UNDULATION : Electric Guitar #4

THIS IS AN ORDER FROM "SHIMAMURA GAKKI : MINA MACHIDA" WHO HAS BEEN ASKING US SINCE RIGHT AFTER THE LAUNCH OF UNDULATION. THE CONSTRUCTION OF UNDULATION ON A FAMOUS MACHINE : PAUL REED SMITH. DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THIS GUITAR, I KEPT IT IN MY WORKSHOP AND TRIED TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE CHARACTER AND IMAGE OF THIS ELECTRIC GUITAR, AND ABOVE ALL, THE DETAILS OF THE BODY SHAPE WITH ITS DELICATE DESIGN.

I CANNOT HIDE MY HESITATION IN APPLYING THE UNDULATATION TO A PURE AND VERY HIGH QUALITY INSTRUMENT, ALTHOUGH I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT IT WILL NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE TONE OF THE INSTRUMENT AS MUCH AS I FEARED, THE SUBJECT OF THIS PROJECT IS PAUL REED SMITH, AFTER ALL.

One of the most striking features of this guitar that caught my attention from the beginning was the all-black finish on the underside of the neck. I was quite surprised that the back side of the neck, which is the most important part of the guitar, was finished in all black, even though the entire guitar has a really elegant design. In my opinion, I felt the Rock'n Roll spirit of Paul Reed Smith.

ONCE YOU REALIZE THIS, THE DIRECTION OF THE OVERALL UNDULATION LINE AND COLOR SELECTION, ETC., IS NATURALLY DETERMINED... DIVINE AND WILD. WE AIMED TO CREATE A GUITAR THAT EXPRESSES THE ESSENCE OF PAUL REED SMITH'S ROCK GUITAR TO THE FULLEST.

THE YELLOW WAVY LINES SEEN ON THE ENTIRE BODY ARE ACTUALLY NOT YELLOW, BUT A GOLD COLORING CREATED BY A SPECIAL INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID PAINT MADE OF NANOSILICA AND ACRYLIC RESIN. THIS SPECIAL GOLD PAINT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, AND I HAVE LESS THAN ONE LITER OF THIS PRECIOUS PAINT LEFT. I BOLDLY USED THIS SPECIAL PAINT FOR THIS PROJECT. ON TOP OF THE GOLD, I FINISHED THE UNDULATION WITH A SPECIAL RED PAINT SIMILAR TO THE COLOR OF VERMILLION PAINTED ON TORII GATES AND PILLARS OF SHRINES.

THE RESULTING UNDULATION IS AN IMAGE OF "SUSANO-O-NO-MIKOTO," A GOD WHO WAS BANISHED FROM THE HIGH HEAVEN BUT DEFEATED THE EIGHT-FORKED SERPENT AND FINALLY BECAME THE GOD OF JUSTICE. THE SOUND IS THE CLEAR SOUND OF PAUL REED SMITH'S DISTINCTIVE GRAIN, WITH MORE VOLUME IN THE MID-RANGE, AND WHEN THE NATURAL DISTORTION SOUND IS PLAYED, YOU WILL SURELY HEAR THE GOD OF WAR : SUSANO-O-NO-MIKOTO IN THE SOUND.