anti atom

[tom]

some have asked for pics of my new 1/3 lighter old guy with a bad back guitar. here it is. it's a hollow atom with a maple neck, alder body tre, and 2 HC humbuckers. it has proved to be a nice marraige of my hollow t classic and ct.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t103/aguitars/hollowantiatom.jpg

[markus]

Very nice! Will you offer all these options on the Atom CT soon? :)
And how about a Floyd Rose on an Atom CT? :D :eek: :D

[tom]

ah... no and no.

[markus]

http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/tears/t2338.gif

[SonicGator]

Very nice Tom. The new aTOM Special?:D

[tom]

a trem might be interesting. i don't trust floyds on mahogany necks though.
now stop crying!

[markus]

http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/tears/t2339.gif

[markus]

Also... that aTOM down there has a maple neck! ;)
FR and maple neck is no problem, right? :D

[tom]

no maple necks on ct's. that's just not right.

[bud]

no maple necks on ct's. that's just not right.
It would probably be ok with a matching headstock:p

[markus]

no maple necks on ct's. that's just not right.
Yes... I agree with that.
But I think an Atom CT with FR would still be really cool! I always wanted a LP with a FR, but dishing out $3500 for the new Gibson Les Paul Axcess Floyd Rose just doesn't make any sense...

Anyway, I shut up now. :(

[tom]

if this is what i get for sharing my little side projects i'm taking my ball and going home.

[bud]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say many if not all of us want to hear it in action. Any board tapes available for posting?

Is it 25.5?

[markus]

Sorry Tom! :( Keep sharing! Great side project!!!

[dannopelli]

That is a really cool looking guitar Tom. That maple neck with the white body is killer.

[csd]

instead of being 'sideshow bob', it's 'sideshow tom'.

very cool! i really dig it. nice combos, i bet it sounds cool too.:cool:

[csd]

hey, did i notice the drop-d lever-device?!!

[tom]

all my guitars get the drop d tuner. i use it for anything in G, D or Em.
it is 24.75" scale. am really enjoying the sounds. it has a wonderful edginess that's not harsh, and seems to be plenty big enough when it needs to be. after playing the ct's for the past year that really surprised me.
at 5.75 lbs, it's very comfy on my back.

[jness]

Hi Tom,

Very cool guitar.

Can you describe the sounds you're getting? I realize its a hybrid with ideas from many guitars, I'm curious to hear what the end result is sound-wise. Is it more "paul flavored" or "tele flavored" or a brand new flavor with those elements and the "TAG flavor"?

Much love to everyone at the shop,

Joe

[tom]

i think it's more hollow t classic than paul. i have a short hollow t classic that inspired me to try this. i am way more comfortable on the longer atom body than on a tele shape so this worked out perfect for me. it's certainly not as big and fat as my ct that i have been playing, but it sits really well in the band. it has a lovely bloom with the weaker HC1- and HC1+ pickups. i keep trying to find a better way to describe the top end on these pickups and come up short each time. they have a shzingyness(that's only 3 syllables) that never gets harsh. with either of my amps it's heavenly and i find i'm using less gain pedals because of it.

[mdrs]

if this is what i get for sharing my little side projects i'm taking my ball and going home.

Hey, we still love you, Tom. Plus, if you take your ball and go home, WE'RE COMING AFTER YOU!! :eek:

:D

How is that back doing, anyhow???

[mdrs]

Just thinkin.............

Anti Atom....is that as in "anti gravity", refering to the light weight of this guitar???

Maybe you should call it "Helium"????? "It's a hollow Helium."

:cool:

[michaelomiya]

tom, looks like another winner you've got there! love the maple neck on a single cutaway....

now how do you properly pronounce "shzingyness" again?:)

[tom]

jhing-ee-ness

[guitarzan]

I can see it now...


http://www.dognmoon.com/anderson/anderson-T.jpg

[FFOGG]

That maple neck with the white body is killer.



and for a guy with a bad back its a dream

[SonicGator]

I'm feeling somewhat deflated by this thread. My dream Atom CT I've schemed up is:

Primavera Body - Flame Maple Top - Mary Kay White Translucent Finish
Primavera Neck
Maple Fretboard
3 P90's in creme finish
5-way switch

So Tom, are you saying you can't order an Atom CT like this? :eek:

[Son of Anderson]

that picture does not do this guitar justice. We must get angled more shots, the binding looks too awesome not to show.

