Aristides Guitars

[hjmp]

Damn.. hearing that the BKP Polymaths compliment the Aristides sound makes me want those even more..

I have Lundgren Black Heavens in my H/08r and though they are good pickups, I feel like the combo with Arium makes them fairly bass heavy and also the variations in tones from neck/bridge/split aren't very significant like they are in my other guitars.
I have always wondered how this would sound with the Polymaths..

I haven’t heard that, but now I’m happy I went with Polymaths.

Will let you know… In a year.

 

[Andromeda02]

Have anyone ever achieved good results except for chugging metal scenes？I searched for jazz and among the few posts there are one complaining about too much sustain. Will a pickup change make it more capable for jazz cleans in some way? Gonna stretch my hands on a 080 with original BKPs and I’m curious about versatility of these guitars

 

[Flynn Edwards]

Have anyone ever achieved good results except for chugging metal scenes？I searched for jazz and among the few posts there are one complaining about too much sustain. Will a pickup change make it more capable for jazz cleans in some way? Gonna stretch my hands on a 080 with original BKPs and I’m curious about versatility of these guitars

I haven't specifically seen jazz guitarists play an Aristides, and I'm not particular enough about jazz tone to know if what I'm playing is 'authentic'. However, you'll see plenty of progressive metal guitarists play Aristides and you can somewhat get an idea of what a clean tone sounds like through one. I can't think of specific examples at the moment, but just have a look around in the soft prog space (Plini sort of stuff).
Actually, there's a video of Tosin comparing his old 080 with BKP pups with his Abasi pickups. There are a few clean tones played.

 

[fookite]

Mine's done and shipping next week!

 

[jephjacques]

congrats on picking the objectively best color

 

[Reet]

Has anyone heard when the v2 saddles will be released for the headless bois? The only real bitch i have about mine is cutting the ball end off and bending the strings and all that. Not a huge deal for sure but it is annoying.

 

[ZeroS1gnol]

Has anyone heard when the v2 saddles will be released for the headless bois? The only real bitch i have about mine is cutting the ball end off and bending the strings and all that. Not a huge deal for sure but it is annoying.

I've been to the factory on May 19th to pick up my first build (I promise pics will follow, it's epic). I also had the chance to see my second build, a H/08. Its nearly finished and Pascal confirmed that it will have the new saddles.

 

[Kyle Jordan]

The above prompted me as fire off an email and Jereon confirmed my H/08 is getting the new tuners. Final assembly may be this week in fact.

 

[fookite]

Based on the pictures above, it looks like mine still has the old saddles.

 

[Jake]

Mine at least exists....gonna be a longggg wait lol

060s custom paint


Idea of where we're going with paint: black base - 6 color splatter

 

[Kyle Jordan]

Sent the remaining payment for the H/08.

Should be 4-8 weeks and it’ll be in my hands.

 

[fookite]

Showed up on Friday. Very glad I had the foresight to order the objectively best color. Very happy with how low-key the inlays ended up looking with the MOP on fake maple.

Still need to learn how to play a 7 string, but I feel substantially less lost after just a couple of hours so far. First multiscale guitar too and I love it.

Not sure how I feel about the Lundgrens yet. Awesome for the chug, for sure, not sure about the weedily-dee stuff though. Haven't worked on dialing in my amp at all, though, so I'm sure I can get better. If not, I might try the Polymaths some other people in this thread have suggested.

So far, I'm beyond satisfied.