Custom R L James Guitar Custom Animal 2026 - Custom

CUSTOM R. L. JAMES GUITAR "ANIMAL" STD MODEL

This is the listing to begin the process of a custom built Animal with R. L. James Guitars.

The process step-by-step:

1) Reach out and/or submit an offer, if you are reasonable I will be too.

2) I will reply with a email and we can sort out a list of specs like shown below and pick the color for literally any and every part.

3) I will reply to offer or you will make offer for the agreed specs at a price we can work on together.

4) additional afterthoughts can usually be free but if they cant be they are DOABLE but just come at the cost or materials and $50/hr

5) Some parts are done out of house and they are then 'made to order', so necks, custom hardware and custom pickups, etc will have a lead time, for the most part, 2-3 weeks lead after parts recieved with exceptions at the 5-6 week timeline when doing a large of custom details.

6) All sales come with a single repaint, which is the ability to pay shipping and a fee around $100 for a repaint.

^^^many other factors can effect the timeline of shipment, progress can and will be reported by request, custom instrument hard cases and specialty parts, or similar add-ons can increase timeline but often totally be worth it.

*****EXAMPLE OF SPECIFICATIONS*****

•"Animal" Model Shape 

•R.L.James Aluminum Body

•N.Redfish Hard Maple Neck 

•24 medium jumbo SS frets

•Canadian hardrock maple

•Rosewood fretboard

•Dual action steel truss rod

•Fast D profile

•1st fret 20.5mm thick, 12th 21.50mm thick

•Parallel lines inlays

•leveled, beveled and polished

•14-16" radius

•25.5 scale

•Tusq nut, custom fitted per instrument

•1-11/16" wide @nut (43mm)

•treated in boiled linseed oil

Forney Aluminum Billet Parts:

•Forney Silver Strat Bridge

•Forney Black Saddles

•Forney Strap Pins

•Forney Silver Speed Knobs

Seymour Duncan Pickups, Pots & Electronics:

•Pearly Gates Bridge PU

•Hot Stack Neck PU

•500K Pots (Bourns)

•3-way fat bat PU selector

•2-way fat bat bridge PU coil split near output

•Switchcraft Barrel Output Jack

•Hipshot Locking Open Tuners (matching purple knobs)

•Aluminum Plate Construction

•Powder Coat Paint Job, Polyester Polymer Coating

•5052-H36 1/8" Aluminum Sheet Body Panels

•6061 T6 Aluminum RLJ Bridge String-Tone Block™️

•6061 T6 Aluminum RLJ Neck R-ExPlate™️ 

(resonant extension plate™️)

•Side-mounting recessed Output Jack

•Side-mounting recessed Coil Split Switch

•Aluminum Engraved Nameplate (Headstock/Body)

*****END OF EXAMPLE*****

Thanks, Chris Burns, feel free to reach out.