Bird of Prey
Red to Black Burst
Neck Through 25.5"
Maple Fingerboard
Mid-Size Jet Fretz
Mahogany back with Flame Redwood
Floyd Rose Pro
Grover Mid-Size Rotomatics
Gold Hardware
On/Off Toggle
3-Way Toggle
Direct Mounted Dimarzio D-Activator X (Bridge Blk/Red)
Direct Mounted Dimarzio D-Activator (Neck Blk/Red)
Everything else is just standard Bird of Prey Stuff which id basically just the strap pegs & the input jack.

and this is gonna set you back how much?

... EDIT

im slow and tired .... didnt see the ''describe your perfect DBZ''

Bird of Prey
set neck
crimson swirl paint job like my jackson
low profile floyd
black covered Seymour Duncan JB/Jazz set
Bound Ebony fingerboard (white plastic...I'm not picky)
pentagram 12th fret inlay
bound headstock

$3500

Venom
Trans-red
Neck Through 25.5"
quatersawn maple neck
16'' radius ''speed neck''
Ebony Fretboard
24 fret
bands logo (when i get a band) @ 12 fret
Alder body/maple top
Original Floyd Rose
Gold Hardware
3-Way Toggle
1 volume control
SD jazz (or) 59' (neck)
SD JB (bridge)

I don't know too much about the "inside" of a guitar. So I'm gonna KISS.
BoP (probably)
Black paint.
Gold Hardware. (I know, not very original...).
BUT
With a smooth "picture" on it, like a fantasy-viking or something.
The concept colour is purple.

Barchetta
Black/Purple coloured
Gold Hardware (couldn't resist...)

Imperial
I would just buy that USA with that wood... damn, forgot the name again, but it's a NAMM-tar I guess.
The one with the gold hardware?

Keep It Simple Sweet?

DOUBLE POST ..

STUPID COMPUTER

Ow, sorry.
Keep It Short and Simple.
But yeah, I don't know much about wood, so a custom guitar isn't for the coming year, haha (well... I don't have the money either, so it doesn't really matter)
Thing is, you can't test out those more expensive guitars around here, got to take the train to find a dealer who has them, and they're Fenders, and who likes Fenders?! Not me, that's for sure!

Keep It Simple Stupid .

best stop thred jackking ... i have a tendancy to do that TS im sorry

String through ML


:)

DBZ, not Dean!

Bird Of Prey
24 Jumbo Frets
Ultra Acsess Neck through Body (Example: The Synyster Gates Signature model)
Inlays saying "VENGEANCE" in gothic font from the 9th to 1st Fret/ 12th Fret my name "James" and the 15,17,19,21,23 inlays have gothic crosses on them.
A Crimson Red Finish with black outlining.
Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invaders
Floyd Rose Original Tremelo System
Ebony Fingerboard
Mohogany Neck and Body

The synyster gates model has a set neck with ultra access. Those are some great neck joints by schecter.


Venom

27 extra jumbo stainless steel frets
neck through body
green flame maple top
bubinga neck and body
original floyd rose
locking nut
2 emg 89's and a emg 81tw in the bridge
ebony fingerboard with a single inlay at the 12th fret


Going to have to save up a bit for that

I wonder if they'd do that
But it's on the "to-try-out" list. So is a 7-string
EDIT: corrected a spelling mistake

Venom
Matte black
8 strings
27" scale
30 stainless frets (24-30 scalloped)
Neck through
Kahler tremolo
Locking nut
Mahogany body/neck
ebony fingerboard
EMG 808
1 vol, 1 tone

fixed

The Perfect DBZ...

Yeah, I'm a bass player, but I'm also a major gear-head, and I do have some limited experience with guitar. I do have a good sense of ergonomics and balance, and I am writing this spec assuming the role of a rhythm guitarist, because, let's face it-- I'm probably not going to develop the chops for lead guitar in this lifetime!

Body style: "Star" Modified Bird of Prey. Specifically, the upper portion will be more drawn-out on the bass side near the neck, like the Gibson Explorer and Jackson Kelly. Also, the V portion would be offset, with the "leg" on the treble side being shorter than the "leg" on the bass side. The inspiration comes from a now-defunct Jackson body shape that I thought was their coolest-looking axe. You can see the outline HERE, basically combining their Kelly and Rhoads shapes.

Body woods: Mahogany body with Quilted Maple top

Neck: 25.5" scale quartersawn maple, ebony fretboard. Elliptical back shape roughly-equivalent to the new Gibson Les Paul '08 or the Fender SRV signature. Having played some Tobias basses with asymmetrical profiles, I have to say, they really are quite comfortable.

