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| "THE BANSHEE" |
| Custom Guitar Project |
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Complete, and looking very, very polished ! |
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ban·shee
Pronunciation: 'ban-(")shE, ban-'
Function: noun
Etymology: Irish bean sídhe & Scottish Gaelic bean sìth, literally, woman of fairyland
: a female spirit in Gaelic folklore whose appearance or wailing warns a family that one of them will soon die
Custom built for Robert Price we make no secret of the fact that this masterpiece was inspired by the guitars of Muse's Matt Bellamy. But Robert wanted a guitar with a crunchy Les Paul sound, distinctive highly chromed mechanical styling, light in weight and with a high quality, durable and reflective finish.
Robert knew what he wanted on the electronics/technology side, and in terms of on-board effects asked us to squeeze in a fuzz (complete with RF antenna), a pitch shifter and a MIDI divided pickup. This proved to be a challenge - nearly 5 months from start to finish - but we are well pleased with our achievements and, needless to say, Robert is thrilled with the result.
Extremely powerful and very, very, versatile this is one hell of a guitar. A masterpiece you won't buy anywhere, there will only ever be one "Banshee". |
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Chrome metal pickguard and polished copper RF antenna (on upper horn) for varying the stability of the Fuzz. All that chrome looks blindingly stunning under stage lights ! |
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Lots of chrome on that headstock too ! |
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Front controls, GK-3 and guitar output, and power input |
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Front controls, Floyd Rose Tremolo and Burstbucker 3 pickup |
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Rear showing even more controls, and the battery boxes |
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| Close up of rear controls for Fuzz and Pitch Shifter |
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Electronics all fitted .... and ready to close 'er up |
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Bench testing of electronics (now that's a lot of wiring) |
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Painted .... with all those electronics going in, better shield everything |
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Body blank routed .... it doesn't weigh very much now ! |
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First concept drawings. Looks easy ... but boy were we wrong ! |
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| SPECIFICATIONS |
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Body |
Z Guitar profile with body contour and neck heel contour, one piece Alder, 2 coats metallic silver Glasurit, 3 coats clear finish |
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Neck |
AAA Birdseye Maple, Wizard profile, clear satin polyurethane finish, 25 ½ inch scale, 1 11/16 inch neck width at nut |
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Fingerboard |
Selected Brazilian Rosewood, 9 ½ inches radius |
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Frets |
SS6105 stainless steel fret wire, 22 frets |
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Headstock |
AAA Birdseye Maple |
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Tuners |
Chrome Schaller Mini Locking |
| Strap Locks |
Chrome Schaller Locking |
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Nut |
Original Floyd Rose R3 |
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Bridge |
Original Floyd Rose Tremolo |
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Pickups |
Neck : Fender Hot Noiseless Strat |
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Middle : Fender Hot Noiseless Strat |
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Bridge : Gibson Burstbucker 3 |
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Roland GK-3 Divided Pickup |
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Switching |
5 way super (10 modes with push/pull vol switch) |
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Down |
Up |
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N |
N + M + B |
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N / M |
N + M |
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M |
M / N +B |
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M / B |
M + B |
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B |
N / M / B |
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/ = parallel, + = series |
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Output Controls |
Volume, Tone, Kill switch (momentary) |
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Onboard Effects |
Fuzz, with controls for : |
| - Stability (via rotary pot) |
| - Compression |
| - Drive |
| - Gate |
| - Fuzz Volume |
| - Stability (via RF Antenna) |
| - RF Antenna on/off |
| - Effect in/bypass |
| - Power on/off |
| Pitch Shifter, with controls for : |
| - Balance (mix of direct and effected sound) |
| - Pitch |
| - Key |
| - Speed |
| - Mode (Shift, Harmonist, Detune, T Arm, Flutter) |
| - Effect on/off/momentary (dependent on mode) |
| - Power on/off (doubles as effect in/bypass) |
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MIDI
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Roland GK-KIT-GT3 Divided Pickup, with controls for : |
| - Pickup Select (Guitar / Mix / GK-3) |
| - Patch Up, Patch Down |
| - GK-3 Volume |
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Connectors |
Outputs : |
| - ¼ inch phono jack |
| - 13 pin GK-3 |
| Inputs : |
| - 9 volt DC power jack (switched) |
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Power |
Two 9 volt batteries in parallel |
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Many of the electronic parts used in this guitar are available in our ebay store. |
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To see a 9 minute demo video of this guitar, click here,
to see a 6 minute demo video, click here and
to see a 5 minute improvised live solo click here
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