001 The Fencepost Esquire Guitar

Handbuilt from John's wood

I know, I know, the idea of a single pickup guitar seems a little old fashioned nowadays but fact is, a one pickup guitar strips away all the frills and furniture until you're left with nothing but a little room, a bare bulb and single window. Its up to you, tonewise, to see what sounds you can coax out of it. Saying that, 'The Fencepost' here is a pretty versatile number. With scatterwound 43AWG coil wire here's our C001 Custom Creamery Hot Telecaster Bridge - Alnico 5 in the lead position, wired to The Creamery's own twist on the original Fender electronics with a .0047uf cap where the resistor should sit - this is essentially the same as the 'Eldred Mod' giving the out-of-phase or cocked-wah sound in the front position. The growl and snap is helped along by the wood, an old sentimental piece of pine fencepost that lay drying out for twenty years. There's very little moisture left in this wood. It's dry as a bone. The nail holes were left in as a feature. Have a listen to the audio files, especially position one - rhythm. It has a snarl all of its own. Not for sale. Never going to be. This is a sentimental guitar, played every day

Oiled pine wood, bolt-on maple neck with maple fingerboard and custom tortoiseshell scratchplate, staggered brass saddles with Wilkinson stamped steel bridge - this guitar has a snap, a bark and a bite - 3 pickup configurations from a single coil guitar