Current Happenings

[Nelson Instruments]

As a lot of you are probably aware I've been in the midst of a reboot and reworking of....well everything really.

One thing I've been thinking/ working a lot in is consolidating and streamlining my offerings and trying to zero in on the models that might hold the most potential.

With that being said I've made the decision to move away from all of my neck- through models.
The Grifter, while being a very recent addition, is the last neck- through guitar currently on my website but even though the new/ forthcoming Cosmonaut model will be more of an offset with bolted neck there are too many similarities between them and I want to eliminate redundancies.

So with that being said, I have 6 Grifters on hand (5 right handed and 1 lefty) and if anyone might be interested in one I'll offer them on a "down low" discount. ;-)

Going forward the proposed lineup is going to be:

Solid body: Cosmonaut
Semi solid: Provocateur
Semi hollow: Coquette
And a forthcoming hollowbody TBD

For basses I have the Paramount which I think I am going to transition to a set neck.

I have been planning a Cosmonaut bass which would be a bolt on neck bass and I will be making a prototype but if it ends up being an official offering will depend on if it ends up being too similar to the Paramount.

I am also thinking of officially offering the Coquette bass (semi hollow) but will wait until I have a couple more prototypes done and out the door to know how they are received.

I was thinking of doing a semi solid short scale bass and might make a prototype just for kicks but based on the extremely thin response I've been getting I'm just not sure it's worth it to offer one, but we'll see.

Thoughts? Questions? Personal problems? ;-)

[PeteeBee]

Color me interested to see what all happens. As I've said before, I don't think I'll ever pony up the money for a nice guitar, at least not until I am done with school, but I always enjoy your stuffs. Really interested to see the future hollow body.

[Chuckchuck]

Upgrade big MM style humbuckers on SX 6-string bass: need to route the pickup cavities & dremel the pickguard to fit them. It's been a while since I worked on this but now that I'm down to no basses I've got a fire under my ass.
Matt Freeman bass otw, will get BEAD strings when it arrives, possibly lighten the body if necessary. I do this by grinding down the back of the horns & body, sometimes the front--like an Aerodyne. It's basswood so I don't think it will require a body carve. Another quickie is to ditch the knobs and string tree for aluminum, but those are negligible.

[Chuckchuck]

As a lot of you are probably aware I've been in the midst of a reboot and reworking of....well everything really.

One thing I've been thinking/ working a lot in is consolidating and streamlining my offerings and trying to zero in on the models that might hold the most potential.

With that being said I've made the decision to move away from all of my neck- through models.
The Grifter, while being a very recent addition, is the last neck- through guitar currently on my website but even though the new/ forthcoming Cosmonaut model will be more of an offset with bolted neck there are too many similarities between them and I want to eliminate redundancies.

So with that being said, I have 6 Grifters on hand (5 right handed and 1 lefty) and if anyone might be interested in one I'll offer them on a "down low" discount. ;-)

Going forward the proposed lineup is going to be:

Solid body: Cosmonaut
Semi solid: Provocateur
Semi hollow: Coquette
And a forthcoming hollowbody TBD

For basses I have the Paramount which I think I am going to transition to a set neck.

I have been planning a Cosmonaut bass which would be a bolt on neck bass and I will be making a prototype but if it ends up being an official offering will depend on if it ends up being too similar to the Paramount.

I am also thinking of officially offering the Coquette bass (semi hollow) but will wait until I have a couple more prototypes done and out the door to know how they are received.

I was thinking of doing a semi solid short scale bass and might make a prototype just for kicks but based on the extremely thin response I've been getting I'm just not sure it's worth it to offer one, but we'll see.

Thoughts? Questions? Personal problems? ;-)

Cool instruments!

[Nelson Instruments]

Here's a taste of the new stuff going on. First of all after a positive initial reception to the Paramount bass I've been working on refining the design. Here are a couple pics of the new style. I took the original design and just moved the lines around a bit.





Also over the years there have been a few folks that have suggested that the "classic" Nelson headstock design was not exciting to them. I figured the redesigned bass should get a redesigned headstock. So on the left you see the Classic headstock (which is obviously still available) and on the right you see the new "Dapper Dan" headstock. What do you think?

[Chankgeez]

I like how it looks like something took a bite out of the headstock.

[ChetMagongalo]

looks nice! i like what you did with the paramount, I think it might look cooler if you rounded out the pointed corners on the pickguard

[Nelson Instruments]

Thanks you two! I know the points on the guard aren't going to please everyone but I like 'em and think they add a nce visal contrast to the soft curves of the body AAANNNNNNDDDD with the new "Dapper Dan" headstock the points of the guard tie the headstock in better. :-)

[morange]

Hey, nice moves.

[ChetMagongalo]

Thanks you two! I know the points on the guard aren't going to please everyone but I like 'em and think they add a nce visal contrast to the soft curves of the body AAANNNNNNDDDD with the new "Dapper Dan" headstock the points of the guard tie the headstock in better. :-)

I gotcha, I just love being picky

[bronzetalon]

This thing is looking killer

[oldangelmidnight]

Looks like it wants a high five.

[Nelson Instruments]

The bass pictured above will be painted satin black and will have a white guard with one pickup.
Here are a couple more. The mahogany bass is the only Nelson made of Honduran mahogany. I'm thinking of making it a satin cherry red, single pickup, and tortoise guard.

[Nelson Instruments]

Took a break from new work to work on getting this Coquette finished up. I'm in a bit of a financial bind at the moment and need to get at least SOMETHING sold. If you know anyone looking for a badass guitar this one is sporting a beautiful satin natural finish and will have a price tag of a mere $1095 plus shipping!

[Eivind August]

Oh shit.