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Siggery Deimos Fan-Fret 7-string

"Siebenhund"

 

Another one of Marty Siggery's handmade creations, and a bloody masterpiece. This one has a thick walnut top over a swamp ash body, with a bolt-on neck made from wenge, bubinga and purple heart. Aesthetically, the rear-view of the neck is ... just ... beautiful. The depth of the colours is stunning, its just a shame that they're on the back of the neck! Note how this one is a fanned-fret like 'Achthund', but that the fan at the nut isn't too exaggerated, which makes it feel less weird than the 8-stringer; when you look down towards the nut, you see frets pretty much where you expect them to be, not splaying away from you. Is the headstock on this a bit of a rip-off of the BlackMachine headstock? You decide. But how many guitar makers use strathead designs, and how many started using pointy-headstocks after Jackson introduced them? Headstock designs are fair game in my book. Click the link to go to Siggery's website ... see how NONE of the photos of the Deimos show the headstock? I understand that Doug (Mr Blackmachine) and Jon Law (of Feline Guitars, who builds a lot of the Blackmachine guitars) are a little pissed that Marty 'borrowed' their headstock! This was retro-fitted with Seymour Duncan Blackouts by the original owner's luthier, and it was done very cleanly (the body needed extra routing due to the small size of Siggery's in-house pickups). He also removed the tone control, moved the volume control to the tone control's original position, and then plugged the little hole with more walnut. You can see it if you look for it, but its a very tidy job. The Blackouts are pretty brutal pickups. In action, this plays REALLY nicely, with a fast neck and great balance. The seventh string doesn't put you off either (like an 8th string can!), its all very easy and natural. Great stuff. I'd perhaps like one of Marty's six-strings one day ... maybe even with straight frets! By the way, this wants to do Djent A LOT, but I refuse to allow it to.

 

EDIT:  I understand that, as of early February 2015, Marty Siggery and Siggery Guitars are no longer trading.  Not good news.  All the best Marty.