Manics Cardiff Castle - I now need one of these!

lamf68

Having spent the night with the Mrs against the barrier in front of my favourite band of the last 25 years I'm obsessed with these FretKing guitars. Does anyone have one or had a go on one?

jd0272

Looks a bit unwieldy to me.

Rigsby

I owned the one below for a short while. It is a very versatile guitar especially with the varicoil system. It was a fairly heavy beast and I didn't quite get on with the neck profile compare to Fret King's Esprit which I also own. So I moved it on but build quality was 1st class and there was almost every tone you could want at your fingertips. Many people hate the unorthodox shape but I quite liked it. 

BigMonka

What an odd shape guitar!! It's quite a cool shape to the right of the bridge, but that huge square bit is pretty ugly IMO. Maybe it's one of those guitars which looks cool when being played?

EdGrip

I was about to say that - I can't say I like it in isolation, but maybe it's one of those guitars that only looks cool once it's being worn. (In which case, pics needed!)

Moss

There's a few cool versions:

http://fret-king.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/130x360/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/g/fgv60sf_thumb.png

http://fret-king.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/130x360/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/k/fka2046_thumb.png

scrumhalf

Ugh.

Looks like a guitar birthday cake that went wrong.

EdGrip

rawk100

We've just been talking about Fret Kings on another thread, they are very good guitars for the dosh........

RMJ

I find this thread offensive to my eyes.

ElectroDan

I love Wilkinson parts. He also did wonders for Vintage as a brand. I read his story in Guitarist years ago and that was really interesting too.

Aesthetically though, some of his choices are a bit too non-traditional for me. I find the guitar above a bit shovel like. Reminds me of Stan's jaw from American Dad.

CHRISB50

BigMonka;660538" said:

Maybe it's one of those guitars which looks cool when being played?

Let's hope so. It looks shit as a still life. Horrid.

olafgarten

If it counts, when I saw Jack White in the O2, he accidentally kicked down half the drum kit during Lazaretto.

Iamnobody

olafgarten;661084" said:

If it counts, when I saw Jack White in the O2, he accidentally kicked down half the drum kit during Lazaretto.

It might count in a different thread?!

That FretKing body shape is an abortion.

It does look better strapped on though when the strumming arm covers half of it and softens the shape of the upper bout.

lustycourtier

I just assumed Fretking had something on him, so were blackmailing JDB so he has to use is for a song? 

DrBob

Aren't Fret-King part of the same JHS range of Trev Wilkinson designed brands that also include Italia whose basses I believe Nicky Wire plays ?

Maybe that's how JDB ended up with one ?