[tom]

when can i order the shirt? love it!

[guitarzan]

when can i order the shirt? love it!

very soon. I need to mock up the matching knickers and newsboy caps first.

[enr1co]

when can i order the shirt? love it!

Sign me up for two XL shirts and pair of the knickers in plaid ;)

[jness]

Tom,

I remember you liking Primavera for bodies (ash without the scoop).
Do you think it would be a good choice for the hollow atom w/maple neck?
What does the hollow body contribute in sound?
Thanks Tom!

Joe

[Pietro]

I also must have a shirt.

Cool gtr... seems like something I would look at and say... "uh... not me" and then I'd try it and I'd be in trouble...

Now that my main electric is a hard-tail (the Hollow Cobra), maybe I should look into one of those d-tune thing-a-ma-bobs.

I'd give me more "shzingyness" perhaps?

[tom]

do not mock the shzing! it is the sum of many factors. you will all be jealous of the shzing a seek it for yourselves.
joe, prima would be a nice choice for one. so many things are different about this guitar it's hard to blame or give credit to any one thing. hollow always takes some middle and adds some harmonic stuff on top. usually that's not my cup of tea but these pickups do such a nice job of dealing with top end that it just sounds so pretty yet can drive a gain sound just as well.

[Pietro]

I mock not!

And I am serious about the t-shirt, I indeed envy and desire this "shzing" for myself, else I would own Fender guitars and not Andersons!

I'll volunteer to get the t-shirts made up if need be. there's a local shop that always does a good job for us. We'll just get an order together and I'll pass along the costs directly, no profit for me, only the worthy task of spreading the "shzing"!

[guitarzan]

sounds great. American Apparel shirts, Size M for me. I'll send over the artwork. :)

[picnic]

Count me in for two XL's
shzingyness. Learn something new everyday

[ConnemaraGuitar]

Sign me up for one XL shirt, and let us know the costs so we can get money to you before you have to put money out. Thanks!

[lvergne]

I'll take an XL too. Sign me up!

[TonyG]

Are you doing international shipping? Good man - put me down fora large!

[ducmike]

I'm in for a large.

[tom]

corey, who knew you were a t shirt design guru?!

[markus]

2 XL for me, please.

[tom]

ok, so my wife, who is much smarter than i did some research. it should be zhing(but the n should really have a tail on it like the lower case g and not really have a g), then ness. it doesn't look like word supports the modified n character though so we might have to include the g.

[JohnnyBeck]

If you use Cafepress.com to design do your shirts, people can just order them on or two at a time from them and they handle all the credit card transaction and everything for you. It's really easy to use.

[guitarzan]

corey, who knew you were a t shirt design guru?!

this was how I made money in college, so I've known for years. And by "money", I mean "nowhere near enough to pay down the thousands upon thousands of dollars in college loans...." (*sigh*).

And as for the tail on the "n" we can add that in illustrator no problem.

RE: CafePress, I like their sales model, but the shirts that I've purchased through them are always really cheap and I'd rather pay a few more bucks for a shirt that I'll actually wear than ANY bucks for a shirt that I won't.

[michaelomiya]

Cory, I'm down for a couple T's as well....given that we get the spelling correct!:D :D

[marsodude]

Can someone ship to Singapore? I'm in for a couple of L's!

[DStout]

Cool T shirt. If shipping to The Netherlands is possible, I would like to have a size L.

Regards, Douke

[irish blues]

put my name in the hat for two: one XL and one XXL

I get fat (ter) in the winter.

[Casper]

I am definitely in for new swag and i will order all colors XXL for me, please!
Shaun

[FFOGG]

XXL for me also ...can we paypal you ?????????

