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 6 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.

[Hellzero]

I love the Tron model @LowB_FTW! 😍

[LowB_FTW]

I tried to find the Spider-Man paint job, but failed, so perhaps I either imagined it or just mis-remembered, but yeah, that TRON paint job was pretty nice I thought.

 

Mark

[Hellzero]

That said, owning this means that I'm easy to convince about Aristides instruments...

 

[ped]

11 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

That said, owning this means that I'm easy to convince about Aristides instruments...

 

Is that the piano you’re playing now

[Hellzero]

4 minutes ago, ped said:

Is that the piano you’re playing now

This piano hasn't seen the light of day since around 6 months, when I started playing again (and definitely) one with 88 black and white keys.

 

Maybe I'll even sell that Le Fay...

[Wolfram]

32 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

That said, owning this means that I'm easy to convince about Aristides instruments...

 

What?! It's not even multiscale! 🤣

[Wolfram]

I looked at Astrides when I needed a new 7 string electric guitar. I'd written some pieces with a 7 string Strandberg but really didn't get on with the trapezoid neck profile and never bonded with the guitar. 

 

In the end I chose a Music Man Kaizen 7 string, which has a lovely neck profile and fantastic versatile tone (I play 7 string melodic fingerstyle, generally clean so not metal at all!). Would still love to try an Astrides sometime.