Shark Guitars (dweezil/namm '26 content)

Very cool!
But why so ugly? (at least to me :sofa )

If everything is made out of Titanium - that's good to be expensive!
 
Very pricy stuff, but the guitars aren't unreasonable for custom guitars. Don't love most of the body shapes, but love that they kept the shark theme on the headstocks!
 
A lot of cool tech here. The nut, neck joint and bridge stuff is really cool. The fret adjustment is insane.

Btw, here's that guy, Cem, on guitar:



You can tell he was/is a huge fan of Yngwie.
 
Very cool stuff and Cem is clearly a very talented engineer, however my personal opinion is that they should focus on selling the bridge, nut and fret tech to OEM's and customers who want to retrofit their existing guitars. They should ditch the onboard electronics and switchable pickups. The ability to change pickups on the fly is something that pops up every few years and is never able to gain any traction in the market. The same goes for onboard pedals. The market has spoken and guitarists simply don't want either one. Lastly, I would recommend working with a designer to develop a more elegant body design and ditch the fake headstock. Floyd Rose had fake headstocks on their Speedloader-equipped guitars, and I always thought it was a mistake. In 2026 headless guitars are everywhere, so just embrace it. Just my 2 cents...
 
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Oddguitar said:
Very cool stuff and Cem is clearly a very talented engineer, however my personal opinion is that they should focus on selling the bridge, nut and fret tech to OEM's and customers who want to retrofit their existing guitars. They should ditch the onboard electronics and switchable pickups. The ability to change pickups on the fly is something that pops up every few years and is never able to gain any traction in the market. The same goes for onboard pedals. The market has spoken and guitarists simply don't want either one. Lastly, I would recommend working with a designer to develop a more elegant body design and ditch the fake headstock. Floyd Rose had fake headstocks on their Speedloader-equipped guitars, and I always thought it was a mistake. In 2026 headless guitars are everywhere, so just embrace it. Just my 2 cents...
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I don't disagree. But I think him building these guitar designs is smart. It showcases some very unique technical advancements that will get people talking and spawn some business partnerships.
 
Absolutely features I’d love to see in other guitars. All the fret/nut stuff is perfect for getting a guitar playing exactly how you want it and while the pickup situation is clunky as is, I love the idea of it.
 
I LOVE this. A lot of these ideas have been touched on by other builders over the years, but the execution here is next-level.

Glad to hear they're looking to sell parts (e.g. bridge and nut) to other manufacturers, and I hope there's some uptake. I seriously doubt I'd ever be able to afford a custom Shark build (and some of the features aren't specifically of interest to me, even if they're all really cool.)

"So crazy. You're a madman."
"Yeah, thank you very much."

:D
 
Oddguitar said:
Very cool stuff and Cem is clearly a very talented engineer, however my personal opinion is that they should focus on selling the bridge, nut and fret tech to OEM's and customers who want to retrofit their existing guitars. They should ditch the onboard electronics and switchable pickups. The ability to change pickups on the fly is something that pops up every few years and is never able to gain any traction in the market. The same goes for onboard pedals. The market has spoken and guitarists simply don't want either one. Lastly, I would recommend working with a designer to develop a more elegant body design and ditch the fake headstock. Floyd Rose had fake headstocks on their Speedloader-equipped guitars, and I always thought it was a mistake. In 2026 headless guitars are everywhere, so just embrace it. Just my 2 cents...
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FWIW, he talks about this very idea, e.g. selling the bridge (and nut, presumably) as an OEM part to other manufacturers. Of course, they'll be very expensive parts, so I don't know how likely this is to take off. That's kind of a universal problem for innovative designs: guitarists have learned to live with old, flawed tech (we often celebrate the flaws, even), and that tech has become ubiquitous and inexpensive when it needs to be.

(I agree about the onboard effects not being particularly compelling.)
 
P.S. For the first half of the video, I keep getting distracted by the EVO Jem in the background with all the extra controls on it. Then somebody walks by and pulls it out of frame, like they're worried it's stealing the show. Would like a follow up video on that guitar LOL.
 
I'd like to have a version without the onboard effects and swappable pickups.

Just the bridge, nut, and neck in a prs/fender shape... and maybe a boost circuit..

edit: I don't hate the body shape, it just needs a belly and forearm carve.. give it a little "parker" touch
 
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