I think he was the one that may have made that thread too.

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Nope, that was Atif.

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For the love of all that is metal some mod please unlock the Soul Ran thread please? It wasn't that much of a bother having a post once a week or more to me about Ran. I still reply here too but that one was for me made by Atif.

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Hi James,
Randy Rhoads guitar in your specification /see below please/ with hard case
will costs 1580 euro.
Please note: back body binding is not available with neck thru construction.

Best regards,
Dariusz Kuczynski.


> R_or_L_handed=right handed
> body_shape=Randy Rhoads
> construction=neck thru
> body_material=mahogany
> flamed_maple_top=no
> binding_top=yes
> binding_back=no
> binding_color=white
> pickups_neck=HUM
> pickups_middle=N/A
> pickups_bridge=HUM
> finish=satin black w/ white bevels
> headstock_shape=Avenger
> neck_material=maple
> reverse=yes
> headstock_finish=match body finish
> neck_finish=satin
> fingerboard=ebony
> number_of_frets=24
> fret_size=extra jumbo
> inlays=none
> custom_inlays=yes (specify below)
> fingerboard_end=square
> fingerboard_binding=yes
> headstock_binding=no
> binding_color=white
> nut=locking
> width=1 5/8''
> hardware_color=black
> bridge_system=Schaller Locking Floyd Rose Tremolo
> tuning_machines=Schaller M6
> pickups=EMG
> pickups_neck=EMG 85
> pickups_middle=N/A
> pickups_bridge=EMG 81
> control_knobs=2 x volume + 2 x tone
> pickup_selector=3-way toggle
> hard_case=yes
> additional:
- inlay at 12th fret - BEER
- satin black w/ white bevels
- the outline of an AK-47 stenceled onto the large wing of the V
- bullet inlays
- scallopped from the 15th-24th fret
- James Tully inscription on the headstock



fuck yea =)

that could turn up to be pretty badass, ak and beer and bullets and shit, ive never heard of anyone doing shit like that. thats badass

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I didnt think you could have a fretboard binding with a (partially in this case) scalloped neck.

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i think that the binding just sort of goes over the scallopped part? it doesn't defeat the purpose of the scalloping, it just kind of puts a little wall on each end, haha.

i'd be interested to see a scalloped and binded neck.

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me to, maybe it is impposible...but i dont' see why it would be

It would just require a little extra work to make it work is all. I like the guitar but there are some cosmetic things that I think make it seen tacky to me.

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oh i know it'll be tacky, it has an Ak-47 and Bullets on it, and for gods sake it says BEER on the 12th fret, hehe. But i kept the whole thing black/white.

its gona bea weapon of mass destruction.

Put a nuke on it with a radioactive hazard symbol at the 12th fret and I think it would really be cool. Then it would be a real WMD

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haha, well maybe its just weapon of mass consumption.

Man that will rock, can't wait to get my deposit sent off and sell my KVX10, to get most of the final payment ready, and to buy a new amp aswell.

Ozz

thats gonna be one wicked guitar Kill Tully! when is yours done?

I can't wait any longer for mine, still got 2/3 months to go

well according to dariusz, when i emailed him a couple weeks ago, he said the guitar would be ready to ship the 28th and its now the 29th, ill probably email tommarow if he doesnt email me today.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...69/DSC01083.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...69/DSC01080.jpg

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ahh, Cool. I'd imagine it would cost a fair amount extra for that.

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What is exactly the point of scalloping your neck? Am I missing some secret of playing guitar?

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Why? You just bind the neck, then scallop it.

And the point of scalloping your neck it make bends easier, listen to Yngwie.

Jumbo frets do a good job of giving you a "Scalloped" fell

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Got it.

I was just looking at Warmoth.com a couple weeks ago and I was thinking about a binded scalloped and thought to myself that that must be impossible or something. Guess not. Only, I'd bet Warmoth would charge a lot extra for it, because they like to do that.

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warmoth has a machine scallop their necks... but Im sure they will still say its "harder" or some bullshit.

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What is the finish on this, is it just binding on the body, it's not bevels right?

http://ranguitars.floriandecher.de/dariusz/36.JPG

thats just bindings. yes.

the 'invader' with the red things on the body, those are bevels

That is a sweet V i might say, pointy.

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Nice V

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fuck yea check this fuckin email out, im so happy right now!!

Hi Coury,
Your guitar is almost ready to dispatch, I have changed the input jack
location /in the upper wing/, so I needed a bit more time.
I`ll send the RR this week /Friday/ or next /Monday/.
Sorry, for that delay.

