Plug in any guitar that you want – go ahead, I’ll wait – and it will be impossible to find a bad sound using its six simple controls. ![]() READ MORE: Invention & Evolution: Charles Darwin, Henry Ford and how the death of silent movies birthed the guitar amplifier.Instead of one speaker like most amps of its era, it has four blue-label 10-inch speakers that are as loud as they look, positioned perfectly into the 23-inch cabinet, ensuring that when you need it to, it can fill a room without a microphone in sight. When it is on, its 45 watts of power gives you massive clean tones that can stand up next to any drummer, beautiful tube saturation when pushed to high volumes, and the ability to accept overdrive and fuzz pedals as if they are part of its very DNA. ![]() Without ever turning it on, it demands a certain attention by way of its yellow tweed covering, aged and abused from over 60 years of use. Simply put, it’s the definition of perfect. This is my go to guitar when I need to cover many musical styles.Previously, I told you that my favourite amp is my all-original 1959 Fender Bassman now I’m going to try to explain to you why. This guitar has clear oil finish on the body. Vaughn Skow Custom 60 Humbucker set, Gotoh tuners and a hand cut nut. This is one of my absolute favourite guitars, it is supremely touch sensative and has a beatifully soulfull tone! The body and neck are Honduras mahogany (legally sourced) with a Madagascan rosewood fretboard. This started as my tribute to early led Zeppelin. As many guitarists may know, Jimmy Page apparently used a Telecaster on a lot of the early recordings, so I wanted to get a Tele as close as I could to a Les Paul. The result was an extremely versatile guitar capable of country twang and searing rock lead as well.I wired this guitar so that the humbuckers can be coil tapped and put out of phase for a very honky Frank Zappa or Peter Green tone.įor the main part this guitar is laid out similar to a Les Paul with two humbuckers and the classic tunamatic bridge and tail piece, (both Faber made, best I've experienced) but the controls are more classic Tele with 1 volume and 1 tone, push pull pots for single coil and phase. I work from my studio in Sydenham, South East London. (OK, it's a shed, hence the name, but a good one and much developed from my humble beginnings in the corner of the living room, and probably much to the delight of my now wife - slightly less mess around the house!)įor more examples of custom builds or more information on my full suite of services please visit my Custom Built Guitars and Services pages. Although the 6 string variety is my personal favourite, I also work love working on bass guitars. I also do the regular set ups and services and pride myself on returning your guitar to you playing and sounding to its full potential. I developed my passion and love for tone and guitars into putting together custom guitars, experimenting with anything from pups and bridges to types of wood and finishes and even springs and capacitors - anything to get the best sounding guitar possible! I have developed some favourite suppliers and brands over the years and can consult you on these, but am equally happy to build a custom job to your specific requirements. I started to become much more serious about chasing tone after I got my first set of aftermarket guitar pickups well over 10 years ago and this has become somewhat of an obsession of mine! I am a self confessed electric guitar and amp modding geek if something can be changed or improved upon I will give it a go. My main passion is blues rock, but I enjoy playing anything from funk to seriously heavy rock with a bit of prog or psychedelia on the way! ![]() I have been playing guitar for almost 30 years.
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