[csd]

i'll do an XL for sure!

[strat56]

Can we put a pic of the guitar on the shirt?

[tom]

do we have a final graphic? are we really doing this? who's doing it?

[mdrs]

And, once all that is worked out, I'll take a Large. And, payment with PayPal would be good.

[csd]

do we have a final graphic? are we really doing this? who's doing it?



corey....i think this is a big ......go

[Ahess86]

If this is going to happen, I'd certainly like to have a large!!

[SonicGator]

Sign me up for a Large

[guitarzan]

well, I did it as a joke, but now it looks like there are some legitimate orders. I'll make calls today to get more info.

[guitarzan]

OK,
I called my guy and it looks like it'll be "9 or 10 bucks a shirt" plus a $50 set up charge. That's for an American Apparel shirt, which is top of the line. More expensive, but it's the best shirt you can get, IMO.

I have orders for 28 shirts right now with sizes for many of them. If y'all are still into it, these might get up to $20 per shirt after CA sales tax from the screenprinter, my paypal fees, and shipping to your houses. If y'all are still interested, Lemme know.

HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN:
So 30 shirts @ $10 each is $300, plus $50 set up is $350. CA sales tax is 7.75%, so the shirts can be picked up for $377.13 (unit price would be $12.57)

USPS Priority Mail shipping anywhere in the USA is $4.95. (Total of shirt and shipping would be $17.52).

Paypal charges 3% for any transaction (http://www.rolbe.com/paypal.htm). That means I'd need you to paypal me $18.35 so that all is covered after fees.


The only other question is what color do we want. We can go traditional white with black ink or black with white ink, but I'm a bigger fan of something a little more classy like a charcoal grey with white ink since I only wear black anyway... :) Can we all agree on a shirt color? Tom? Seafoam Green?

[tom]

i actually never wear shirts with my name on them...it feels kinda weird:o

[guitarzan]

i actually never wear shirts with my name on them...it feels kinda weird:o

understood. we'll put gaffer's tape over the chest of yours.

[markus]

OK,
I called my guy and it looks like it'll be "9 or 10 bucks a shirt" plus a $50 set up charge. That's for an American Apparel shirt, which is top of the line. More expensive, but it's the best shirt you can get, IMO.

I have orders for 28 shirts right now with sizes for many of them. If y'all are still into it, these might get up to $20 per shirt after CA sales tax from the screenprinter, my paypal fees, and shipping to your houses. If y'all are still interested, Lemme know.

HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN:
So 30 shirts @ $10 each is $300, plus $50 set up is $350. CA sales tax is 7.75%, so the shirts can be picked up for $377.13 (unit price would be $12.57)

USPS Priority Mail shipping anywhere in the USA is $4.95. (Total of shirt and shipping would be $17.52).

Paypal charges 3% for any transaction (http://www.rolbe.com/paypal.htm). That means I'd need you to paypal me $18.35 so that all is covered after fees.


The only other question is what color do we want. We can go traditional white with black ink or black with white ink, but I'm a bigger fan of something a little more classy like a charcoal grey with white ink since I only wear black anyway... :) Can we all agree on a shirt color? Tom? Seafoam Green?

Works for me! Count me in for 2 XML for sure. Charcoal grey with white ink sounds like a nice combo.

Thanks for doing this!!!
Markus

[Ahess86]

Here's another vote for charcoal (but I'll take pretty much anything). I maintain my previously stated request of 1 large.

[ducmike]

I'm still in for a large. I like the charcoal too.

[csd]

I am still in for 1- XL Corey, although I will have to get you some more for shpg into Canada.
I dig the Charcoal shirt, but I'll throw black lettering at youz, so you can read it easier and it'll stand out! The black gaffer tape will blend in with Tom's shirt too!!:)But whatever is decided is totally ok with me.

[lvergne]

I am still in for XL. Seafoam Green sounds good to me. Otherwise, any color would be fine.

[santellavision]

I'll take an XL T-Shirt.