Best regards,
Dariusz Kuczynski.

im glad i got the second RR, cause after he did the first one he probably relized the upper wing is much better to put the jack on. I was gonna ask him to put it on the upper wing but i figured it was to late so i just said fuck it, but he fuckin did it anyways!!!

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Cant wait to see pics of your new RR

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good shit. so thats gonna take about eh two weeks before it gets there?

yea probably, but yea im so fuckin happy he decided to do that input jack thing like even without asking, hes just that much of a good lutherie he knows what the customer wants.

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I know man, I decided on custom side markers two weeks ago

Man I can't wait to get my RR custom now, i'll be having the upper horn input aswell, i sent dariusz a pic of a DV8 to show him what I wanted, it makes the guitar easy to play when sitting then.

Allthough RR's are ok then the jacks in the lower horn aswell.


I'll probably make the deposit soon enough
Ozz

Who's Ran is coming next first? Dammit, I can't wait to see pics of them since a couple of you guys ordered the RR style.

I don't know exactly...Darius said mine should be here in May....and Def's SHOULD HAVE BEEN here before mine....but the goofy bastard ( ) wants to keep changing his mind about it....oh well, we shall see. Regardless though....you can expect two fucking baddasss guitars to be coming in this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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And a third, mines coming April 25-30th! By the way, it's Dariusz

MINE IS NEXT!! its an RR style body, he shipped it out yesterday!!

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mine should be here halfway in march... and yeah I kept changing it so it might be running a bit late

D. said he was really busy.

man, thats four guitars coming over! can't wait to see the results! I'm wondering how mine's turned out with the custom body shape and all

Yep, I think yours and mine are the only Ran's on metaltabs that aren't RR/V's!

Mine is coming in MArch/April.

Haven't spoken to D since early january.

It will be the first left handed Ran that any of you will have seen!!!

and mine will be the 2nd!!!

at least when i get the money


how much did you pay for yours?

2000 american

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£700

Around $1800

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secret

hey guys
mine is coming around April 20th

it will be a warrior shaped left-handed guitar!

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another lefty!! thats cool man, thats 4 days after my birthday!

I can't wait for mine, just another month!! AAAH!!

I´m waiting the response of www.ranspain.com

I don´t know if they received thge e-mail I send them.


HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!

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what was the email about?

Can anyone reccomend a good bank to transfer my money into big D's account?

I'm trying to find one but not having much luck?

I'm in the UK, so a euro based one would mot liekely be best?

Ozz

doesn't your own bank do that stuff? I use the Rabobank, it's Dutch and they have a triple-A rating, I got my money over to D's account within two days!

Ozz,
I went into barclays where my account is, filled out a small from, they do it all for you, take the money from your account, turn it into euros and put it in Ran's account. Cost about £25 and took 2-4 days. You can do the same with whatever branch you are in.

I'm with HSBC and shall pop into the local branch and enquire about it, tomorrow, hopefully I shall transfer my deposit for my custom RR in a few days, then I can practise my simple plan riffs

Ozz

Scheduled Delivery: 11-February-2005 !!!!!! cant fuckin wait!

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just a few more days you motherfucker!!! hehe!

word bitch

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Cant wait to see

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me neither man, you'de better get those pics on here on the same damn day!

lol, dariuzs just emailed me some pics, there ok, but I feel I wont release them till I take better and more detailed pics. I talked to my guitar teacher today and he said once I get it I shouldnt open the package for 24 hours cause since it was shipped over seas and during winter, I need to give the guitar time to acclimate, or else the paint job might crack. He said people ussually do that with vintage guitars, but hell i might just let it warm up in side for an hour or so before i open it, then ill take pics and release the ones dariuzs gave me to.

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here is what its gonna look like trust me.

Attached Images

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I saw the pics... I definately have a blister on my cack from jacking off so much in such a short period.

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Now THAT is a true custom guitar worthy of the Ran logo.

duh

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Haha, when I first read that, I didn't see the smiley after it so I assumed you were gonna show what it's really gonna look like. Then I clicked on it gettin all excited, then I saw that and

lol nice

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I paid £838 ($1,556) for my Ran, Dariusz said he's still working on the woods for my guitar. He doesn't charge for custom bodies either!

was about how much will my custiom guitar cost.
What do you recomend??
To "speak" with Darius directly or wait to the ranspain guys???? .

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Well RanSpain is just an extension of Big D's will, so anything you send to them will be sent to Dariusz.
If you're interested in a custom, contact Dariusz directly.

On the subject of Ran's, are people getting body/neck/headstock binding? I personally am not getting any binding. Binding on the neck makes it feel slow and it looks cheap aswell.

binding all around for me.

