We have just finished another production prototype of the Lemmy inspired guitar. This one is built to the same scale length as a traditional Fender Strat (The first prototype was based on a Les Paul scale length). We are also hand profiling the necks in accordance to each new owners desired specs.
We just got this back from Ace at Ace of Sprays http://aceofsprays.co.uk/ - it started life as a PRS style guitar which has flame maple top that was just laying around the workshop. Ace did a great paint job on it utilising the existing flame in the maple going under a faux granite finish. Here are a few pictures showing his great work on this guitar:
We have done this guitar as a gift to the Rev - we dont have any endorsement deals etc. Horton Heat supported Motorhead in the USA last year and this was a way of saying thank you for the hospitality.
The guitar itself is a 335 style mahogany body / neck with a maple top - finished in black - ebony fretboard with no inlays, Les Paul style hardware with the 3 way switch on the upper horn. We fitted a nice set of Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen Humbucker sized P-90's - CTS Pots and Orange drop caps.
We are working on a limited run of Lemmy Inspired Guitars - Phil Campbell of Motorhead picked up a new guitar from us last week and tried out the design prototype for the guitar:
Specifications:
Individually Serial Numbered for the production of 50 Premium Mahogany Body with 5 Piece Maple Neck Width at Nut: 42 Width at 12th Fret: 52mm Scale Length: 626mm Exclusive body shape with hand carved "Oak leaf" relief Premium Hand Made Binding Premium Ebony Fretboards Star Inlays in Mother of Pearl Bare Knuckle War Pig Pickups (1V + 1T) CTS Pots, Sprague Orange drop Capacitors, hand wired Premium Hardware Bone Nut Certificate of Authenticity Hard Case Pro Setup
Price: £850 + V.A.T. If the guitar is going to any non-European Union Country then its £850 and you will be responsible for your own import taxes etc.
Phil Campbell of Motorhead finally got to the shop to pick up the Strat we just built for him:
The guitar is as follows:
Mahogany Body finished in translucent white 1 Piece Flame Maple Neck with Spade inlays and "Wanker" at the 12th fret Callham Vintage S Bridge - blocked off (no trem) EMG H/S/S pickup configuration modded to 18 volts Custom made Gold Mirror Pickguard and back plate Custom plated gold / nickel vintage split post tuners
If you are interested in a similar build we can produce this instrument for approx. £750
TC Ellis Guitars Mantis 2 in Mahogany with 1" Flame Maple Cap - faux Binding Tree of Life in Mother of Pearl Schaller Hannes Bridge Schaller Tuners EMG Zakk Wylde Set
