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.
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/the-creamery/the-blackguard-series-pt-1-the-first-three/
The first in a series of 6 guitars carved from a 30yr old pine. Introducing No.1 – Based on the famous Jazzmaster shape. 2 Custom, scatterwound humbuckers with chrome plated nickel H-covers. Gotoh bridge & stoptail. 1 tone, 1 volume, 3 way switching. CTS pots & vintage capacitor. Body treated with nothing more then Danish oil.
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/hand-crafted-guitars/the-blackguard-series-6-guitars-from-30yr-old-pine/
There was just something about it. When tapped it had that ‘ring’, that sound that was far more than the usual dull thud you get with many woods. Maybe its the many blocks of birch laminated together under pressure. Maybe its the 40mm thickness. Maybe, maybe, maybe. One thing’s for sure – it sounds good.
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/hand-crafted-guitars/the-butchers-block-telecaster/
This is what happens when you’re winding a vintage pickup and the 40yr old spool of vintage 42AWG decides to act like a cranky old man, losing its temper and snapping.
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/handwound-pickups/when-the-wire-snaps/
Guitars, pickups and effects, handcrafted in Manchester, UK. A small one-man boutique company building electric guitars by hand, in many cases from quality reclaimed wood. All pickups are handwound to vintage and modern specs.
http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/blog/the-creamery/going-live-in-2010-the-creamery/