For a long time I wanted to have a 7 string which is comfortable to play, lightweight, set-neck or neck-through construction and which has Jackson style sharkfin inlays 🤓
As it was impossible to find as a standard guitar I was thinking about getting a custom built one for several years. After playing some multiscale guitars over the years I decided that this concept seemed logical and appealing to me.
I met Jan from aviator in 2022 on the guitar summit in Mannheim, Germany and fell in love with the aviator-way of building guitars. The ones they had on the trade show were so incredible well to play and extremely thin and light which made me progress towards specing and ordering one.
The ordering process was very slick. My questions (and I had many) were answered quickly and very kindly with a lot of experience and recommendations.
As I have the bad habbit of resting my pinky on the pickup frame while playing, Aviator made a special design "pinky rest" for me which you can see on the fotos ☺️
Build time was about 7 months.
It arrived last week and took some pictures for your entertainment 😉
The instrument came in a custom made and tightly fitting case. The guitar is extremly well built and especially the bindings and inlays are amazing! The fretwork is perfect. I had some worries that it might get a bit head-heavy due to the heavier neck materials but it hangs in the strap very nicely balanced. The neck profile and the thin body make it so easy to play and to handle. The multiscale for me also feels like the right decision. As it is a slight fan only I can easily switch from a standard 26.5" to this one, while the fan feels much more comfortable to play for wide stretched chords. Overall I can just say that I fell in love with it from the first play! I am already thinking about getting a clone with 6 Strings 😅
Specs:
-Body Shape: Predator
-Headstock Shape: Fury
-Scale: 25.5"/26.5"
-Construction: Neck Through
-Body wood: Swamp Ash
-Body thickness: 30 mm (custom, not in their drop down list)
-Neck wood: 5 pieces Wenge/Maple
-Neck Profile: 19 mm C
-Frets: Jescar Stainless Steel
-Fretboard: Black Ebony
-Hardware: Hipshot, Black
-Pickup: Bareknuckle Ragnarök
-Top Color: Stain Black
-Neck finish: Satin
-Binding and Inlays: White Celluloid
-Side Neck Inlays: Luminlays
-Weight: 2.7 kg
-Special: pinky rest under Pickup
As it was impossible to find as a standard guitar I was thinking about getting a custom built one for several years. After playing some multiscale guitars over the years I decided that this concept seemed logical and appealing to me.
I met Jan from aviator in 2022 on the guitar summit in Mannheim, Germany and fell in love with the aviator-way of building guitars. The ones they had on the trade show were so incredible well to play and extremely thin and light which made me progress towards specing and ordering one.
The ordering process was very slick. My questions (and I had many) were answered quickly and very kindly with a lot of experience and recommendations.
As I have the bad habbit of resting my pinky on the pickup frame while playing, Aviator made a special design "pinky rest" for me which you can see on the fotos ☺️
Build time was about 7 months.
It arrived last week and took some pictures for your entertainment 😉
The instrument came in a custom made and tightly fitting case. The guitar is extremly well built and especially the bindings and inlays are amazing! The fretwork is perfect. I had some worries that it might get a bit head-heavy due to the heavier neck materials but it hangs in the strap very nicely balanced. The neck profile and the thin body make it so easy to play and to handle. The multiscale for me also feels like the right decision. As it is a slight fan only I can easily switch from a standard 26.5" to this one, while the fan feels much more comfortable to play for wide stretched chords. Overall I can just say that I fell in love with it from the first play! I am already thinking about getting a clone with 6 Strings 😅
Specs:
-Body Shape: Predator
-Headstock Shape: Fury
-Scale: 25.5"/26.5"
-Construction: Neck Through
-Body wood: Swamp Ash
-Body thickness: 30 mm (custom, not in their drop down list)
-Neck wood: 5 pieces Wenge/Maple
-Neck Profile: 19 mm C
-Frets: Jescar Stainless Steel
-Fretboard: Black Ebony
-Hardware: Hipshot, Black
-Pickup: Bareknuckle Ragnarök
-Top Color: Stain Black
-Neck finish: Satin
-Binding and Inlays: White Celluloid
-Side Neck Inlays: Luminlays
-Weight: 2.7 kg
-Special: pinky rest under Pickup
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