The Bilt Relevator

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:42 pm

What the fuck.

http://biltguitars.com/

$2200 can now get you a Fender Marauder with Duncan Antiquity II Jazzy and Jag pickups and built in fuzz factory/delay.

http://www.thelutherieshop.com/bilt/ima ... nction.pdf

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:45 pm

hm...repost?

i remember this being up a few weeks ago.

cool looking guitar, way overpriced.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:45 pm

Someone on the forum already has one of those. Or something very similar. It's pretty cool.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:47 pm

Damn it, I searched for Bilt, and Relevator.

I know which guitar you mean Gavin but I thought since this is a copy of a Fender headstock design that might have been different.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:51 pm

http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtop ... t=marauder

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:00 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:the cover for the trem still looks like a chrome leotard

brianeharmonjr · Post by **brianeharmonjr** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:29 pm

That price kinda excites me. I was expecting it to be more and I'm tempted to sell my Country Gentleman to fund the purchase of one of these. I REALLY dig these.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:43 pm

how much would you sell that for?

brianeharmonjr · Post by **brianeharmonjr** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:02 am

I don't know if I'm ready to take that step yet. It's a like new G6122II (real f-holes and no flip mutes) and I'd hate to part with it.

blankfield · Post by **blankfield** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:58 pm

Those look like tone weapons. Very cool!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:44 pm

the demo they have up for this is fucking stupid, it explains nothing and showcases no real sounds at all.
it would be better if they just described how it worked and the switches/sound. i think they are cool, and the price is not that weird to me.
in reality its cheap....
i say this without knowing how they are building but since its a small luthier styled shop its pretty good, you gotta figure that in just wood alone its about 150 bucks, then all the switches are around 100-150 bucks.
then the trem plate, tuners, pups, wire, paint, frets(tey are on the cheapz tho)
so in raw parts its probly 600-1,000.00 on its own(depending)
that does not include hands on work time like sanding, soldering, painting, fret work, set up work, etc.
so, yeah, good price.
im afraid that i would re-wire it and get rid of the fuzz thing and probly change the pup situation.

brianeharmonjr · Post by **brianeharmonjr** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:24 pm

Did you watch all the videos or just one? It's been a while since I checked out the sight, but I know I watched at least 3 or 4 different videos, one of which went through the controls in a pretty detailed way.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:57 pm

Jesus Christ. that guitar sounds like shit. Watch the pickup selector one. It's just GASH.

Audible buzzing, zero sustain, fretnoise, eurgh

Post by **Mike** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:58 pm

Oh and by the way, that's a Fuzz Factory and a Carbon Copy in there.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:59 pm

what a letdown.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:08 pm

i only saw one, a few weeks ago, and it was enough to make me not want one. it was that bad.
i still think that it would be worth re-wiring it to something more interesting, becuz really, unless it has a thunder in it, I DOES NOT WANT BUILT IN EFFECTS!

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:09 pm

Mike wrote:Jesus Christ. that guitar sounds like shit. Watch the pickup selector one. It's just GASH.

Audible buzzing, zero sustain, fretnoise, eurgh

With the components they used it's kinda strange that it ended up this badly. Specs-wise it seems like it would play/ring out like a Jazzmaster, but clearly that's not the case. Perhaps it was poorly set up??

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:20 pm

Just too much shit in one guitar. Ugly as hell, too.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:14 am

timhulio wrote:Just too much shit in one guitar. Ugly as hell, too.

this, though i want one of the necks to make a starcaster

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:19 am

finboy wrote:
timhulio wrote:Just too much shit in one guitar. Ugly as hell, too.
this, though i want one of the necks to make a starcaster

+1 to both sentiments. cock-stocks ruel.