[irish blues]

I'm easy...any color will do, so keep me at 1 XL and XXL.

[mdrs]

I'm in for one T Shirt, in Large.

I like charcoal......but I LOVE SEAFOAM GREEN..........:D

[pipedwho]

+1 for a Large in either charcoal or seafoam green. BTW, I too LOVE seafoam green! :D

[FFOGG]

Originally Posted by tom
i actually never wear shirts with my name on them...it feels kinda weird


I have an old Gibson shirt I could send you ???????

[tom]

i wear lots of stuff with other names one them, even other guitar builders. a cool shirt is a cool shirt.

[Pietro]

How about a "Squier" shirt? I bet you wouldn't wear that. (I wouldn't either...)

[tom]

is it a cool squier shirt? i think not.

[brian b]

Like it just needs a rosewood neck

[michaelomiya]

OK,
I called my guy and it looks like it'll be "9 or 10 bucks a shirt" plus a $50 set up charge. That's for an American Apparel shirt, which is top of the line. More expensive, but it's the best shirt you can get, IMO.

I have orders for 28 shirts right now with sizes for many of them. If y'all are still into it, these might get up to $20 per shirt after CA sales tax from the screenprinter, my paypal fees, and shipping to your houses. If y'all are still interested, Lemme know.

HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN:
So 30 shirts @ $10 each is $300, plus $50 set up is $350. CA sales tax is 7.75%, so the shirts can be picked up for $377.13 (unit price would be $12.57)

USPS Priority Mail shipping anywhere in the USA is $4.95. (Total of shirt and shipping would be $17.52).

Paypal charges 3% for any transaction (http://www.rolbe.com/paypal.htm). That means I'd need you to paypal me $18.35 so that all is covered after fees.


The only other question is what color do we want. We can go traditional white with black ink or black with white ink, but I'm a bigger fan of something a little more classy like a charcoal grey with white ink since I only wear black anyway... :) Can we all agree on a shirt color? Tom? Seafoam Green?


Cory, +1 on an all blk shirt with whitel lettering (or charcoal)

[Road King]

Is it too late to order a T shirt? I'll take an XXL, charcoal w/ white if possible.
(I just lost 20 lbs and I'm still fat). Let me know guys, I could paypal.

[guitarzan]

this is still going forward, albeit slowly. We had our sewer mainline go belly up last thursday, so I've been dealing with that. And tomorrow I get on a plane for a week of road shows. I'll either hand this off appropriately or work on it in hotel rooms.

By the way, Guitarzan Sewer Mainline Charity Fund contributions can be made if you feel led. Once we get up to $9k, my wife will let me eat solid foods again.

[picnic]

I'm still for two XL's, color pref anything but white.

Good luck with your sewer lines.

[dannopelli]

I like the charcoal grey idea.

I'll take an XL.

Good luck with the sewer. That really stinks.

[lvergne]

Any update for the shirts?

[guitarzan]

The only update is that the concrete folks are re-pouring my back porch today since it had to be cut up. The t-shirts are still on the board, just going a pinch slower than anticipated... unlike my brand new sewer mainline!! woot woot!!

[csd]

i'm sorry you've been thru a crappy sitch with your stinkpipe. with the concrete being poured, that's cool. the light is getting brighter at the end of the tunnel!

[mdrs]

i wear lots of stuff with other names one them, even other guitar builders. a cool shirt is a cool shirt.

So, did I tell you about the "Nuke The Whales" T I wore in college???

.........I was young, and, well, YOUNG!!! :D

[picnic]

In South Florida, my BIL was a US Custom's agent. He got a shirt that said,
"Nuke The Whales, Save The Bales" It became a popular shirt after the drug runners thinking they were going to get busted , dumped their illegal bales overboard. Eventually some of the bales washed up on shore. What became of them? Some were seized,but most just disappeared.

[TSL]

Zan,
I'll take a large either sea foam or charcoal. pm me with shipping and payment details. By the way what does the final layout look like? OK you talked me into one of each.

