Ran Guitars is a Polish guitar company who specialise in custom and semi-custom instruments for those who like music of the heavier persuasion. If you’re after a personalised, heavy-rocking beast of a guitar then this could very well be the company for you.
Ran has a small selection of their own guitar designs, all of which are of course available left handed.The guitars are available to purchase in their standard configurations, but if you would like to change a few elements then they are more than happy to hook you up.There is a comprehensive custom order form on the website which should give you a good idea of how creative you can get with these guitars.
Let’s take a look at the standard models available from this Polish brand…
Ran Invader Left Handed Guitar
- construction »neck thru body
- scale length »25.5″
- body material »alder
- finish »satin black
- neck material »3P maple
- fingerboard material »ebony
- number of frets »24
- inlays »none
- nut »locking
- bridge system »Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo
- tuning machines »Schaller M6
- pickups »EMG 81
- controls »1 x volume
Ran Crusher Lefty Guitar
- construction »AANJ construction with neck thru body style heel
- scale length »6-string: 25,5″ | 7-string: 25,5″ or 27″ | 8-string: 28″
- body material »2-piece carved top mahogany body
- finish »hand-rubbed oil finish
- neck material »quartersawn mahogany neck
- fingerboard »plain maple, flamed maple, indian rosewood, black ebony, macassar ebony, wenge or bubinga
- number of frets »24
- nut »GraphTech black or white TUSQ
- bridge system »Hipshot fixed
- tuning machines »Schaller M6 locking
- pickups »6-string: EMG 85/81 or Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-1S set 7-string: EMG 707/81-7 or Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-1S 7 PHASE2 set 8-string: EMG 808/808 or Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-1S 8 set
- controls »2 x volume or volume and tone pots
Ran Cruiser Left Handed Guitar
- construction »neck thru body
- scale length »25.5″
- body material »mahogany
- finish »black gloss
- neck material »5P maple/mahogany
- fingerboard material »ebony
- number of frets »24
- bridge system »Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo
- tuning machines »Schaller M6
- pickups »EMG 85 – EMG 81
- controls »1 x volume, 1 x tone
Ran Demon Lefty Guitar
- construction »neck thru body
- scale length »25.5″
- body material »alder w/radiused plain maple top
- finish »satin black w/silver pinstripe
- neck material »3P maple
- fingerboard material »ebony
- number of frets »24
- hardware color »black
- bridge system »Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo
- tuning machines »Schaller M6
- pickups »EMG 81
Ran Thor Left Handed Guitar
- construction »neck thru body
- scale length »27″
- body material »alder
- finish »satin black w/grey racing stripe
- neck material »3P mahogany
- fingerboard material »ebony
- number of frets »24
- inlays »custom
- side inlays »red LED’s
- bridge system »Schaller Stop Tailpiece/T.O.M.
- tuning machines »Schaller M6 locking
- pickups »BareKnuckle Nailbomb
Ran Custom Shop
If you don’t see anything you like or would like to make some crazy personal additions to current models then you may wish to check out the Ran custom shop where you can build the guitar of your dreams.Check out the in-depth custom order form on the Ran website to see what the company can create for you.
Ran Website
In keeping with the company image, the Ran website employs a clean, although dark and mysterious layout.The site is a pleasure to browse through and is full of detailed images and information on each of their models.It’s also great to see a web based form for filling out custom orders rather than the PDF print-out option that many (outdated) companies seem to still utilise.
For more information:
Ran Guitars Website
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