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cool S type guitar, fiesta red with plenty of wear and tear...looks like
this one's seen a few pubs and bars in it's life!
Based on a '63 example, we have an alder body with maple neck and curved join Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. Pickups are a set of Bare Knuckles, CTS pots, CRL switch...all the usual vintage correct stuff! Sounds amazing...very authentic looks...makes this one very special guitar... |
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Based
on a 1959 S type guitar, alder body with sunburst finish, maple neck with
slab Brazilian rosewood board.
The fingerboard is 9.5" with jumbo frets for a more modern feel...plays and sounds incredible. Pickups are a set of Bare Knuckle 'mother's milk' all wired through the usual high quality components...CTS pots, CRL switch, etc. If the guitar looks a little familiar...the distressing was based on Mike McCready's, of Pearl Jam, '59 str@t. |
| 'Irish
Blues S type'.....a replica of one of the most famous guitars of all time,
always fancied having a go at one of these...done that now...so won't be
making any more...way too much work!!!
Alder body with sunburst finish...very distressed, Brazilian rosewood board with clay dots...except the replaced one at the 12th...jumbo frets, Sperzel tuners...with one Gotoh...Bare Knuckle 'Irish Tour' pickups...a very, very cool guitar...... |
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Here's
a gorgeous one, 1960 style 'S' type finished in black but not distressed
in the slightest!, totally new 10 out of 10 finish. I don't get to do these
often and in some ways it can be almost more work than the distressed ones...believe
me!
The fingerboard is Brazilian rosewood and is almost ebony black. The pickups are a Bare Knuckle 'mother's milk' set, steel trem block, bone nut, CTS pots, CRL switch.....all the usual top quality stuff throughout...makes this one very special guitar...sounds incredible, looks as if it was bought and left under the bed for the last 49 years!!! |
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a nice one, fiesta red S type with gold parts. Brazilian rosewood slab
board, clay dots, etc.
I rarely do gold hardware equipped guitars, this one came out really well, gives a different look. Steel trem block, CTS pots, CRL switch, bone nut, all top quality stuff throughout. The guitar plays, looks and sounds a real treat, nicely resonant, a very, very nice piece... |
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Well
worn sunburst S type, slab board Brazilian rosewood with clay dots, alder
body finished in nitro-cellulose.
All the usual top quality stuff, steel trem block, CTS pots, CRL switch, bone nut, Voodoo ST60 pickups. A really resonant and cool looking guitar, awesome sound and feel...
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| Black
'57 style S type with soft V one piece neck and alder body finished in
nitro-cellulose.
Steel trem block, stamped saddles, CRL switch, CTS pots, Voodoo ST50 pickups, top quality stuff throughout. The distressing is based on a very famous guitar, I'll leave you to work that one out! A very nice looking and playing/sounding guitar... |
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Three
tone sunburst '58 'S' type guitar, maple one piece neck, single ply 8 hole
pickguard, cool nitro finish, aged to about 7 out of 10.
The Voodoo ST50's give the guitar that lovely 'thin' sounding shimmer, the guitar is vibrant and resonant even acoustically, cool looks, cool sounds...very, very nice... |
| Totally
cool S type guitar, sonic blue over a sunburst, never done one of these
before, the result looks great.
Nice lightweight alder body, Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with clay dots. The black, red and orange from the sunburst can be clearly seen under the sonic blue paint, came out better than I'd hoped. The Brazilian rosewood board is lovely and dark, looks and feels the part. It's a cool one...... |
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Hardtail
'59 two tone (faded) sunburst 'S' type guitar, alder body, maple neck with
Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and clay dots. the nitro finish is distressed
to about 6 out of 10.
Voodoo ST50 pickups, CTS pots, CRL switch......cool player, cool tones, a lovely guitar. The under pickguard shield on this guitar is a vintage original, protruding slightly from the 'shrunken' pickguard in places as on the originals. A very authentic looking and sounding guitar...
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| Ah,
'50's time again, beautiful '56 S type guitar, nitro blonde finish over
swamp ash. Gorgeous one piece flamed maple neck, she's a corker!
Bare Knuckle pickups, CTS pots, CRL switch, steel trem block, the usual top quality components are all here. The guitar is lively and resonant, a joy to play and sounds great, a total classic... |
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Here's
a cool one, '65 'S' type, alder body finished in lake placid blue, maple
neck with curved join rosewood fingerboard, clay dots with correct 12th
fret dot spacing, aged parchment guard and plastics, Voodoo pickups, Callaham
steel trem block.
Lovely slim aged neck feels great in the hand...plays, looks and sounds amazing... |
| 1963
style S type with plenty of playing wear!!!
