NEW GUITAR DAY...3 YEARS LATER!

[@jasoncrump1886]

Stay safe out there brother. Appreciate you sharing your journey and music. Killer guitar man.

[@xanderraymondcharles]

Thank you so much

[@SamBrockmann]

Happy for you, man. What a wait, huh?!

[@xanderraymondcharles]

I’m saying!!!

[@MashaT22]

Omg it finally came! It looks really awesome! Can’t wait to hear it when you get back home. I hope Dean gets you back on board. You are a a huge Dean fan at heart and great person to rep their guitars. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@battlescarred4271]

It is a thing of beauty. Can’t wait to see what you end up doing with it pickup wise

[@jww732]

12-62 for Drop C is beefy ! Very interesting, beautiful guitar Ray. Thanks for always sharing your gear with us. 🙏

[@gingerjay6483]

Dang... I live so close to Asbury Park.. I gotta pay attention better. I would've loved to check you live.

[@sim_7195]

I remember the Palladium fondly. Have a great show!

[@xanderraymondcharles]

Thanks so much!

[@ledthrax]

It looks great man. Happy that I got to see it for its first show in Jersey!

[@xanderraymondcharles]

Yeah dude you saw the first note ever

[@Mind_Motivation-YT]

DUDE THATS SO SICK, Also I love your vids man keep it up!!

[@jenniferknipe3740]

Bad ass and so happy for you 💖

[@desiotto3461]

so rad to see you touring and happy!

[@materedai4158]

Looks great! You have to shoot some demos when you get home from tour!

[@mykeryu]

looks sick

[@tim_shipp]

Gorgeous guitar. Love the no tone knob. Hope you enjoyed Worcester.

[@eTERNIAN69]

Amazing so excited for you ❤

[@ilovegreenock]

The binding is ace, great choice!

[@adamstrachn]

Guitar is fresh brother! Hope the tour is going well 🤘🏼

[@jamesosterberg2510]

Wow !! Perfect ! All the specs are on point !! Nice sparkle/silverburst. This one and the 78' Custom Natural are my fav !! (... and I thought I was the unluckiest guy to wait 1 year + 1 week to get my M-1000 in White from ESP ...!! ahah !!!)

[@chadhosegood]

Im in San Diego but me and my 4 kids were born in Worcester, MA! I grew up just south of there! (Auburn/Oxford)

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

That's a beautiful guitar, man. It would be cool to see some more Deans in your collection.

[@sakidickerson]

I love dean, hope they turn the company around. But damn you coulda got like 5or6 custom balaguers back to back on that time frame lmao

[@BallisticKnifeJesus]

@@sakidickerson Balaguer sucks

[@sakidickerson]

@@BallisticKnifeJesus in what way specifically?

[@BallisticKnifeJesus]

@@sakidickerson Joe is a horrible person and their guitars are overpriced. Lots of better alternatives on the market.

[@sakidickerson]

@@BallisticKnifeJesus I haven't seen custom guitars that match the amount of options and price. I've looked at them all. Why do you think Joe is horrible?

[@BallisticKnifeJesus]

@@sakidickerson there’s plenty out there. You’re also paying him USA custom shop pricing for Korean made. Have you seen the price of a custom Grace? Most almost reach or exceed $4k. That’s insane. The stories of how he treated his entire team of former employees are surfacing. Why do you think there are so many Balaguer’s flooding the used market lately?

[@POLARIS2]

Asbury park is my old stomping ground!

[@davidp6007]

Good on you bro! I was on Dean's site yesterday and I think I saw that.... I'd say that is a pretty thick body, innit? What the weight of that bursting silver axe.... 🤘

[@troyaturner1979]

A fellow lover of the skullie/beanie I see🤘🏿🔥

[@l5e2n9]

That's one beautiful axe! Better Late than ever

[@offclphiliprosa]

Hope Worchester treats y’all well, from Boston!

[@boogerz]

cool looking guitar!

[@momsterof4_lrah]

Oooo she noiiiiseee 🤗 🎉

[@BR-nk6rx]

Hey man, I don't know if you've ever talked about this but it might make a really good video. How do you stay in shape when you're on the road? You look like you're in great shape. As a musician myself who is also into lifting, I'm always sort of bummed more people don't discuss keeping healthy on tour (physically and mentally).