Fretboard: Compensated nut, Conical radius (10" at first fret, 15" at 24th fret-- I'm more concerned about chording, after all), 24 med-jumbo nickle-silver frets. Mother of Pearl Cemetary Cross inlays.

Headstock: I know the big, flaring 3+3 is Dean Z's signature, but I'd like to go with an inline-6, tilted back at a 12 degree angle. The sharper and more blade-like, the better!

Electronics: EMG 60A (neck), and EMG 81 (bridge). 3-way toggle with volume and active tone control.

Hardware: Tune-a-matic bridge with string-thru-body (off-set V-shaped) ferrules, Sperzel locking tuners.

Finishes: Bright translucent green (similar to Radiation) with lightly-bursted black edges, satin top coat. Clear satin finish on back of neck. Matte black hardware.

All you guys wanting neck throughs are wasting your time and you need to go back to BC or Jackson. DBZ will never do a neckthru and even more to the point there is NOTHING wrong with Deans set neck construction.

My perfect DBZ? The Cavallo I was playing two minutes ago.

But no secret that I would like a silver USA BOP and probably a Cavallo to match. Just love me that Cavallo shape.

I would love to see Dean Z hold a contest to see the wildest custom USA a Person could design based on one ofhis current models.

Bird of Prey
Charcoal Burst
Neck Through 25.5"
Maple Fingerboard
Jumbo Frets
Original Floyd Rose
Grover Mid-Size Rotomatics
Black Hardware
On/Off Toggle
3-Way Toggle
EMG 81-X (Bridge)
EMG 60-X (Neck)
Unfinished Neck

Shane

i like your style dude!!

Um, mine would be a USA Cavallo, Deep blood red with black as death racing stripes. either that or candy apple red. either one. um regular bridge, (i play rhythm so a floyd's kinda useless for me) but yeah, oh black hardware. and down the fretboard says "FragTheMessenger" (my band)

Hopefully this is not declared heresy..

BOP w/ completely flat top.
22 jumbo fret set neck
V neck
Seymour Duncan Dimebucker/Bridge
DBZ neck pickup
OFR
Black hardware
Ebony FB
Mahogany body and neck
The first headstock design w/ the floating logo
Diamond shaped inlays with the Z at the 12th
Green burst finish, sort of like the radioactive graphic, but painted.
Vol Vol tone and 3 way
pre installed strap locks
grover tuners

u took mine sob

but anyway


bird of prey
24.75 scale(yes im weird)
24 frets
jumbo frets
ferrai or like a metallic red
orignal floyd
black hardware
emgs 81/60 x's or seymour duncan sh-8 invaders
grover tuners
shaller strap locks
one volume one tone
neck through
custom/signature inlays
pin stripes!
alabone binding
maghony body, flame maple top
maple neck , c or v shaped neck
DR dimebag signature strings
ebony fret board

This would be mine:

Venom
Mahogany body with a Quilted maple top
Mahogany Neck with Rosewood fretboard
Trans purple finish
Gold Hardware
EMG 81TW and 89
Original FR
Knobs: Volume, 2 Tone, 3 way selector (not toggle)
Ultra Access Neck Through (Like a Schecter Hellraiser)
25 Extra Jumbo Frets
New BOP Import headstock that matches the body
C Shaped Neck
Grover Locking tuners
Schaller Strap Locks
Abalone Block Inlays or Bat inlays

My dream guitar must be:

1. Venom Alder body, matt black, small pieces of body at back painted dark gray, string thru body...
2. Black ebony fingerboard with no inlay on it. 25.5, 24 jumbo frets
3. All Black hardware, SD livewire active pickups
4 Groover tuners, Duncan strap locks
5. Speed V headstock like ESP DV8 or DV8R

Something like that...

I'd like to see the purple Venom.

Ahhh...absent boutique builders, how many guitar companies ask this question (especially with the owner/master builder reviewing responses)? None that I know of...anyway (sorry, I had to rant)....

BOP
24.75" scale (yeah, I know...but this way I don't have to adjust my teeny brain for my Les Paul & old Dean V when playing live)
22 Dunlop 6105 (tall and narrow jumbo) frets
Floating headstock inlay
Grover locking tuners
Maple neck with asymetric profile (akin to an EVH Wolfgang guitar)
Bone nut capable of handling 10-60s
Lightning bolt inlays with Z at 12th fret
Original Floyd Rose
Mahogany body with maple top
EMG 81/85 (gold covers)
20db solo booster switch on body (a-la Kerry King's EMG set-up)
No tone knob
1 volume knob per pickup with Dimebag speed knobs
Three way pickup toggle switch
Gold hardware
Schaller strap locks
Dunlop 10-52 strings