I like binding, got it on my rg too. doesn't look cheap if its well done. depends on the guitar too if you ask me. ah well, everybody's got different tastes

my Ran will defenetly look P.I.M.P. with all that bling bling hanging on it!

Come on Def, divulge some more specs. of your Ran!

secret man, i would rather wait till the end for him to reveal it all.

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I will, don't worry, when it gets here

hey h8, you gonna show us those pics or what? :P

Hey dutch boy... YOUR RAN WILL NEVER COME!!! AND IF IT DOES IT WILL SHOW UP BROKEN!!!


God I'm a prick hahaha

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Motherfucker!

say something like that again and your postcount will be 0 boy!!!

MERCY!

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Insult Ran again and I'll set the dutchy on ya!

i didn't insult the great ran, i just jynxed the duth man. Myself I have had a great let down in guitar shippments. DAMN YOU US POSTAL SERVICE!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!

But DEF ask the guy to protect the fret board while being shipped (I dont know how he ships them), just the case alone wont give it that 100% anti fuck up protection...

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so what happend man? a decent case should give enough protection, right? soul said something about it beeing wrapped in a million layers of plastic!

well what happend to my dime was:

on the 12th fret there is a indent from a string being pressed on it, and when I got it i was pissed but only 1 note gives a buzz, so a few days later i took it to the guitar place here and they said i would need a new fret job just for the one, i asked if a simple "take a little off the top" of the fret would do he said no, and he was not joking. you see in the shipment the postal service stacked shit on it, and at the 12th fret there was presure that drove the G sting into it and left a good indent of a .09 gague string there.

now if that happend to you, then i bet you would send that mother fucker back and would have to wait another 6-8 months.

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ah, I see, that sucks man, what kinda case was it shipped in?? the case I have for my rg can't be bend in, not even a little so if it comes in a case like that, it's pretty safe.

I know what you mean with small dents and shit in the fretboard, it sucks. I'll have to get my RG refretted too within a year/two years, simply because 15 years of playing took its toll on the frets..

the case is a, hard case washburn "monster" case... I cant find a pic of it, bit i hope you know what i mean.

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That sucks Frosty of Fear, what safety measures can a guy take?

A day?? no... Bring it inside, let it sit for a good 45 minutes then remove it from its case.



You just need to replace the 12th fret and level it down to match the others.

Your dime was purchused on ebay and packed by billy bob and sent by shitty mail... rans are the exact opposite.



get stainless steel frets... they will never wear down EVER. they play like butter.

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Yea ill prolly just do that. Maybe an hour.

current info,

Feb 8, 2005
10:51 P.M. KOELN (COLOGNE), DE ARRIVAL SCAN

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Also i have a little question, now that 4 months has gone by and my tone preferances haave changed, i now regret getting 1 pup, and it was an emg 81, I am wondering if there is a way to go route a neck pup position in and a 2 or 3 way switch in and route it so i could wire up a JB and Jazz in there, im bet a good lutherie would do it, but there might be one problem, i know dariusz screws the pups straight into the body so im thinkin an 81 might be a differant height than a JB. So pretty much when i get my ran i want to add a neck pup and make everything passive and put in a switch.... is it possible, any recomendations?

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Yeah it shouldnt be too difficult, what about putt another emg like an 89, I rarely use the neck pickup, but it's handy to have if you need it, you can always wire it up like a 1H anyways.

Thanks for the info about leaving the guitar bls, thats really handy.

Email big D about the pickups, amn my RR is gonna be sweet as anything.

Ozz

i dont want another emg, i wanna replace them with passive and put a switch in there, and my guitar is already shipped out so D cant do anything with it, im gonna have to find a local lutherie to do it. it sucks cause the paintjob is already done and wha tnot, i dunno if i can route another pickup in there if the paint is already on there.

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you Lucky bastard mines not ready til mid june

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so many people getting Rans.... i hope you're all worthy

Tsk Tsk, are you worthy of even judging who's worthy?

what do you mean by worthy, the best thing i can play is frantic by metallica

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when did i say i was going to judge who is worthy? You really do read like a 2nd grader...

And you really do write like child in pre-school. You really should think about how you type, take a class or something, learn to get your message across.

Very easy, as for the direct mount questions.. springs will fix that.

both of you shut up, bitch and whine like school girls in another thread..

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ouch.

Lousville, Kentuky, US

only i more day and a couple states away

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Cool, sorry to hear that you can't make the last minute changes, sucks that you dont wan't emgs now, ahh well, it won't be that difficult and the luthier should do a great job.

Can't wait to get my deposit down and find out when it's due.

Ozz

Call me as soon as you get it, I gotta see this.

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