Below is a selection of ‘S’ Type guitars, click on an image to see more...
Early ‘60’s style S type, alder body finished in a nitro Lake Placid Blue.
Maple neck with rosewood slab fingerboard with clay dots. Vintage style frets and 7.25” radius neck gives a classic feel.
Bare Knuckle pickups wired through CTS pots and a CRL switch, with a Switchcraft jack.
Nicely aged with cool ‘yellowed’ pickguard completing the vintage look...
‘61 style S type, alder body finished in a cool nitro two tone ‘faded’ sunburst.
Maple neck with slab rosewood board and clay dots. 6105 size frets and 9.5” radius gives a more modern feel.
Bare Knuckle pickups, CTS, CRL and Switchcraft components with Sprague capacitor.
Nicely aged, plenty of checking and wear and tear making a very cool and authentic looking guitar...
‘56 style S type, swamp ash body with maple one piece neck. Finished in a fairy heavily distressed black nitro.
Maple one piece neck features 6105 frets with 9.5” radius fingerboard.
Hand made/aged one ply pickguard and aged pickup covers and knobs complete the ‘50’s look.
Seymour Duncan SSL-
Resonant and very cool sounding...
Another ‘56 style S type, this time finished in a lightly distressed two tone sunburst.
Like the guitar above, this one also features a 9.5” radius fingerboard with 6105 frets on it’s maple one piece neck.
Pick ups are made by OX4, CTS pots, CRL switch, and a Bare Knuckle oil in paper capacitor.
Lovely resonant guitar, cool vintage looks and sound...break out the Buddy Holly tunes...!
‘61 style ‘S’ type finished in heavily distressed three tone sunburst. Alder body, maple neck with Amazon rosewood slab board fingerboard.
6105 frets and 9.5” radius gives the guitar a bit more of a modern feel.
Fatboy Guitars ‘59 Reserve pickups, CRL switch, CTS pots and a Switchcraft jack.
An awesome looking and playing guitar... looks, feels and sounds the part...without the £15,000 price tag..!
‘63 style ‘S’ type guitar, alder body finished in a nicely distressed Olympic White. Maple neck with period correct curved join rosewood fingerboard (Madagascan rosewood) with clay dots.
Vintage correct hardware throughout, very cool aged green guard. Bone nut.
Bare Knuckle ‘63 veneer’ pickups are wired through CTS pots and a CRL 5 way switch.
A great looking and playing instrument...
Another cool early ‘60’s style S type, similar to the sunburst above but a little less distressed!
Alder body, maple neck with slab board/clay dots.
Bare Knuckle ‘Sultans’ pick up the vibrations, sounds lovely, classic S sounds aplenty!
Very authentic looking and sounding guitar, feels great in the hands, would grace anyone’s collection....
Very cool fiesta red over sunburst ‘64 style S type. Maple capped neck with period correct curved join fingerboard, 9.5” radius with medium jumbo frets.
Hand made/aged pickguard, celluloid 4 ply material, vintage style hardware throughout.
The guitar is meticulously and authentically aged with an incredible amount of detail.
Plays beautifully, vibrant and harmonically rich...a real pleasure to play....
Here’s one that replicates the very first year of production...a ‘54 style S type...
Complete with all the appointments that would have been seen at the time, ‘tallboy’ knobs, American football shaped switch tip, trem cover with round holes, ‘Bakelite’ style worn pickups covers.
Pickups were hand made by Alan Dingwall to replicate the year perfectly...even with shorter G poles..!
Awesome and classic guitar...
Heavily distressed ‘62 style sonic blue S type, alder body, maple neck with dark rosewood slab board.
Heavily aged hardware, pickguard and plastics...Bare Knuckle pickups...
A very accurately distressed guitar, very authentic ageing.
Plays beautifully...a very cool guitar...