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Korina Flying V - original spec
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This guitar was for a customer who is somewhat of a Flying V fanatic . |
Another of our superstrat type guitars - with an all access neck. Tuning duties will be by Sperzel Tuners and a fab Hipshot tremolo. We went with the classic Seymour Duncan pairing of a JB at the bridge and a Jazz at the neck. |
Another version of the RG flavoured superstrat It features a lightweight American Alder body , a 3 piece maple neck with a rosewood board Featuring chrome hardware this time we will probably finish this axe in a dark colour. It features a pair of humbucker pickups which will be controlled by the same switching that John Petrucci had on both his Ibanez and Musicman axes (a 3 position toggle switch that auto-coil taps both pickups in the middle position) |
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Here is another nice project for a left handed player |
Another Spyder /Explorer Bass
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ANOTHER EXPLORER BASS PROJECT This bass was built for the bassist in a German Who tribute band called Who Are You The bass is based on a slightly more angular Explorer bass and features some exquisite timbers It features LED markers , custom wound pickups and a Status active circuit The brass spider web applique gives the distinctive look that John Entwhistle favoured. We've had a test report back from the owner of the bass:
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Here is a fab 5 string version of a Thunderbird bass |
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Here is one of Lion model with a couple of differences to suit the customer |
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Another left handed guitar, and a 7 stringer as well. |
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| This V shaped beauty was made for a very proficient technical metal player who wanted to move away from the Dean Dimebag guitar he has played for a number of years. Much as he still admires the player who made that Dean guitar famous - but he wanted a guitar that he could make his own statement with, and this is what it will look like.... The guitar features a maple cap on a mahogany body - bound in black (as is the headstock) Huge frets on a dark ebony board with pearl block inlays, and a tighter more angular head stock that has a touch more aggression that the older style V head stocks |
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| Here is a nice guitar we built for one of the guys from the Bare Knuckle pickups forum He wanted a version of our Lion guitar with some personal preferences, and some special kit to boot. Features mahogany construction with a beautiful 5A flame top maple cap -looks spectacular |
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This bass guitar is for a player in a high octane sleaze/glam rock and roll band |
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We wanted to do a special Lion model with a bit of a Thin Lizzy vibe - Brian "Robbo" Robertson style |
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This Lion model features a lovely flamed top and a macassar ebony fingerboard |
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Another fine axe to be shown at a very early stage here(it has moved on a bit since). |
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Iain has gone for a guitar best known for it's 1960s surf music origins or 1990s grunge , but I doubt either will feature much in his playing once he gets this completed Southpaw It features Bare Knuckle pickups- a Rebel Yell at the bridge and a Mississippi Queen P90in a Humbucker shell at the neck Sometimes when you are left handed - custom built is the only way to go But you end up with a killer axe so it has it's advantages |
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| This beaten up looking beauty has been transformed back to it's original glory- we have done the repair work and our friend Nick Smith is doing the restoration of the original Patrick Nagel airbrush art. Unfortunately where a previous luthier had done a conversion from Floyd equipped guitar to hard-tail , they made a mess of the classic 1980's artwork. We have re-routed out the trem cavities, ready for the artwork to be repaired and a new lick of paint. You can see that Nick is making good progress on the paintwork |
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This mahogany bodied beauty is an interesting project It features a lightweight mahogany body , a 3 piece maple neck with a rosewood board The fingerboard is scalloped from the 17th fret up for extra control and high-end technique It features a pair of humbucker pickups which will be controlled by the same switching that John Petrucci had on both his Ibanez and Musicman axes (a 3 position toggle switch that auto-coil taps both pickups in the middle position) |
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Another of our popular Lion series made for stock and ready to sell |
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Sometimes some really nice wood turns up just when you need it , but hardly surprisingly the stunning bits do carry a hefty price premium, sometimes to the tune of several hundred pounds extra for such a spectacular piece. Sometimes you think you know exactly what colour you want your guitar to be, that's until you see the wood itself and then seeing the grain and patterns in the wood can cause a change of heart. The customer went with a faded burst that looks pure class |
