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Which design do you like the best?

1
5
15%
2
3
9%
3
2
6%
4
3
9%
5
12
36%
6
3
9%
7
4
12%
8
0
No votes
9
1
3%
10
0
No votes
11
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 33
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I suspect that one of the reasons 5 was so popular (and probably why I voted for it) is because it has a Jaguar like upper horn.

I think they all look great, and more importantly they all remind me of the Snowboard bootclips you designed. I think having your own recognisable style must be very valuable. It all looks awesome and identifiable as having been designed by you.

The CAD moclups look amazing. The second one reminded me that it might be an idea to have interchangeable control sets, so that one of a set of control consoles can be slid in depending on what you want (1 vol, 1 tone; OR 3 vol, 3 tone, 7-way switch, phase, coil taps, series/parallel, onboard effetcs OR somewhere in between). That might not be practicable in real world playing, though.
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CAD mockups do look tasty! Yeah, I'm studying it at a secondary level school, (even if I'm way too old to study there, usually students are 16-18). I applied to
Lahti Institute of Design, which is maybe the no. 1 or 2 school here. Hopefully I get in. Truly, the ID world is really tiny, and unknown. None of my relatives get what I'm
studying, they all think it's something "artsy" etc. Who are your favorite designers?

Finnish Flaxwood is using recycled materials http://www.flaxwood.com/about+flaxwood/technology/. The guitars are supposed to be really good, but a bit too
"guru-ish" for my tastes.
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