New Guitar for Phil Campbell

Phil Campbell of Motorhead just got another guitar from me - they just finished up the UK part of the Motorizer 2009 tour and are now in Europe. I managed to get the guitar completed last Saturday morning (Thanks very much to Tim Mills at Bare Knuckle Pickups for getting the War Pig's to me on time). A mad dash to the London Hammersmith Apollo for sound check to deliver the guitar as well as a nice Green Flame Maple Series 2 for Mikkey Dee (Motorheads Drummer), a TC Ellis SG style and the last of my TC Ellis Hollowbody Les Paul style guitars for Dan and the crew - sorry Lemmy, that was the last one.

During the concert Paul, Lemmys Son made a guest appearance during "Killed by Death" and actually used Phils new guitar. I also met with the Guitar tech for the Damned - I am building him a Flying V.


The guitar for Phillip is one of my new "Debbie" style Les Pauls - solid mahogany body, Quilted Maple front, double binding, flame maple neck left natural, tree of life inlay, fully shielded with CTS Pots, Sprague Orange drops, Bare Knuckle "War Pig" pickups and the hardware in gold.

This is a very limited run of 12 instruments - available in black flame and tobacco sunburst flame. I did have another Cherry Sunburst that matched Phils guitar but Martin, a good customer of mine just grabbed it yesterday for his Xmas present to himself.

The guitars are available in 2 configurations - with standard hardware, pickups etc for £549 and a "Pro" version with upgraded electronics, CTS Pots, Sprague orange drop's, Bare Knuckle Pickups, fully shielded for £775.

New Strat Build with EMG's

I finished a pair of Strats a few weeks ago - here are some pictures and info:



Specifications:

Solid Mahogany Body with Spalted / Flamed Maple top
AAA Flame Maple Neck with Maple Fretboard - Abalone Inlays
EMG-DG 20 Pickup's - http://www.emginc.com/products/index/56/11/1
Callaham USA Vintage S Tremolo and Hardware in Nickle: http://www.callahamguitars.com/partsstr.htm
Callaham Vintage Split Post Tuners
Bone Nut
Pro Setup
£750 (Cheaper than an off the wall USA Strat)

This Strat has the perfect "Strat" sound - I am very pleased with the finished guitar.

Review of a TC Ellis Guitars Series 2

I just read this review of one of my guitars - click here for the ultimate-guitars review

The guitar started as a basic Series 2 and was upgraded with Bare Knuckle Pickups and premium electronics.

Lemmy Bass - Update & Pictures

Here are a few pictures of the Bass we are building for Lemmy - Once Lemmy approves we will begin production:

Brushed Steel / Copper Rust Acoustic

Faux Brushed Steel and Copper effect Acoustic Guitar - I will have 2 Les Paul Style (My Series 2's) available soon with this same finish.

Vincent Motorbike Guitar

Working on this PRS Style Guitar - it is themed around the classic Vincent Motorbike's of the 50's. We are working on a few Stratocasters based around classic Triumph, BSA, Ducatti, Yahaha, etc. motorbike colour schemes.

Lemmy Bass & Phil Campbell Strat Update Nov. 2 2009

Here are a few new pictures of Lemmys Bass (Notice the intricate body binding is now on) This Bass is subject to Lemmy's approval:



Here are a few pictures of a Strat build we are doing for Phillip Campbell of Motorhead - he likes his Series 2 so much he wants a matching Strat style guitar - Ash body in translucnt white, S/S/H, Flame Maple neck with premium rosewood fretboard (check out the upside down "Spade" symbols for the fret markers in Abalone and "Wanker" in Abalone at the 12th fret)