Guitarzan Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 After a recent trip to a local pawn shop I drug home an interesting axe. A Fernandes vertigo custom xr. What is that you say? A maple neck thru ,maple bodied , ebony fretboard with a single seymour duncan full shred pickup. Come to find out it was a signature guitar made in 02 to 04 for then Rob Zombie guitarist Mike riggs. There is no fancy decoration with his name anywhere but it has chrome x inlays and "scumbag" at the 12th fret. Not totally nuts over the scumbag but it is very nicely built and sounds crisp and sustaining. Seeing it is around twelve years old I plan on getting some fretwork done to maximize playbility. Who ever owned it had it strung up pretty heavy as the strings didn't sit in the nut , my guess 12s. The body is a cross between an explorer and a jaguar but comfy to hold with rear contouring like a strat. The real freaky thing is it has only a kill switch ..no volume. That is correct, on or off. I most likely add a volume. It really is quite the beast with tons of resonance. With the neck thru it has no heel and plays to the last fret easily. I have no pics unfortunately. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Congrats from one member of the Fernandes Fraternity to another! Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Thanks, it would have been cool to have been an elite with the sustainer. I am toying with adding a neck pickup like a chopper and adding the vertigo elite style pickguard. It does have a control cavity routed in back. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Congratulations, 'Zan! Sounds like a cool, fun axe. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_C Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Enjoy your new guitar, 'Zan! If you play cool, you are cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 doesn't surprise me that the nut was set up for 12s - most of RZ's material is done on guitars tuned down 2 whole steps, from E to C. http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Psmith Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Great find, 'Zan! IIRC, Adrian Belew had a Vertigo for a while. It is a very cool, and unusual body style. Enjoy! "Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King http://www.novparolo.com https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Pics, or it never happened. Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 http://www.fernandesguitars.com/vertigo/vertigo-x.html dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 That is definitely the space age bachelor pad of guitar shapes. Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Congrats Zan! Have fun with it! Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Pics, or it never happened. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 I will try to get some pics up this weekend on the wifes laptop. That link DBM put up is a vertigo but not the actual model. Lucky for me there is lots of room in the routed cavity for a volume and three way switch if I choose to mod it. The only thing that is presently in it is the wires to the output jack. As most "metal" geetars it is flat black. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 That is definitely the space age bachelor pad of guitar shapes. Art deco coffee table . http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 doesn't surprise me that the nut was set up for 12s - most of RZ's material is done on guitars tuned down 2 whole steps, from E to C. You missundastood...the nut wasn't handling the large strings. They sat on top and not in the slots. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Per the kill switch, I usually play w/ the gtr full up, using a vol ped for attenuation. I think more tone comes through. d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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