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This Metal Machine is for a customer in Belgium It features a thicker than normal spec for this kind of guitar since we were trying to get more of a Les paul vibe from it. The finish will be a natural oil finish to try to keep it as organic as possible |
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Here is a very special guitar for a customer who had some specific requirements. This guitar is like a sister guitar to the one shown below (titled Purple reign) apart from the wider neck . |
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Here we have the completed photos of a fabulous guitar - and a left handed one at that |
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Quilted maple cap on mahogany body & 3 piece mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard |
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Ok - once in a while I build something with myself in mind An Earvana Compensated tuning nut makes the guitar's intonation more in tune than would otherwise be possible. |
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| Decent left-handed guitars are hard enough to find when looking around local guitar shops, but when you want a high quality left hander that is also 7 string then there is only one way to go : CUSTOM BUILT
Here is a project we made for a player who knew just what they wanted but couldn't find it until they hooked up with our custom shop. He said "I need a 7 string tunomatic, thru body stringing and twin EMG 81-7s, reverse head stock, lightweight American alder body with a carved top and a silky satin black finish" We said "No Problem" and here it is in all it's glory. .. |
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| Alan from the band Ligature asked us to make him this custom 7 string SG type axe after playing our Gothic warpig guitar. This is fitted with EMG 707 active 7 string pickups, all black hardware and feature a dark blue burst finish fading to black at the edges. |
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A classic double cutaway hard tail design with a couple of twists. |
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Here we have another "Updated Classic" but this time a classic singlecut design. Electrically the pickups are Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar wired to a 4 position switch. |
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This beauty in British racing green was built for a customer who enjoys working on old Bentley racers of years gone by with his father. We worked very closely with the customer getting all the small details right- very important when working at a distance and relying upon emails and phone calls to communicate such stuff. We used a hipshot tremolo her along with the LSR roller nut and Sperzel tuners and were really impressed by the bridge. Power comes from a BKP VH2 pickup and two Kinman single coils. You can read the customers own review of this guitar here on Harmony Central |
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This project was a custom rebuild of a nice Jackson guitar whose neck got damaged. So we built a new neck for this short scale (24.75") guitar and gave the whole thing a new lick of paint - the paint finish is part of a new range of metallic colours we are producing> |
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Here is another Black rock classic - this time influenced by James Hetfield's(Metallica) black album era Explorer guitar. EMG81 and EMG60 pickups each with it's own separate volume control supply the power for both aggression and subtlety. Tonepros hardware and Sperzel tuners keep things stable tuning wise and the inclusion of an Earvana Compensated Tuning Nut means this guitar will have way better intonation than a normal axe - even when playing with a ton of distortion. See the customer's own review for the last one we built like this HERE |
Another guitar with a bit o a Metallica Flavour in some ways but there is so much more to this beast. We used a Brazilian Parana Pine body with black binding and gave it an oil finish to avoid heavy paint coats. Bridge is a tonepros one and pickups are some older Bare Knuckle Holy Divers for classic rock and metal tones. |
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Here is a great example of our Custom Rebuild in action We took a Gibson SG studio and stripped it down with the intention of making this beast. Oh - and we fitted Bare Knuckle painkiller pickups too! |
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We couldn't do a Glenn Tipton inspired guitar and not do something KK Downing style- could we? So we build a super sexy Flying V from scratch with a few nice updated features And of course we used Bare Knuckle painkiller pickups too - pure British Steel! |
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This was a fun guitar to make, and it is a lot of fun to play. Consisting of an alder body with a maple neck/rosewood fingerboard combination with big Dunlop 6100 fret wire, we also fitted an Earvana Compensated tuning nut to make it sound sweet as can be. The all access neck makes the top end no effort to play. Tuning duties are from the higher spec Wilkinson tremolo and Sperzel machineheads. |
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