Friday, September 12, 2008

Emerald's new Dragon - Bahamut

Posted by Jon in • Cool Guitars, Crazy Guitar Designs,

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Check this guitar out, this is one of the craziest and amazing guitars I think I have ever seen. How many guitars have you seen that can stand up on their own feet? their Dragon feet! This incredible creation is the latest guitar from Emerald Guitars Custom Shop which is a Dragon called Bahamut. The exciting thing is that the new Taiwanese owner Lee Hom ordered this guitar as a special centre piece for his world tour after seeing The Alien on Guitar Noize! Now the Alien was pretty amazing in itself but I can’t even comprehend how a guitar like this is created.

“The body is a chinese dragon that is twisted into the shape of a treble cleff and to top it all off we added another little dragon on the headstock. The body is hand shaped out of a special foam and then covered in carbon fibre to keep it both light and strong. The body is then completed with a special chrome paint that gives a beautiful metal look. Of course there always has to be a little something extra and in this case it is the red lasers in the eyes. on stage with some smoke these just look amazing.“

“As with all my guitars it is only part of the deal making it look good, it also has to play and sound great and this baby meets all these criteria. The Carbon neck makes a super stable structure so a perfect set up will stay a perfect set up and with stainless frets you wont even need to worry about fret wear. Its got a beautiful deep tone also due to the twin humbuckers and the extra dense centre section of the guitar.“

The amazing thing about this guitar is that it was completed in just 6 weeks, Alistair from Emerald tells me he was doing 14 hour days in order to get the instrument finished in time. I’m sure you will agree it was certainly worth the effort!

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axe victim on 09/12 at 08:52 AM

Great find Jon. That is about the best looking custom job I have ever seen.

Ovidiu - GuitarFlame.com on 09/12 at 07:05 PM

I guess this is one of those moments when you feel happy about having this blog, I mean you feel you made a difference somewhere if the owner ordered this guitar after seeing the Alien guitar on your website. Beautiful find, Jon, indeed!

GLW on 09/12 at 09:57 PM

Blimey, I’ve seen Emerald Guitars intricate work before, but this one must be the most extreme I’ve seen. Is it a guitar or is it sculpture?

on 09/14 at 04:24 AM

The owner is Mr Wang Lee Hom, famous singer in Asia. The treble clef dragon shape is his trademark.

on 09/16 at 08:13 AM

Unbelievable ,I would really like to hear it and see someone play it. Any ideas ? Talk about a passion for your instrument.

Jon on 09/16 at 10:02 AM

Surely some videos of Wang Lee Hom will pop up on YouTube with this guitar at some point, I’ll keep an eye out for it!!

teak furniture on 09/17 at 01:04 PM

Amazing! This is the best looking guitars I’ve ever seen.

Alistair Hay on 09/17 at 07:17 PM

Thanks for the kind words about my creation on this forum and yes Lee Hom did first see my work here so thanks guitarnoize . The Dragon is definitely sculpture but is also 100% guitar. The design in no way impedes its functionality and tonality as a guitar which is all important. After all he has to play this and I want that to be something he enjoys rather than endures.
  The guitar will be unveiled to a sell out crowd at Taipei Arena on Friday night and then goes on a world tour.
I hope this guitar inspires people and lets them see how art and Music can truly mingle.
  Alistair

iruka on 09/23 at 09:52 AM

I’ve been to Leehom’s concerts and I have to say Bahamut sounds great as it looks! Great job Alistair! I’m a bit disappointed though since he didn’t turn on the eyes…

suzuki fairings on 09/25 at 12:07 AM

I like the style. It’s unique.

baby bedding for girls on 11/08 at 02:55 PM

I like it.. It’s stunning wink

on 11/10 at 12:53 PM

I’d been to leehom concert in taipei. Those who want to listen to him playing tis awesome bahamut can go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7eQuLI04hY

But truly you have to hear the live version. The guitar sound is jus amazing

on 11/21 at 09:45 PM

Well done Alistair. This guitar looks absolutely awesome.Presumably it sounds just as good. Just goes to show what can be done.

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