Aristides Guitars... Dang.

[binky_bass]

Anyone heard of Aristides guitars? I first came across them when I went to see Caligula's Horse play at the beginning of last year. Sam Vallen wasn't playing his usual Musicman JP7 and had this incredible looking/sounding red sparkle thing... T'was an Aristides.

 

These thing have really piqued my interest, they've just made a 6 string bass, it looks pretty tasty. Their build technique is really interesting too, worth a look!

 

Also, the things they build are quite out there! The below is a 9 string, headless, fanned, fretless guitar!

 

 

And this, the 6 string bass I mentioned. Cool stuff indeed. Darkglass preamp with 3 Nordstrand fatstacks, now that has to sound savage! 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by binky_bass

[Hellzero]

And their prices are even very decent for such interesting instruments (just check how the body is made).

 

Thanks for sharing, Russ! 😊

 

https://aristidesinstruments.com/

[LowB_FTW]

These have been all over my Fb feed for ages.

I really haven't see anything that made me sit up and go 'wow'.

They did custom TRON and Spider-Man paint jobs which I liked. They do have some very nice finishes.

 

Mark

[velvetkevorkian]

Their 7/8 string guitars are pretty popular with the progressive/technical metal crowd. Not sure I'd seen the basses before though.