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Custom Guitars

Custom guitar builds from an amateur luthier's workshop.

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Roadworn T

Something a bit more traditional and vintage-inspired this time round, and I wanted to go harder on the relic/played-in feel. The roasted pine body gives a really nice light weight and the thin satin nitro is polished to a shine in the high-wear areas as part of the road-worn

Supernova

Supernova was a long time in the making. A lot's happened since I started the build just shy of 11 months ago, and finally getting it finished feels like a significant achievement. The idea was to create an offset-bodied Novo-inspired instrument with a blend of features taken from

TT

Inspired by, and a tribute to late artist Trevor Tanser. This build was completed using some of Trevor's own hand tools. Specs 🇬🇧 Hand crafted in Somerset, UK. Body: Obeche, T-type, Long Beach Blue (BMW C16), double natural reveal bindings Neck: 9-piece multi-laminate: AA maple/roasted sycamore/smoked chestnut,

Maple, roasted sycamore, smoked chestnut

Maple, roasted sycamore, smoked chestnut

9-piece multi-laminate neck blank of AA maple with roasted sycamore stripes (utilising offcuts from One) bordered by smoked chestnut veneers. The central maple strip is reversed so the grain runs the opposite way to the outer strips, for additional stability.

One

Specs 🇬🇧 Hand crafted in the UK at the Crimson Guitars workshop, Dorchester Body: Spalted beech Neck: Roasted flamed sycamore maple, bolt-on Fretboard: Ebony, 12" radius Scale length: 25" Frets: 24, Jescar medium-jumbo, nickel Nut: Graph Tech TUSQ Inlays: Ebony in steel hollow dots, white side dots Tuners: Gotoh