Other Metal Bodied Custom Guitars
I originally saw the Harely Davidson Fender Strat hanging in a local guitar shop. It was gorgeous, chrome and gold and shimmerng but with a price tag of 45,000... well that is just silly. But it did prompt me to find out more.
One of the metal bodied guitars I ran across was Veleno® guitars and when I read his list of players, it absolutely inspired me. Look at this list.
Famous Veleno Guitar Owners
- Mark Bolan of “T-Rex”
- Eric Clapton;
- Greg Allman, Allman Brother’s Band;
- Lou Reed;
- Johnny Winter;
- Ace Frehley of “KISS”;
- Todd Rundgren;
- Dolly Parton,;
- Sonny Bonno;
- Dan Ferguson, former personal guitarist for the Sonny and Cher shows (who claimed it was incredibly the best studio guitar he had ever used);
- Steve Albini of “Shellac” and producer of “Nirvana”;
- Pete Haycock of the “Climax Blues Band” who owned three Veleno’s;
- Ray Monette of “Rare Earth”;
- Mark Farner of “Grand Funk Railroad, who owned three Veleno guitars;
- Ronnie Montrose of “Montrose” and “The Edgar Winters Band”;
- Lonesome Dave Peverett of “Foghat”;
- Jeff Lynne of “Electric Light Orchestra”;
- Mick Mars of “Motley Crue”;
- Terry Blankenship of “Daemon”;
- Austrailian punk aesthetic Ed Kueper “The Saints”;
- John Stone of “Chocolate & Vanilla”;
- Keith Levene of The Clash, and known for his outstanding guitar work in “PIL”;
- Robert Bond of “Rise”;
- Mark Klyne of “Loveday”;
- Robbie Krieger of “The Doors”;
- David Black of “Seduce”;
- Frank DeTulio of “Depot”;
- Mario DeMurier of “The James Gang”;
- John Olofson of “Babel”;
- David Surkamp of “Pavlov’s Dog”;
- Ted Smida of “Out of Control;
- David Robinson of “The Cars” (Veleno guitar shown on their “Panorama”album;
- Johnny Depp;
- Frank Hannon of “Tesla”;
- Twiggy Rameriez of “Marilyn Manson”;
- Eric Erlandson of “Hole” who owns three Velenos;
- Bob Rock, I know he has one ’cause he told me. ( pc )
Zematis
"Always working to improve his designs, he came across a major innovation – his now famous Zemaitis Metal Front™. The original idea was to shield the guitar and reduce hum. The first was made for Tony McPhee of the Groundhogs and the idea was successful in more ways than one. Not only did it reduce noise, but the highly decorative, individually hand-engraved pieces became a signature piece of art favored by rock's elite."
That is kinda what happened to us, we started with one idea in mind and then ended up with these fantastic evolutions. The reduction of hum is a signficent feature of our guitars as well.
