Jason

[narad]

Hello All,

Just wanted to stop in and show my support - kind of like just showing up to a house-warming party. No presents, just presence. Been a long-time fan of Teye's work, but for me the guitars occupy an unusual niche as they are both: a.) quite expensive, and b.) always being revised and improved in all sorts of innovative ways. Even when I think I'm honed in on a model, something like this konstantinopolis starts popping up in pics and I hear word of a trem. So, someday I hope! Can probably only afford one shot so I'm still reluctant even after a couple of years of email exchanges and stalking! =)

[teye]

Jason,

welcome here! And thank you for your kind words. Yes, I probably drive people crazy with all the new models... Am having way too much fun with all this! Can you imagine dreaming up a model and then just being able to make it a reality after a few short months? Well, not so with the Konstantinopolis: that one has required a lot of thinking, decisions, and now the hunt for appropriate materials...stay tuned.

Jason, back in 2008 or early 9 you started bugging me about a La India with abalone outline. Back then, my front plates were way too shiny for this combo to work visually, and I recall dissuading you from it. Then a year later, our dealer Jim Palotta / Tradarama asked for one, and I tried again, this time with the slightly more subdued newer plates, and... it worked!

I have plans to use my Konstantinopolis-design in a different way on a more affordable guitar too, so also there, stay tuned!

A few short months ago, someone asked me for a 5-string single-pickup guitar with skull-and-bones graphix: this became the Scallywag guitar, now also being offered in a 6-string version (see Wes's post in the FOR SALE section)

Yesterday I sold my third 5-string Scallywag guitar...

And thus, new models keep appearing...

Hope to see you here often, and thanks for joining!

[narad]

The thing about the subdued plate is that, so far, I've only seen it with the S-style engraving with the coarse black fill to the etches. I have this image in my mind's eye of old victorian metalwork which would occasionally have some purple gemstone in it - whether this is amethyst or purple abalone, or something else altogether I'm not sure, but I think it would look fantastic to have this scheme on a La-India - even with less of a matte look to the metal. Though, I also have this vision that it'd be great with the trem, if the trem turns out to be a bigsby sort of unit that attaches around the body of the guitar rather than a small float style. Looking forward to it!

I also really like that you tiered the A-series La-Perla based on options.

Oh, and I have a new lead on where to source the right kind of purple material if it becomes a financial possibility again. Damn grad school salary - year 7 of 10...