[dave]

if this is still a goer, can you ship to Europe - I'll pay the extra shipping costs??

[ConnemaraGuitar]

One of my retired Navy buddies told me about an incident in which the aircract carrier he was on was returning to San Diego when someone happened to notice that a whale had been "harpooned" on the bulb just below the waterline of the ship's bow...and had remained there.

Realizing that this would not look good (the ship was huge but the whale was as well, and quite visible) they stopped the ship and executed maneuvers to remove the animal.

After this incident the Navy instituted a policy requiring a visual inspection (by helicopter, of course) of large ships before returning to port.

I probably just committed a national secutiy violation of some sort...

[GaryMac]

I will take a couple in South Africa if you can ship.
let me know costs including shipping and I will have 2 x large and 2 x XXX-large for my buddy Ray who has owned almost every guitar known to mankind apart from an Anderson:eek: :eek:
I am working on the principle that there aint no point in him having the T-shirt if he aint got the geetar to match:D :D :D

If possible could you possibly wrap them around an Atom CT before you ship?

[GaryMac]

Sorry that would be t-shirts in L and XXL and not whales!!!!!
Thought I had just better clarify:rolleyes:

[dave]

if you can ship to Europe, I'm in for 2 medium:D

[santellavision]

What's the latest on the T-Shirts? Is there a person actually handling ordering them or is it just in the possibility stage? I'm just unclear.

[guitarzan]

What's the latest on the T-Shirts? Is there a person actually handling ordering them or is it just in the possibility stage? I'm just unclear.

I was handling it, but life seems to be stacking up dominoes against me right now. At first, it was the sewer mainline in my house that blew up and I had to have my back patio destroyed and replaced. Then it was a good long stretch of traveling. Last weekend, my family came home from an overnight getaway to find that my back gate was open and my little dog had been attacked by a much bigger dog and there was blood ALL over my 90-ft. driveway and big pack porch (thew measurement is just to illustrate how much blood there was), and then this week I dropped a hard drive that has my entire advertising life on there with 6 months of un-backed-up client files and projects. I mean, that was so catastrophic I was trying not to get choked up yesterday. Apparently, it's going to cost somewhere between $500 and $1500 for a data recovery service to retrieve my data.

This is all on top of the fact that I'd been busier with gigs and advertising than I'd ever been. So, while I wanted to do the shirt thing, right now, it's not even 10th on my list of priorities. I would just email the file over to somebody, but it was on the drive, of course.

If you're the praying type, please add me to your list. Normally I don't get this stressed, but I'm pretty wound up these days.

[Pietro]

I just prayed for you bro!

[dannopelli]

I just prayed for you bro!

I prayed for you too.

[TSL]

Very sorry to hear about your misfortune especially the dog. Take a deep breath, and relax. There is an old superstition that says catastrophes come in three's and by my count you are there.

Just the same I'll pray too!

These T-shirts can certainly be addressed after you have had time to put things back in order

[tom]

so sorry to hear, that's a bunch all at once. let's call it over and pray for peace.

[csd]

breathe easy and be still... i'll be liftin' you up as well bro.

[John Price]

Back to the guitar at hand!

Tom, can an atom be ordered with some of the features that are in the picture such as the vintage trem? And how about maple neck?

Guitarzan, Hope all is well........

[tom]

i think the trem is a go. don't see why not at this point. the maple neck may happen soon we're doing a little run of short t's, hollow t classics with short scale. if that is accepted, maybe we'll open up atoms to other necks.

[lvergne]

Very interesting. My first Atom was the Walnut Atom that was a Guitar of the Week guitar. I loved it so much that I wanted another one but with a tremolo. Roy told me that the only tremolo that could be done on the Atom was the Bigsby. I love Bigsby vibratos, but am not a fan of the B5 model. Roy said that the vintage tremolo wouldn't work on the Atom.

I ended up ordering a Hollow Cobra with a vintage trem. I am up to six TAG's now.

Funny how things develop.

[tom]

to put the vintage trem on an atom we have to take out the neck angle.