Guitar
- Steel Bodied Loic Le Pape Mustang
guitarz.blogspot.com Loïc Le Pape is one of these French guys who makes übercool guitars out of steel - here is his take on the Mustang. Simple and raw, it looks like the ultimate nu-garage rock guitar, isn't it? Also it has interesting...
- 1967 Custom Kraft Hollow-body
guitarz.blogspot.com This Custom Kraft semi-hollow has some killer details - the beautiful Custom Kraft headstock, the double pickguard, the flash-shaped soundholes, the one bloc bridge/stoptail... I cannot tell if the strange positions of the knobs is...
- Custom 77 Roxy - A New Classic?
guitarz.blogspot.com I know that I probably spend much too much time ranting here about how unimaginative guitar making became in the last decades, so let's cut the crap and rejoice over creative luthiers and small companies that can...
- One-off über-psychedelic Migma Doubleneck Bass/guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com Who can think of former East-Germany as a place and time of stern and dull design? Look at this Migma doubleneck bass/guitar (it sports no brand but its look and finish cry Migma - there were some models shared...
- Peter Cook, Guitar Builder - Eric And Peter Meet . . .
Tuesday was an exciting day, one that I had been looking forward to for some time. Being an enthusiast for hand made guitars and "one off" instruments, I have always had an admiration for the makers and it would be hard to mention custom guitars and basses,...
Guitar
the end of Custom 77...
I was very sorry to learn a few days ago that French guitar company Custom 77 - one of the best new guitar companies in Europe to me - suddenly decided to stop their activities. Though in the last years they developed very interesting original models, reached little by little a worldwide distribution network and caught the attention of musicians (including Lee Ranaldo) and guitar lovers, they just can't manage to go on as no bank seems to find that an European electric guitar company is a sustainable business worth supporting. So they chose to call it quits rather than risking bankruptcy - we can just hope that this means that the two guys behind Custom 77 plan to create a new company someday, something they couldn't do if they had to pay debts for the rest of their lives…
 |
| Custom 77 Roxy Raw Power |
Those who followed my posts on the Guitar Blog may remember what I wrote about Custom 77's Roxy when it was released in 2011 - I really fell in love with the sexy minimal design of this guitar. I really didn't need a new guitar a the time, but in the last weeks I was hesitating between buying a G&L telecaster and a Roxy Raw Power - the solid body single P90 version of the Roxy (I need a single coil guitar for my new project). Well it seems that I hesitated too long, and I will never have it (they sell their stock for cheaper price right now but you have to go to their shop in Lyon, they won't send it to Austria)…
- Steel Bodied Loic Le Pape Mustang
guitarz.blogspot.com Loïc Le Pape is one of these French guys who makes übercool guitars out of steel - here is his take on the Mustang. Simple and raw, it looks like the ultimate nu-garage rock guitar, isn't it? Also it has interesting...
- 1967 Custom Kraft Hollow-body
guitarz.blogspot.com This Custom Kraft semi-hollow has some killer details - the beautiful Custom Kraft headstock, the double pickguard, the flash-shaped soundholes, the one bloc bridge/stoptail... I cannot tell if the strange positions of the knobs is...
- Custom 77 Roxy - A New Classic?
guitarz.blogspot.com I know that I probably spend much too much time ranting here about how unimaginative guitar making became in the last decades, so let's cut the crap and rejoice over creative luthiers and small companies that can...
- One-off über-psychedelic Migma Doubleneck Bass/guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com Who can think of former East-Germany as a place and time of stern and dull design? Look at this Migma doubleneck bass/guitar (it sports no brand but its look and finish cry Migma - there were some models shared...
- Peter Cook, Guitar Builder - Eric And Peter Meet . . .
Tuesday was an exciting day, one that I had been looking forward to for some time. Being an enthusiast for hand made guitars and "one off" instruments, I have always had an admiration for the makers and it would be hard to mention custom guitars and basses,...