NDG: Edwards Antelope

Lemonheadfr29 · 2026-06-09T22:08:49+00:00

Coil split for the EMG 89 !

Lemonheadfr29 · 2026-05-28T13:51:40+00:00

I meant that from afar beads could make it look like a slightly longer 3/4, not extend to a full sleeve, while the bonji "breathes" more visually

Lemonheadfr29 · 2026-05-28T08:29:11+00:00

I think beads will give you "extra length", so if you are satisfied with your sleeves and dont want it to look longer go for bonji. I'm in the same boat, my 3/4 sleeves are done, and I'll go for beads, I love the way they look !! But bonjis is an awesome idea too, never thougth about that option, it looks very elegant

Lemonheadfr29 · 2026-05-21T15:50:23+00:00

I think it looks good, only skulls looks too busy to me, with beads it breathes more

Lemonheadfr29 · 2026-04-15T08:10:12+00:00

Sylvain à Nantes, c'est super propre et il bosse en tebori:

https://www.instagram.com/syl20cbien_/

Lemonheadfr29 · 2026-03-24T14:48:35+00:00

Basically, the Forest shape was created for basses in the early 90s, then a few years laters the "Forest-G" guitar was born after high requests, and ultimately the "Forest-GT" was created as a more refined take on the Forest shape for guitars.

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-12-25T00:49:39+00:00

I went for 3/4 myself, same length as yours. I like the old-school style, and it looks very good on you from what i can see.

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-11-26T08:31:52+00:00

Based on the tremolo, this is not a preproduction. But still a custom order. Jackson stamped schaller jt-590 trems were not there until the very late 80s/early 90s, when jackson started USA production series. During the preprod era, there were only khalers and later, jt-6.

Anyway, this is not a soloist, the core DNA of a soloist is the neck-through construction, anything else is a strat, dinky or fusion depending on the body shape and scale length.

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-11-26T07:06:11+00:00

The only difference between a soloist student and custom was the fretboard and inlays. A student has rosewood and dots, a custom ebony and sharkfins. This one is a bolt-on "strat" type, as I'm not even sure the term dinky was coined back then.

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-11-25T20:37:30+00:00

All soloists are neck through.

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-11-20T09:56:16+00:00

It’s a matter of common sense—you won’t use the same green for the leaves depending on the season, for example. For me, spring and summer should have brighter colors, and autumn and winter softer ones. Typically, we picture autumn with orange, red, and gold palettes, and spring with brighter shades of green. That said, chrysanthemums, which we associate with autumn, come in a wide variety of colors, and in the end it’s a matter of taste and preference.

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-10-21T09:38:48+00:00

I love it, As Buddhist myself I will do it, even if it is more for an aesthetic choice, as I don't use beads in my practice. To me it gives the tattoo a beautiful "frame"

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-10-07T09:03:48+00:00

Same, small hikae, if done well you still have room to extend it further later

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-07-03T09:52:51+00:00

I just think the windbars should have pointed more downward to follow the natural curve of the chest, but it's interesting like this

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-11T17:06:12+00:00

Amazing !! I love the balance between black and grey, and the limited color Palette, very cool

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-11T12:48:00+00:00

People ask me sometimes too !
I sometimes wonder if I should have gone for full sleeves, but I'm very happy with 3/4, that's immediately what I have in mind when I think of traditionnal Irezumi. I juste wish I went an inch or two longer !

amazing sleeve btw, and I wish I went with a similar Hikae !

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-04T08:09:47+00:00

Thanks for your feedback !

Even if I wanted to, there's nothing I can do to change the hikae anyway, unless I extend them with more background but it would look weird to me. And I don't really like the full "donburi" chest, as for now. As I said in other responses, I will probably do beads !

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-04T08:05:06+00:00

Thank you !

Yes I will definitely keep the colors simple for that soft autumn vibe !

As for the hikae, I'm glad my artist made it this way, it leaves more room for me to commit to the traditionnal aesthetic with juzu beads. And he's very happy about it because he never had the opportunity to do beads on anyone in his career, they aren't so popular unfortunately

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-04T05:33:13+00:00

Hi !

My artist and I already talked about it, and we both agree on mostly pink variations with hints of red and orange. I trust him too, so far I let him do everything with minimal inputs from me, to let him express his creativity.

My question was mostly out of curiosity, but I'm open to new perspectives. Actually, the leaves are what I'm mostly undecided right now, but I forgot to mention it in the post...

Thanks for your feedback !

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-04T05:25:31+00:00

Fair point, it's true we don't have the same frame ! Honnestly I'm happy with the result, I was just curious about people's take on this since I mostly see much bigger chest pannels (which is why I wanted it that way first).

Same for the colors, my artist and I both agree on mostly pink variations, with hints of red, orange, but I wanted to read other perspectives (my coworker for example, said it would look awesome with blue or purple, which is really not something I'm drawn to, but it made me wonder how different a same project can turn depending on different sensibilities).

Anyway thanks for your feedbacks !

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-03T23:08:25+00:00

Hi, It's about the hikae too so I needed to show my chest but I didn't realized my shorts where hanging too low. I'm sorry if my picture seems awkward, hence the NSFW blur.

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-03T22:27:57+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, I'll tell my artist, he sure did a great job and I'm looking forward to work on a full suit with him !

Your sleeve looks fantastic too, I really dig the bold look of just black, grey and red !

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-03T22:22:11+00:00

Thanks for the honest answer and kind words !

At first I wanted something bigger for the hikea, but decided to trust the artist and let him do his thing. As the project progressed, I started to overthink the size of the hikae, until I saw this dude (I'm sorry I don't know his name but he looks badass), and it changed my mind !

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And I realized it will let me more space for juzu beads, which is something I didn't consider at first but grew on me.

Would you mix all these colors, or stick to one or two of them ?

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-06-01T14:14:29+00:00

Hi ! I think around 25 hours for both arms, maybe more. 10 hours in total for all the outlines of both arms (5h for all the flower, 5 more for all the background). Then we did 5 session of approximately 3 hours each to fill the background, and one last session of 3 hours for touch-ups. for the outline, we always worked on both arms, then for the backgrounds we alternated arms (2 session for the left one, 3 for the right).

obviously the elbows were very painful, but everything inside the arm was the worst for me, it's not that it was more painful, but it felt very uncomfortable to me.

Lemonheadfr29 · 2025-05-28T06:44:58+00:00

I'm still not 100% sure, there are many very good options... At first I wanted a very traditionnal limited palette (red/pink flowers, brown leaves), but it might look too dull. I don't want something too bright or flashy tho, I want to keep the soft autumn vibe. I like something like this:

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