The neck joint is the heart of the guitar, loose and you lose sustain and in many cases, the neck becomes unstable. With a good, well made tight neck joint a guitar will always sound better – you will hear it in the sustain.
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A guitar needs a tight neck joint
Posted by The Creamery on July 22, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/guitar-building/a-guitar-needs-a-tight-neck-joint/
Introducing ‘The Alleyway’ – Custom Explorer Style
Introducing ‘The Alleyway’, a Gibson Explorer style guitar handcrafted by my own fair hands. In the US they have Bloc Parties, here in Manchester we throw open the gates and meet up in the alleyways to share stories, drink and be merry.
Posted by The Creamery on May 26, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/the-creamery/introducing-the-alleyway/
The Creamery – Packaging the Handwound Pickups
Here’s the rough first mock-up of the new pickup packaging. When you buy a single pickup it will come in the new ‘cigarette pack’ style box. Maybe I should have vending machines in your local guitar shop – just swipe your card and take a pack.
I’m on course now for the site to launch at the end of May – Everything is in place, just testing the online shop and hoping to record some demo videos.
Posted by The Creamery on May 17, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/handwound-pickups/the-packaging/
The Creamery Blackguard 2 – Based on a ’72 Custom Tele
The Creamery Custom Telecaster Guitars – Blackguard 2 – Based on a ’72 Custom Tele
Posted by The Creamery on April 4, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/hand-crafted-guitars/blackguard-2-based-on-a-72-custom-tele/
Three Pickup Mahogany Telecaster – v.2
The original cream coloured P90 covers are now black and the middle/neck position now wired in series.
Posted by The Creamery on April 1, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/hand-crafted-guitars/three-pickup-mahogany-telecaster-v-2/
The Blackguard Series pt.1 – The First Three
Quick progress update. Here are the first three guitars from the Blackguard series – 6 guitars crafted from 30yr old pine. A jazzmaster style with custom handwound H-cover humbuckers, a Standard telecaster and a Tele Custom style, both with sets of my handwound pickups.
Posted by The Creamery on March 26, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/the-creamery/the-blackguard-series-pt-1-the-first-three/
Three Pickup Mahogany Telecaster
Not the best looking guitar in town due to the three pickup configuration and cream P90 covers (which I’m changing to black) but the sounds you can coax from this guitar are just sweet. The heavier gauge strings, coupled with a one piece heavy mahogany body, rosewood fingerboard and fatter sounding P90 pickups rather than tele/strat types give this guitar a real warmth.
Posted by The Creamery on March 18, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/hand-crafted-guitars/three-pickup-mahogany-telecaster/
The Creamery – Custom Guitar Headstock Design
Just a quick post – Here’s a closeup pic of the headstock design. After playing around with more a few more sharper versions I finally settled on this curved variation on the traditional format.
Each headstock will have the logo, guitar name, serial number and the date on which each guitar was crafted.
Posted by The Creamery on March 15, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/guitar-building/guitar-headstock-design/
Blackguard One – Custom Humbucker Specs.
Humbucker Tech. Specs. Magnets: Alnico 5 Coil Wire: 43AWG Plain Enamel Lead Wire: Vintage Braided Neck Approx. Winds: Pole 4200 / Screw 4915 Neck Output: 6.7k Bridge Approx. Winds: Pole 3718 / Screw 3412 Neck Output: 8.0k Balanced mids, snappy lows and a top-end with room to breath. The Alnico magnet is brighter sounding than [...]
Posted by The Creamery on March 14, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/handwound-pickups/blackguard-one-custom-humbucker-specs/
Esquire Style Guitar – ‘Dirty Northern Town’
Named after a comment I overheard whilst climbing off the train at Manchester Piccadilly station, as a group of guys climbed on, eager to get back home south.
A tele take on the Les Paul Junior. Whilst waiting for a batch of parts to arrive so I could wind the single P90 needed, the guitar was wired up with an old Gibson P90 I had lying around. Eager to hear a P90 in the bridge position the old Gibson pickup was only ever meant to be temporary measure, especially as this was a neck pickup, the pole spacing too narrow for the wider telecaster bridge.
Posted by The Creamery on March 12, 2010
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/hand-crafted-guitars/esquire-style-guitar-dirty-northern-town/