White guard options.

Maple fingerboard. Okay I’m done.

I'm sure every maker greatly appreciates improvements & design ideas from players. But, it also seems that these personal ideas could be actualized by commissioning a "custom" instrument. (..an, "EBT Bradskey").

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Originally posted by tdennis

I'm sure every maker greatly appreciates improvements & design ideas from players. But, it also seems that these personal ideas could be actualized by commissioning a "custom" instrument. (..an, "EBT Bradskey").

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Oh for sure.  Could just sand down the current model and do some or a lot of this.  I'm not really a luthier, but I've surprised myself what I can install/repair/upgrade on some of my instruments.  With enough time and motivation and a lot of money spent at StewMac I could probably even do it in my own shop.  I'm not going to, but I likely could.

Mostly it's aesthetic, but I'd be a bit more proud of some of these designs on stage.  The current offering smacks of GT's general "folky-ness" in some of their designs.  I get that these aren't really Fenders, but you use Fender's design language in major ways but then use mismatched details.  Likely just for cost or whatever but it looks a bit weird, at least to someone familiar with the style. 

It's an expensive niche product though and probably doesn't sell enough to support any of this, or having multiple "options".  Of the electric models this is my favorite by far and has potential.  Maybe they could at least refresh it a bit.

I wouldn't mind having a guitar with a five string neck. I wouldn't want the banjo head in it, I would prefer it to sound like an electric guitar but be able to use banjo licks. Blue Star used to make a guitar like that but they went out of business before I got the money saved to buy one.

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Originally posted by Culloden

I wouldn't mind having a guitar with a five string neck. I wouldn't want the banjo head in it, I would prefer it to sound like an electric guitar but be able to use banjo licks. Blue Star used to make a guitar like that but they went out of business before I got the money saved to buy one.

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Yeah the head/pot isn't strictly necessary, I guess.  I mean I like the little acoustic sound it makes, but this thing is running magnetic pickups.  Without a little help from acoustic pedals/amps it actually does sound more like an electric guitar.  One can of course string any old Tele/guitar like a banjo, and people do sometimes.  It kinda works, but depending on your technique a guitar neck just isn't right.