[@TheAndostro]

i wouldn't put emg 81 here but maybe some kind of retroactive so cool 80' rock/metal vibe here

[@minimini4276]

im from East Boston ive been following you for a while you rock man I wish I knew you were playing Wooosta thats how it sounds with a Boston accent LOL

[@mckay91095]

Worcester is pronounced “Woostah” btw 😆

[@MrMeek79]

You like them silverbursts. Havent seen too much from Dean lately but that is a sweet guitar

[@xanderraymondcharles]

I do indeed! Dean had a pretty great 2024 lineup

[@Jiujitsuguitarguy]

Woooostahhhhh

[@thadlogan51]

I don't care how good a guitar is...if the company has such bad service that it takes four years to finish I'd be so pissed I'd send it back...

[@RisingTideSoundWorks]

Are the frets stainless or nickel silver?

[@666.marceline]

ayy sick, reminds me of that 7 string V you had : )

[@zachsmith4359]

Hopefully we get to see it in Detroit! See you then brother!

[@insearchoftone9602]

Duuuuuuuuuude have yoy seen the new seymour duncan rails pickups? Luke you can get for instance the jb/ jazz combo in rails now and they are way hotter but retain the eq curve. Or probably better foe drop c the Pegasus/sentient combo in rails.... might be worth reaching out to seymour duncan if you are thinking of maybe staying passive.

[@draleigh8881]

throw an emg 57/66 set in that bad boy.

[@mattnelson8325]

XRC I know you've done this before but, would you tell me what you're using for the eye hooks and strap with caribiners? Thanks

[@nilfux]

He loves the paint job because it looks like the opposite of his body. Internal symmetry.

[@PeterMoore350]

Did you see that Solar has GC2.6 in silver burst? Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘

[@RocketF1sh]

i like that dean send it lol

[@DrScrambles]

Not surprised at all. Homie I used to work with is a signature artist and it took him 3 years to get his. Typical Dean XD

[@MrBaker444]

Just did a rebuild and genuinely curious how the Nazgûl’s are… if anyone knows, or has any input, I’d certainly appreciate some feedback?🙏🏼🇺🇸🙏🏼 MERICA! 💪🏼🇺🇸💪🏼

[@dungeonhardware7430]

This is the most XRC guitar that isn't a baritone

[@Incaensio]

Listen man, we need to talk about the pink scissors ✂️

[@jaredb852]

@xander Raymond Charles nice shirt. Can you do a metal version COB style?

[@_lolalana_]

Nice guitar! Now get a mic for the audio heheh big fan here :)

[@BallisticKnifeJesus]

Bro already ready to jump ship to Dean from Cerebrus 😂

[@xanderraymondcharles]

That was really funny. So funny.

[@BallisticKnifeJesus]

@@xanderraymondcharles I know it was you fucking bozo

[@BallisticKnifeJesus]

@@xanderraymondcharles I know it was you absolute bozo

[@cedrix9105]

@@xanderraymondcharles I just ordered my Orpheus headless 🥲

[@loganpigg-music]

Really cool guitar man

[@jcmoore5819]

It’s so strange you say you can’t gauge the guitar live when most players that have custom stuff or signatures built judge them on how they hold up live. I mean, I totally understand you can’t judge the guitar until you’re in an isolated situation but if it’s staying in tune, sounds good and seems rock solid while on the road, I’d say it’s a great guitar.

[@xanderraymondcharles]

I meant by sound.

[@russellzauner]

+1 for Britney t shirt

[@Deathcorp666]

🤘Congrats! I ordered the ESP M1000 baritone and the EX 7 baritone like yesterday. Both have EMGs..I’m gonna send back the one that I don’t like.. the next runner up for me was Ibanez 28” iron label baritone , but I didn’t like DiMazzio deactivator pick ups.. the Jackson SLAT H6 baritone was another choice, again, I didn’t like the passive pick ups, nor did it have locking tuners.

[@matthewperry2767]

Xander, it’s all about the he said/she said bullshit…

[@stug5041]

Everything looks beautiful but the 2 knobs and their placement really messes with my head; just seems “off” lol.

[@LesPaulVOS]

Blah. Gibson copy.

[@jaredcarpenter9973]

How so?

[@BallisticKnifeJesus]

@@LesPaulVOS Gibson sucks

[@musicsucks6969]

It’s not unheard of for a custom guitar to take 1 year but almost 4? Surprised you didn’t cancel the order.