7 string

New Build: Hammerhead Buckeye

New Build: Hammerhead Buckeye

Michael Payne

This is our latest Hammerhead build! It’s a 27″ baritone 7 string, utalising a large Buckeye Burl slab and turquoise resin for the body. We modified the body shape slightly, from the previous Hammerhead, by tapering the bottom point, to make it a lot more comfortable for your arm, much like a arm contour on a super-strat shape.

The neck is made from a laminate of beautiful Birdseye Zebrano and Padauk, while the fretboard is a single piece of Olivewood. We loaded this build with a wide pole spaced set of Oil City Pickups Blackwolfs, making sure this build sounds just as good as it looks!

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New Model: The Hammerhead

New Model: The Hammerhead

Michael Payne

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New Model: The Hammerhead

Hello everyone!

Here is our new EX style model, the “Hammerhead”. We built this model out of popular demand for a stock version of the custom commissioned Æsc model we built in 2016. The shape is based loosely on our old Inferno V2 model but with much more exaggerated lines and size.

We’ve been fans of EX style guitars for a long time so it’s great to finally have one on the stock roster! Looking forward to building more of these in the future!

This particular build has a stunning Olivewood and blue resin hybrid top that we oriented in a way that accentuates the shape of the guitar. We loaded this build with our signature Blackwolf models from Oil City Pickups®, Schaller® locking tuners and Hipshot® mono-saddles.

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Out of the Workshop: Nova Denim

Out of the Workshop: Nova Denim

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Out of the Workshop: Nova Denim

This is our latest Nova build. We made this one to be a fan-fret 7 string with a micarta top, made from resin and denim fabric. This was a bit of an experiment but it came out much better than we could have hoped.

The micarta method retains the strength of the resin with the flexibility of the cloth, making this a very durable and strong material. We’ll be experimenting with other colours and fabrics as time goes on. We think this has a lot of potential for creating some interesting aesthetics.

We loaded this Nova with a set of our custom Oil City pickups, Schaller tuners and Hipshot mono-saddle bridge pieces.

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Out of the Workshop: Syrtis Buckeye

Out of the Workshop: Syrtis Buckeye

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Out of the Workshop: Buckeye Syrtis

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To kick off 2018, we have a new Syrtis build for you! This one really shows off the potential of the resin channel body construction.

We had a small block of Buckeye Burl, that usually would have been far too small to use for a guitar, however, with the resin channel body, we can adjust the orientation of the channels to accommodate for the size of the available wood. It gives an interesting design and illustrates how versatile the resin channel can be.

For the centre section, we used a Walnut laminate with an Ebony top. The contrast with the Buckeye wings makes for a very striking aesthetic. The neck is made from highly figured Poisonwood with a Purpleheart Middle layer and a Pale Moon Ebony fretboard.

The build has ABM® bridge saddles and Schaller® M6 Locking tuners. As a centrepiece we have a set of custom built Oil City Pickups®. These were fully customised for this build, featuring completely transparent bobbins! They sounds incredible and really set the build off beautifully!

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Hærken Demo Catalyst 7 & Æsc

Hærken Demo Catalyst 7 & Æsc

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Many of you have asked about how our Catalyst 7 build sounds and we’re happy to say we can now answer that question!

We dropped in on our good friends at Hærken last night and asked if they’d mind giving the Catalyst 7 a test run. They graciously accepted and let us film a couple of songs from their rehearsal!

This was a bit of a 2 for 1 for us as we also could grab a recording of Justin Pryce‘s Æsc build, we made for him earlier this year!

Check it out and let us know what you think!