INVICTUS #3 - 7-string Bloodwood! I love it when someone comes to me with the blueprint to make something phenomenal. This one was a lot of hard work, but well worth it. Specs on this one include:
-Bloodwood neck-thru construction -Bloodwood fretboard - 24 frets -Bloodwood body top -Alder body wings dyed black -7-string -Natural high gloss finish -Floyd Rose 7-string tremolo - gold -Gold hardware -Dimarzio X2N-7 @ bridge direct mounted -Dimarzio D Sonic 7 @ neck direct mounted -Black body binding -Black head and neck binding -Jumbo fretwire - gold -Schaller locking tuners -Allen wrench holder -Dunlop straplocks -25.5" scale length -fretboard radius - 14" -1 7/8" locking nut -"Ripper" style head -3-way PU switch, tone, killswitch -"M" logo inlay in gold MOP -Anarchy inlays - black MOP -Anarchy inlay @ 11,12,13th frets in Abalone -Custom neck thickness @ 1st - 12th .885"
Price tag: $2,970 w/ custom case *may not include recent price increase
"Wow! This is just proof that good things happen to those who wait. The action is great. The intonation is perfect! The tone is just so loud, articulate, and powerful. And what's even better is that tone is great all the way around the fretboard! The highs are crisp, without that 'scratchy' sound, and the lows are very tight. Since I've gotten this guitar, I've become a guitar-hermit once agian! The greatness of this axe doesn't stop with the tone. It looks sinister as hell too! At rehearsal, I just put it up on a stand and we just looked at it for about 5 minutes in awe. I just have one question, Brent: How could something so beautiful be so wicked at the same time?" -Ryan
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INVICTUS - #2 - This is for Arne in Germany! Some features include:
-24 fret maple neck -neck-through construction -cherry body -ebony fingerboard -25" scale -12" radius -Full "Invictus" inlays -Floyd Rose tremolo -Schaller locking tuners -EMG-H4a bridge pickup -EMG-H2 neck pickup -Neck binding -.820" thin neck -Purpleburst / black fade high gloss finish -Silver edge pinstriping -Dunlop strap locks
Price Tag: $2,400
"HOLY SH*T!!! This is the best guitar I've ever seen in the world! Can't take my eyes of it!!! That is really an awesome masterpiece! Can't wait to have it in my hands and raise the roof! Wow."......."This 'evil master' doesn't just look beautiful, the sound is a heavy and harsh one also. So you can burn down solos and dark chords at the same time, love it. The design is devil-like, the weight is godlike. It's a very well balanced guitar, all matches perfectly. Too bad it's 'just' a piece of wood.....cannot marry it....;-) Thumbs up to the instrument you created, Brent!" - Arne
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INVICTUS - Unconquered.....enough said. It's also a cool poem....look it up. You'd be surprised how comfortable and practical this design really is. One new striking feature is the flat black / satin black paint job.....flat on the flat parts.....satin on the carved parts.....looks really cool when you can get the right light going. This one has a 22-fret bolt-on neck, 25.5" scale length with no inlays, Gotoh tuners, and Gotoh flat-mount bridge. EMG-HZ H2 bridge pickup. Invictushead design. Price tag: $1,025.
"First of all, I think you should start a new tradition that would entail you sending a package containing a pair of new undergarments and message saying "Something wicked this way comes." to prepare all of your new customers. For do not doubt that something wicked indeed arrived. When I opened the case it was as if I was opening Pandora's Box and all the evils of the Universe were consolidated into one sinister artifact, The Invictus. This thing is ALIVE! It's power transcends it's mere organic components. This is a writhing black beast that was summoned from the Cuthulu Mythos. You are not just a Master Craftsman but a Grand Magus! For I do not doubt that you have a legion of demons under your employ that you have siphoning blocks of obsidian and granite from the bowels of the Earth which you transmogrify with other nefarious ingredients and incantations over smoldering cauldrons giving birth to these monstrous incarnations. This thing terrifies even the likes of me for it does possess it's own soul. It plucks at the strings that bind me to this mortal coil and with every note I am entertaining death. You are truly an Evil Genius! In closing I will use these borrowed words from the Great actor, Bruce Campbell, to spell out plainly the power of the Invictus....."This is my boom stick!"'- Murder (Teratism)
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INVICTUS BASS - The demand for a more extreme styled bass has led me to this, the Invictus Bass. This one has a 34" scale maple neck-through construction with ebony fingerboard and mahogany body sides. The pickups are dual EMG-35DC's w/ an EMG-BTC system. The paint is a metallic crimson / black fade w/ clear coat. It has gravestone inlays at the 11th, 12th, & 13th frets as well as a grim reaper inlay at the 5th fret. Price tag: $1,900 w/ custom fit coffin case. This one lives in New Orleans with Jason and his band Zombie Legion. "I plugged it directly into the Line 6 and it sounds beautiful Brent...and the only thing that can compliment the sound are the looks. This thing is gorgeous...you have the best combination of what a guitar/bass should be and the other guys need to watch out."They are, Jason, they are. ".....and it is balanced perfectly. You truly are a great craftsman."
