Quicksilver Reviews

 Scientific Review By Austin Crawford

Hello,
I want to start by saying I've seen alot of guitars made by your hand perform admirably. I would love to have one.

From long years experience I know that the heart of the build of a guitar is the neck joint. Using a vibration transducer, a device that measures the amplitude and frequency of vibration from point A to B, I proved scientifically your Quicksilver guitars (glue free neck bolt in w/ machine screws & fasteners) are better in that sense.
More vibration transference means more sustain, and more of the tone of the wood will translate back into the strings making an actual difference. Most guitars should just be fretboard, strings, bridge and pickup with how much vibration is lost in shoddy neck joints. 

A std. bolt on for an average Fender Stratocaster loses about 50% of it's amplitude, meaning 50% less sustain and 50% less tone. Cheaper Walmart guitars go upwards of 80% amplitude loss in the neck joint and a change in the frequency which is... unfathomable. A large part of this isn't actually the materials or how what kind of screw is used but that the neck is sitting on a flange of wood thinner than the neck itself, and doesn't fit snug.

After testing a Quicksilver I was astounded. The amplitude loss from the strap-lock at the bottom of the guitar to the tip of the headstock was only 20.5%! That is phenomenal considering a single steel rod loses 12%.

The fact that your necks aren't bolted ON but rather IN the body means that more surface area of the neck joins with the wood of the body. Along with it being a tight fit without the screws.

The reason I'm saying all of this is so you can show others scientific research and numbers, along with tools to prove it for themselves. A bit of sales candy for your website maybe?

Now onto the guitar I want. I don't have the budget for the perfect Quicksilver, but I can get pretty close.

Quicksilver Guitar, Archtop Model Bolt In.
Gaboon ebony fretboard.
Duo burst (translucent nitro), from sky blue center to white outside.
Locking Tuners
Straplocks (Schaller)
1500g on fretboard as well as neck. (if possible)
Copper tape shielding, Star grounding
MOP angel feather fret markers

On the subject of the guitar case, I need a good one. I'm a US Army soldier and need something that will keep the guitar well protected against extreme heat (over 150 degrees), extreme cold (Below 20 degrees) and zero to one hundred percent humidity all in the same day!. I don't know how much this case will cost but would love to hear what you know.

My budget is $4,000, or $6,000 on a payment plan. I want to know what kind of woods I can put on the neck/body that wouldn't break the $4,000 and which ones wouldn't break the $6,000.

The following are things that I understand come standard/free.

Speed Knobs (Transparent/same color as body or just clear) <If Possible>
If you can't do completely clear or same as the body just to knurled knobs.
Tone-Pros Tun-o-matic Bridge, string through body
(Please tell me how much it would be to input graph-tech saddles)
Premium Nickel Silver Frets
Graphite Nut
Figured quilted maple top standard grade
MOP Inlaid Logo
I look forward to hearing from you.
 
Sincerely,
Austin Crawford

Quicksilver  Comes In Below Austin's Budget !!!

Hello Austin

I just quoted out your guitar that you want at $3,680.00 based on your list above including a 400.00 road case. Not including the inlays because I have not seen what they look like so I cannot quote !!!  

Average inlays  $400.00,  I am coming out below or on the low side of your budget.  I will need 1000.00 to start the project.  You must think these guitars are very expensive.  The pricing is actually very down to earth.  We come in cheaper than the machine made PRS similar models.

Thanks For Buying An Ed Roman Guitar !!!!

Ed

Ed Roman to jacobsickels, bcc: Scott
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Hello Jacob
Thanks for the nice letter !!!

We designed the Quicksilver Guitars using the PRS guitar as the benchmark to beat. There would have been no point to make them if we couldn't point to at least 10 things that made it better. See our comparison sheet and the pricelist is on the site. We figured we might as well use the best guitar we could find at the time!   PRS  (1995).

Gibson is a cookie cutter mass produced ultra corporate guitar that wishes they were made as well as a PRS. They will usually appeal to most under informed people just because of their long history. Gibson also has a huge advertising & promotion budget. It's a very simple equation when you think about it.
Gibson can afford to buy the loyalty of their customers and then when push comes to shove they just don't deliver the goods. I am speaking in general, I am sure there are some good Gibson's out there. Personally I want no part of them till their attitude changes and their prices fall in line. (Which will likely never happen until they get new management).

I wish Fender would just bite the bullet and buy them. Fender is an honorable company that treats their customers and dealers with respect and their attitude while not 110% perfect is probably the best in the industry for a large corporation. Fender & Chesbro (Ibanez) are the only ones I still enjoy dealing with !!

If you want a custom guitar you must call me or one of my people, I don't discuss prices or specs etc by email.. It takes too long and emails rarely pan out to a sale.

Thanks again for your interest and your very nice letter !!!

Ed
 

PS
  Yes we can build any guitar with the Quicksilver, Pearlcaster machine screw neck mount process.

Thanks much for your interest & inquiry.
I am way behind on Email, It's always better to call.
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