Opinions on moniker guitars?

Anyone tried them?

I haven't played one, but I've met the founders a couple times, and they are cool passionate people.

They seem like a cool product from a cool company but I am weird about 24.75" "Gibson" scale bolt-ons. There are very few guitars with this scale that sound okay to me with a bolt-on. Just the old Mosrites, 90s 1st gen Fender Cyclone and the Earl Slick Framus signature model. Its probably more about what I am used to though and the fact that almost every other bolt-on Gibson-scale axe is low end.

If Michael's impression of them is good I would roll with that and get n their site and start designing to see if their options fit your needs. They are a very affordable bespoke guitar without being a kit/partscaster and that's cool.

EDIT: I just went on their site and designed up a basic $1400 guitar with their little program (yes I made it silver, yes I let my son help pick everything else about it LOL). I would NOT be happy doing a Moniker. not enough options for what they charge. If you go silver they even upcharge for silverburst... everything cool is an upcharge from a base price that is only a deal if you don't enjoy putting a parts guitar like this together yourself... is there even a way to select a neck profile? HRRRM I guess you can call one of their partscaster "consultants"... I would probably call and get an assembled, well-setup guitar without electronic components. Maybe they would pull the price down enough that I could consider bursting and/or binding, or maybe racing graphics... they don't give me pot value and taper options, no cap value and brand options, no switch style options, no wiring scheme options... their pickup choices are so banal and vanilla I couldn't be bothered to do the ucharge pickups, I would just gut the moniker brand and dig into my stash of nice spares.... it seemed like more band for buck before I started assembling my dream bolt-on.

I've not ever heard of them before. I ran through their bass editor and was not impressed. Not a lot of options there. You are kind of stuck making a Fender looking jazz bass. It would be easier on the wallet than Halo though.

They got my name from Reverb.com (I think) and spam me monthly... their spam mail makes their company seem way cooler than it is and they make you think you can really tailor a bolt-on to be incredibly customized for very little scratch when in fact they have a dearth of non-upcharge options and even for an upcharge don't have a ton of variety in pickups, bridges, trems etc. And all the cool cosmetics they offer are a MASSIVE upcharge... you just don't get a lot for your money from these guys despite how they have been pitching themselves.

So Duke, I would rather build it myself or buy off the shelf. Ha, that rhymes. But seriously, for $1400 US? You can get lots of guitars that will meet your needs plenty well and probably have great resale thanks to brand recognition and generic-ness while your customized Moniker will not be worth $1400 to many folks thn you!

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I really like this company...