Warmart
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Found this one of FB Marketplace, only 250 miles away! Practically next door, considering it's from Poland. 
Traded an unused modeler and some $$ and it's all mines! Seller can't play thin necks, and bought it via Reverb - said that was the only thing he didn't like.
Ruf follows a similar formula as Aristides, although it's of course their own composite resin - but there's not a single atom of wood anywhere. They only seem to have 2 models, this Schrodinger and a V style. They do have three different tiers where you get more options, etc. Here's a link to some of what they've built.
This has Hipshot bridge and tuners, EMG 85 w/volume, stainless frets, magnetized rear cover and a richlite board - done to simulate lizard scales, lol. I've never owned a single pickup guitar, nor a reverse headstock - at least that I can remember, lol. Fretwork is very well done, no sharpies and level up and down the neck.
Got it home and wasn't super impressed with the sound, had gobs and gobs of relief and the pickup (EMG 85) was really badly slanted.
Put new strings on it today, fixed the pickup, tightened the piss out of the truss rod, etc. etc., and wham - sounds really good now!! Action is now uber low with miniscule relief. Never had an EMG 85 in the bridge, but it sounds leagues better than the 81 I had in the Jackson I moved along last year. Still highly likely that I'll change for a passive pickup, but no rush. The output jack is on its last legs, and the one and only thing I don't like is the output jack location. It's too far around the bottom towards the rear, very close to getting in the way playing in classical position.
Can sorta see how bad the pickup was slanted, but it was worse than it looks here!
Tone is in the Energizer Max, not them rabbit batteries
Was listed as EMG 81 but saw the previous owner's Reverb listing, saying it was an 85. Proof!
Traded an unused modeler and some $$ and it's all mines! Seller can't play thin necks, and bought it via Reverb - said that was the only thing he didn't like.Ruf follows a similar formula as Aristides, although it's of course their own composite resin - but there's not a single atom of wood anywhere. They only seem to have 2 models, this Schrodinger and a V style. They do have three different tiers where you get more options, etc. Here's a link to some of what they've built.
This has Hipshot bridge and tuners, EMG 85 w/volume, stainless frets, magnetized rear cover and a richlite board - done to simulate lizard scales, lol. I've never owned a single pickup guitar, nor a reverse headstock - at least that I can remember, lol. Fretwork is very well done, no sharpies and level up and down the neck.
Got it home and wasn't super impressed with the sound, had gobs and gobs of relief and the pickup (EMG 85) was really badly slanted.
Put new strings on it today, fixed the pickup, tightened the piss out of the truss rod, etc. etc., and wham - sounds really good now!! Action is now uber low with miniscule relief. Never had an EMG 85 in the bridge, but it sounds leagues better than the 81 I had in the Jackson I moved along last year. Still highly likely that I'll change for a passive pickup, but no rush. The output jack is on its last legs, and the one and only thing I don't like is the output jack location. It's too far around the bottom towards the rear, very close to getting in the way playing in classical position.
Can sorta see how bad the pickup was slanted, but it was worse than it looks here!
Tone is in the Energizer Max, not them rabbit batteries
Was listed as EMG 81 but saw the previous owner's Reverb listing, saying it was an 85. Proof!
I guess they don't interfere with the sound.
