Vinyl LP guards! It’s the vinyl countdown! When the 12″ LP was first introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, few people realised the extent to which the ‘long play’ would revolutionise music. For the first time, an entire symphony up to 45 minutes could fit onto a single recording format- making it also popular […]
Anodised Aluminium is one of the all-time classic looks, particularly on Fender guitars. According to their website, Leo Fender first introduced gold anodised aluminium pickguards in 1956 on the student models in the Fender range; the single pickup ‘Musicmaster’ and dual-pickup ‘Duo-Sonic’. The ethos behind these initial 22.5-inch scale models was for music shops
Pearloid 101- how to choose the perfect pearl material for your next favourite scratchplate Pearloid is a classic scratchplate material, seen on a whole host of guitars over the years. One in particular, white, is EXTREMELY commonly seen, but we thought it’d be useful to give some background on what our ‘4ply Celluloid Pearl’
Series & Parallel You can connect 2 coils in either series or parallel and it gives a very different sound – this counts for ANY pickup type whether A DiMarzio Super distortion humbucker, a P-Bass humbucker or Telecaster Singlecoils Traditionally, you buy a humbucker and its two coils will be connected in series – giving
Series & Parallel Pickup wiring – Underrated secret sounds from your pickups! Read More »
Varitone Fever! How we developed our Varitone Stompbox Gibson first introduced their varitone in the ES-345 in 1959-or-so, intended as a new innovation to help their guitars sit better in the mix by notching the mid frequencies. It went on to feature in several other guitars and basses by Gibson, perhaps most notably B.B.
‘but it goes up to 11..!’ Well, if an amp that goes up to 11 is better than one that only goes up to 10, then a box with two Varitone Stompbox circuits in rather than just one has got to be better, right? It started off as a request from a client in the
Hi-Lo Varitone- the ultimate evolution of our Varitone Stompbox! Read More »
We can proudly add power-metal overlords Gloryhammer to our list of clients! When their pan-dimensional bass-slayer, The Hootsman, got in touch and asked us to put together a custom pickguard we were honoured to get involved! ————————— Check out what we made on their Instagram post! ————————— We’ve since made two sets- one for
Hail to the Hoots! Turbocharging Gloryhammer’s Basses Read More »
Elvis may have left the building, but it’d be wrong to run a guitar-related business without tipping our hats to the King of Rock & Roll! Possibly one of the most famous custom scratchplates of the 1960s, if not ever, belonged to one of the biggest names in 20th century showbiz and pop culture- Elvis.
We are sorry to say, that at least in the short term, due to GPSR, a new EU regulation, we won’t be taking orders from customers based in the EU and NI.
We are working incredibly hard to try and resolve this ASAP, but short term we cannot send orders into EU states, this does unfortunately also apply to Ireland and Northern Ireland too, as the latter has been included in these changes additionally. We’re really sorry for this inconvenience and any disappointment caused.
Thanks for understanding
Jack & Steve
Closed for a week or so!
Normal work will resume on the 18th Sep once Jack and Steve are back from holidays,
Please feel free to place new orders we’ll catch up and chat to you then
Existing orders, some are still on their way to you – thanks for your patience! Hang tight, we’ll get your goodies to you
Jack and Steve
