Hell Guitars

[Dragon Rider]

I'll sell direct. Cafe Press costs 4 times more and doesn't do nice silk screens. They'll be available from the website and also (sometimes, maybe) given for free along with a guitar.
Depending on my mood... :french

yea, I wondered how much the cut for cafe press was
and if is was worth it to avoid the start up capital and inventory costs.

I've gotten some 'order of the stick', ( dnd nerd web comic) stuff from them

 

[Dragon Rider]

OMG



OMG



OMG


just read the entire thread
(phenomial job getting this done by the way)


and I discovered. this

http://www.hellguitars.com/HP_TEST5B_11-1-10.jpg


the #6



must have,



'You, ARE number 6'


points to the first person to get the reference.







(I am not a number, I am a hell guitar fan)

 

[bcdon]

'You, ARE number 6'
points to the first person to get the reference.


(I am not a number, I am a hell guitar fan)

The Prisoner, of course. :dude

 

[Dragon Rider]

^^^^^^^^
we have a winner, that was fast.

Also a great series if anyone hasn't seen it.

 

[syo]

"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own".

Watching that series as a child left a considerable impression on me. So unlike anything on TV at the time. Patrick McGoohan was a talented fellow. He followed up one of the hottest series in TV at the time (Danger Man) with something decidedly not in the mainstream. Definitely an inspiration for me and a part of the Hell Guitars mindset.

 

[Dragon Rider]

^^^^
wow, someone who knows that McGoohan was in a hot series before the prisoner?

I am impressed !

In the Bay Area in the 70's there was a guy on public television who introduced the shows, and even changed the order of the shows.
His commentary on the meanings hidden in each show was almost as long as the show.

 

[syo]

As you all know, our man Robert has done some terrific demos/review of his Hell No.2. I asked if he could do the same for the ZeroDot and Bender and he kindly agreed. Robert has been very enthusiastic and encouraging for which I feel very fortunate indeed. He's such a well-rounded, tasteful player too. I couldn't be happier.

He just received the two guitars and hopefully he'll like these too and we'll have some more Robert/Hell magic soon. Has anyone noticed that the guitar plays so effortlessly that Robert didn't need to bulge even one vein? Speaks volumes if you ask me...:dude

 

[Robert]

Syo, I am more than excited. These guitars feel fantastic! Then I plug in to my amps, to find out they also sound wicked good. Sweet! Oh, I nearly popped a vein from the excitement...

They are very different from each other. The Zero Dot is like a Strat on steroids - that bridge humbucker really makes guitar a rocker when needed.

The Bender has that Gibson-ish sound, as well as feel. Lots of sustain and it makes me play in a different way. Very fat, and rich tone. Gorgeous neck on it too.

Demos will come, hang on!

 

[syo]

I just received word that our tweed cases are shipping from the factory today. I was surprised to find that they added our logo to the cases! I would have opted for a little different placement however it was not expected that they would be adding logos as our quantity was too small for this order. We just wanted to be sure of quality issues before ordering too many.

Here's a shot of it:

 

[FrankenFretter]

Nice case! I love tweed. That looks great, Syo! Are they relatively universal, or does each guitar (or should I say guilar?) get it's own special type of case?

 

[Tig]

I just received word that our tweed cases are shipping from the factory today. I was surprised to find that they added our logo to the cases! I would have opted for a little different placement however it was not expected that they would be adding logos as our quantity was too small for this order. We just wanted to be sure of quality issues before ordering too many.

That was a nice surprise! The case looks really cool.

I

can't

wait

 

[syo]

Nice case! I love tweed. That looks great, Syo! Are they relatively universal, or does each guitar (or should I say guilar?) get it's own special type of case?

Hey Sean.
Unfortunately it's universal for now as molds are rather expensive for short runs. However once sales can justify it I intend to create custom cases as well. I some experience helping design cases (mostly violin/cello cases) for a Chinese company. I'm looking forward to designing for guitar as well.

 

[Ch0jin]

Super classy. I like that look a whole lot. What colour are you going for on the inside?

 

[Ch0jin]

Syo, I am more than excited. These guitars feel fantastic! Then I plug in to my amps, to find out they also sound wicked good. Sweet! Oh, I nearly popped a vein from the excitement...

They are very different from each other. The Zero Dot is like a Strat on steroids - that bridge humbucker really makes guitar a rocker when needed.

The Bender has that Gibson-ish sound, as well as feel. Lots of sustain and it makes me play in a different way. Very fat, and rich tone. Gorgeous neck on it too.