Brazilian rosewood veneer join board, clay dots, nice chunky neck with jumbo frets, 12" radius, lightweight alder body, nitro finish, steel trem block, Voodoo ST60's........a top line guitar with a sound to match...absolute killer tone.....wish I could keep it!!! |
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'50's style S type, finished in distressed blonde (approx. 7/10 distressing)
The knobs and pickup covers are rounded and worn as the early 'Bakelite' type tended to end up with use. The pickups are Voodoo ST50's, the guitar features vintage style CTS pots and the latest addition to the Bravewood details.....a repro Cornell Dubilier cap...just for that vintage vibe. Made in house, these little caps really add to the authenticity, even though they can't be seen, nice to know they're under the hood! |
| This is one that
I've been meaning to build for a while. This was made up more or less completely
from bits and pieces that have been laying around the workshop for years.
I made the body several years ago, it was sprayed fiesta red but I wasn't keen on the shade of the colour...so I didn't use it and it just kicked around for ages. The neck was one I made, again it didn't get used on anything...until now. I've always had a bit of a thing for that 'stripped' vintage guitar look so decided to make this look like a bit of a modded 'player', stripped alder body, distressed 'original' finish neck, aged guard but with changed parts, black pickup covers, cool rails in the back, barrel T type Bakelite switch tip, etc. It's also got a Callaham steel block..... How does it sound?, absolutely amazing, I've currently got a real 1957 Fender Stratoacaster here that I've just refinished for a friend and this bitster just blows it away......honestly!!!!, I built this for myself just to noodle around on and to do a little recording, I couldn't have hoped for better..... |
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Slab
board S type, nicely yellowed and distressed olympic white finish, clay
dots, aged green guard.
The neck is fitted with jumbo frets and strung with 11-52's, pickups are Voodoo ST60's, awesome big tone from this one! |
| 1963
S type, finished in a 5/6 out of 10 distressed sonic blue. The curved join
Brazilian rosewood fingerboard is almost ebony black...gorgeous!!!
A top drawer guitar, clay dots with mid '63 on spacing, steel trem block, paper thin nitro finish, authentic aged plastics and metal work, CRL switch, CTS pots, etc. etc. Voodoo ST60 pickups handle the noise collecting duties...and sound incredible. An absolutely peach of a guitar...I'll be sorry to see it go... |
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Here's
a really heavily distressed sunburst S type, probably the most distressed
guitar I've built to date.
Producing a distressed look of this kind is literally hour upon hour of meticulous work, just distressing the lacquer on the body alone took three days! It was a lot of work but the result was well worth the effort...a guitar that Rory or Stevie would have been proud to play I'm sure...!!! |
| Gorgeous
slab board S type in fiesta red, light distressing but with plenty of weather
checking.
All the usual Bravewood stuff is here, paper thin nitro finish on both body and neck, hand aged wide bevel guard, clay dots, etc. etc. A totally cool looking and playing guitar in a really cool colour... |
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Early
'60's slab board S type, well used and abused, 'chucked in back of the
van for several years' look and feel!
This one came out really nicely, plays and sounds amazing, looks totally authentic...a real player! |
| Here's
something a little unusual...a mahogany bodied S type with figured neck.
The body is lightweight and finished in clear highly buffed nitro-cellulose, the rosewood boarded neck (with clay dots) is quilted maple with birdeyes too, also finished in a lovely vintage yellow nitro coat. The pickups are Voodoo ST60's, pots are CTS, switch is a CRL, the pickguard is an anodised gold 8 hole type, gold hardware has been used throughout...this is one gorgeous guitar.... |
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Slab
board sunburst S type, all the usual Bravewood stuff, hand aged green guard,
clay dots, paper thin nitro lacquer...
This one's been distressed to about 4 out of 10. Another corking guitar that not only looks the part...plays it too!!! |
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white '50's/'60's mix, alder body, one piece maple neck, three ply aged
mint green guard, Voodoo pickups, etc.
The finished has been yellowed and distressed to about 3.5/4 out of 10. A really nice resonant guitar with plenty of bite, a real 'player!!!' |
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Fiesta red slab board S type, nitro finish, distressed to about 3/4 out of 10, Voodoo pickups, aged green guard...another peachy guitar!!! |
| Hardtail
olympic white '60's style S type with 4 ply full celluloid tortoise shell
pickguard.
The finish has been yellowed and distressed to about 7 out of 10. Rosewood slab board with clay dots. The guitar is fitted with handwound Bare Knuckle pickups made right here in the UK. |
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Slab
board 'S' type, finished in sonic blue and distressed to about 8 out 10.
The neck is fitted with jumbo frets, the whole guitar is resonant and just sings, another one I didn't want to put down. Sonic blue works really well on these guitars and with the hand aged pickguard, it looks so cool, a stunning looking and sounding instrument... |
| Hardtail
'61 S type, this guitar features a real 1961 stratocaster neck and mostly
original pre-CBS parts. The neck was oversprayed and in really good condition
so I distressed the body to match.
Looks great and plays really nicely, the neck is arrow straight, the body is lightweight and really resonant. |
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'60's
style slab board S type, rosewood fingerboard, clay dots, aged green guard,
etc.
Finished in lake placid blue and distressed to about 7/8 out of 10. The guitar features a 12" radius fingerboard and medium jumbo frets, this gives it a more modern feel whilst retaining plenty of vintage vibe...another cool one... |