Aristides guitars. Worth try??

[midnightlaundry]

FUCK they're ugly..
All the best..

 

[braintheory]

Thank you! Appreciate the response. Yeah, the Etherials seem to be non existent. The one I'm looking at rn is about $5k, but I think I might just be okay with that for once. I still need to recoup a bit from recent spending, but pretty sure that's the route I'm going to take.

Those 2 are directly from Etherial. I've seen them way cheaper used. Those ones also are aluminum body 7 and 8 string, while mine is a 6 string carbon fiber body, but I bet those are similarly cool

 

[NowYou'rePlayingWithPower]

Those 2 are directly from Etherial. I've seen them way cheaper used. Those ones also are aluminum body 7 and 8 string, while mine is a 6 string carbon fiber body, but I'm sure those would also be really good

I'll keep my eyes out for used, but I play mostly 8 string multiscale, and I'm in love with the design/finish of the Azwen. I just ordered my daughter an Ormsby and just bought a 667 amp, otherwise I would be stressing about the wait for the Etherial in this conversation

 

[braintheory]

I'll keep my eyes out for used, but I play mostly 8 string multiscale, and I'm in love with the design/finish of the Azwen. I just ordered my daughter an Ormsby and just bought a 667 amp, otherwise I would be stressing about the wait for the Etherial in this conversation

Ah in that case that sounds like the perfect guitar for you. With the tightness, clarity and precision in sound they'd probably be killer in extended range or lower tunings. I also swapped the meh Bare Knuckle Aftermaths with various others and currently really liking my set of Lundgren M6's in it. I like playing it through my Hermansson. Killer combo for tight modern metal type stuff

 

[NowYou'rePlayingWithPower]

Ah in that case that sounds like the perfect guitar for you. With the tightness, clarity and precision in sound they'd probably be killer in extended range or lower tunings. I also swapped the meh stock Bare Knuckle Aftermaths with various others and currently really liking my set of Lundgren M6's in it. I like playing it through my Hermansson. Killer combo for tight modern metal type stuff

You're killing me

 

[hopkinWFG]

Have got one in teal mine is a 060 raw teal whom i ordered serveral years back... its indeed a perfectly builted guitar.... action on it is coolest and its super fast.... but it also has the thinnest neck and body made of some resin compound to sound like alder?

All in all a super fast playing guitar that ya can do insanely low action, but personally i felt its a simple constructed guitar, tone wise still not on par with traditional super strat... it sound abit stiff plays abit stiff when strung on standards .10s but who would play standard on a metal machine guitar? Cool and unique guitar ? Yes.... but its something out of the tradition....

 

[Deleted member 55483]

Build wise they are perfect- I’ve owned 7 or 8 at this point and the newer ones have perfect fretwork and wiring. Sound wise they do have a slightly different sound- not in a bad way, but just something to note. My favorite sounding guitar is not any of my aristides, but it does have BKP silo pickups which none of my aristides have. Crazy comfortable necks, and upper fret access that I haven’t found on other guitars. The finish quality is top notch, but if you prefer the figured wood look, it simply is not gonna be there. All in all, I’d recommend getting one used- a raw series one can be found under 2500$ and should give you a better opinion. The raw series ones differ in two ways- the arium (material they are made from ) is dyed rather than painting, so the color will stay if you chip them, and the the neck and body will have a specific texture- I love the neck feel but it’s a very raw (sorry) texture. I will attach pictures of some of the aristides I’ve owned- all in all I love them but they do feel lab made- for better or worse- they don’t have the flaws inherent to wood but you could argue that adds character.