Demos will come, hang on!

So what you're saying is, we should be saving for all three? I anticipate quite a few "NHGD" threads in the future.......

 

[Robert]

Get all 3! 3 is a good number, all things come together once you have 3 of something. Ain't that right? I mean, just look at the 3 Musketeers, you couldn't have just 2 of them, now could you! (now I sound like David St Hubbins...).

 

[Dragon Rider]

Get all 3! 3 is a good number, all things come together once you have 3 of something. Ain't that right? I mean, just look at the 3 Musketeers, you couldn't have just 2 of them, now could you! (now I sound like David St Hubbins...).

Yup, lets see what things come in threes.

Hell Guitars
but I'm not sure how I'm going to hide/explain three guitars, the old stand by, oh, I've had that for a while can't be stretched to three guitars.

The floating cords used to play EVERY AC/DC song.


Guitar chords in punk music

Sneezes


Yawns (Ha ha, now you've got to yawn)

 

[bcdon]

Get all 3! 3 is a good number, all things come together once you have 3 of something. Ain't that right? I mean, just look at the 3 Musketeers, you couldn't have just 2 of them, now could you! (now I sound like David St Hubbins...).

You forgot to mention The Three Stooges! Why I Oughta...order three Hell guilars!

 

[bcdon]

Yawns (Ha ha, now you've got to yawn)

Damn! It even works on the internets!

 

[bcdon]

Just a friendly 'poke' there, syo! :dude

 

[FrankenFretter]

He must be busy interviewing for the Hell Dancers positions. It's a rough job, but someone has to do it!

 

[syo]

He must be busy interviewing for the Hell Dancers positions. It's a rough job, but someone has to do it!

Yes well, that and wasting time messing with pictures...

Actually Don, things have been insanely busy this past week. Been meaning to write you an email. Hopefully tonight.

This Hell thing will be wonderful if it doesn't kill me before I can get it going properly...:messedup:

 

[bcdon]

LOL.. That is too funny! You'll get it all done, syo! Hang in there! :dude

 

[Tig]

Take your time. Do it your way. That's the nice thing about being your own boss.

 

[syo]

Take your time. Do it your way. That's the nice thing about being your own boss.

Thanks Don and Tig. I know I can always count on you guys to understand. Yeah, I've been my own boss most of my adult life but find that it's actually tougher than working for someone. For me anyway. When it's my show I'm very keen that things go as well as possible so I put quite a bit of pressure on meself. Maybe I should start drinking more...
:beer:

 

[deeaa]

Yup, lets see what things come in threes.

Hell Guitars
but I'm not sure how I'm going to hide/explain three guitars, the old stand by, oh, I've had that for a while can't be stretched to three guitars.

The floating cords used to play EVERY AC/DC song.


Guitar chords in punk music

Sneezes


Yawns (Ha ha, now you've got to yawn)

Um, wives?
I've always been a believer in pairs, though. I tend to always want two similar guitars. Like right now I have two strats,two gibson scales, two shredders and two acoustics but only one bass. It doesn't count.

 

[bcdon]

Maybe I should start drinking more...

May I suggest this then? Cheers!

 

[syo]

May I suggest this then? Cheers!

Sure Don! Why not bring one (case) over?

I could use this now more than before actually. I recently received a large shipment of cases and have been lugging them around and last night, threw my back out. Then tried to stretch it out and made it worse. This happens to me maybe once a year or so, but very bad timing now. Went to the local accupuncture clinic this morning which has helped a little, however they didn't give me any whiskey...

On second thought, I may be out your way before too long Don. Maybe I'll bring one along with me...:beer:

 

[bcdon]

On second thought, I may be out your way before too long Don. Maybe I'll bring one along with me...:beer:

Anytime, my friend! :beer:

 

[Ch0jin]

Syo you clearly need a roadie!

 

[syo]

Syo you clearly need a roadie!

Yeah I've been thinking similarly Ch0. Actually do have a part-time roadie who removed the cases from their cartons but it was up to me (for some reason) to put them away. Definitely need a full-timer! But soon most of the guitars/cases will be shipped to the US so I'll have less to lug around.

More than anything though, I need to get back in shape. I used to be a 10-35 kilometer a day rollerblader. Now I feel proud of myself for carrying the groceries from the car to kitchen. Because we're almost always working, we've hired people to do the cleaning, cooking, yardwork etc. I finally noticed that while they are all 10-20 years older than me, they're all much healthier. Maybe time to dust off the skates, get back in shape and, in general, get off of my a$$...
:running