern feel and comfort.. without that pointy feel of course" weird but then, in my past time and off from work i started doing blueprints of that dream guitar that i was hoping for, arrived in maybe almost 15 designs that were revised countless of times thru the years... this year December 2011, out of 15 i finished just 1 which i am so happy and proud of. Stupid enough without thinking i said goodbye to my boss at the factory were i worked at and quit my day job, focused on this design the whole day everyday.
January 2012 i talked to a long time friend from Qingdao who has been in the music instrument production for many years, asked him for help that maybe he wants to be part of this project; presented my plan and not even 5 minutes of talk of what i want and what he can offer we both agreed to setup another yet very small guitar workshop, limited number of workers with many years of service.. just to contribute on this project.
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Description
Headquarters: St. Ann, MO USA
Custom Shop: Qingdao, China
Parts, Hardware, Resources: S.Korea, USA, Thailand, India
NK is a small luthier shop that is in Qingdao China, we have limited staff to make limited number of guitars each month or 2 months, assembled primarily for my designed instruments since 2008. NK Guitars are designed, inspected and controlled in the USA.
Objective
-to provide guitarist high quality CNC and hand made guitars in a very reasonable musician price.
-2012 objectives
spread this brand across the continents.
more hardware and wood choices
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ok enough of the text but please don't think we are masters of this field, we'd like to hear your comments too.
pics now (or die
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Seraphim Simulation - there was a lot of discussions when kitty showed this to the team. The body contour, weight, AANJ, bigger trem route, vintage looks, even knobs and positioning of the logo. Good thing our luthier was kind enough (and patient) to follow the initial draft.
the Specs. there are 4 colors we discussed. pink, dessertgold, goldtop and olive. At this time we were able to grab Graphtech and custom korean pickups.
the template. kitty pointed out the deep cutaway. this was the 2nd template submitted to us by our luthier.
