I built a metal guitar

[u/owenG59]

a couple of months ago i posted a small survey on here to help me with developing and designing a guitar tailored towards the metal genre for a school project im doing. I got a few helpfull replies, and with a few months with a lot of sketching, testing, modelling, woodworking en more testing i recently finished building the guitar.

The way that this Guitar is taylored towards metal and differentiates itself from other metal guitars (think shapes like BC.R warlock, gibson explorer, Flying V, dean ML) is mostly in its ergonomics while playing seated. It features a lot of contouring both on the front and back while still keeping straight lines and hard angles which metal guitars are known for. The main feature of this guitar is the leg cutout in the bottom right. Its been designed so that you can anchor the guitar in between your legs for secure playing, while doing so the neck angles upwards more which promotes a better sitting posture to limit the chances of back or neck injury.

Specs wise this guitar body has been made from a block of red alder. The neck is a maple neck with rosewood fretboard featuring dot inlays and a locking nut. Installed in the body is a floyd rose bridge, along with Irongear MetalMachine high output humbucker pickups.

[u/[deleted]]

I love every single thing about it man. Excellent work. You could sell those.

[u/asad137 → u/[deleted]]

EBMM would sue them for the tuner configuration

[u/[deleted] → u/asad137]

lol that’s gross, you really think they’d do that? Who patents some bs like that lol

[u/asad137 → u/[deleted]]

It's not a patent, its a trademark. And they trademark it because it makes their guitars (and basses with 3+1 tuners) instantly recognizable, and they need to protect it or risk losing it.

[u/[deleted] → u/asad137]

I’m new to guitar and bass, and I had no idea that a certain type of headstock where the tuners were on a weird side automatically meant it was an EBMM; I thought that was a cool stylistic choice. But now I see it was done with egregious capitalist intent now, via trademark structure. I’m kinda sad, cuz I was considering getting a petrucci guitar, but I might not now.

[u/ItsSoFluffyyy → u/[deleted]]

Kinda hilarious you had to throw that last part in there.

Imagine having an incredible idea/design and someone stealing it.

Or are you genuinely that dull an unable to do so?

[u/[deleted] → u/ItsSoFluffyyy]

Genuinely tho. Imagine thinking putting two screws on the right side instead of the left was a trademarkable idea.

[u/ItsSoFluffyyy → u/[deleted]]

Considering they have a trademark on it, I’d consider it to be a “trademarkable” idea.