Custom guitar build with Trem-King

This guitar was built for a customer in the USA who as you’ll see below, had a very strong view regarding what he wanted.

Warmoth body and neck

The body and neck were made by Warmoth, the body being chambered and exceptionally light. My customer wanted a tightly coupled neck join so opted for my neck fitting kit. Because the body had a contoured heel, I used the version with shortened screws.

Trem-King Tremolo

A Trem-king vibrato was also specified which required some complex routing in order to fit it. It’s always a bit stressful cutting holes in someones brand new guitar but of course and thanks partly to the supplied templates, everything went well.

Here’s a top view of the fitted Trem-king.

Tor-tis pickguard

Another specification was that all the plastics, that is pickguard, control and tremolo cavities should be made from Tor-tis. This is a fantastic material which was a lot of fun to work with. I rounded and polished all the edges to give a very organic feel.

The shape of the pickguard was designed by the customer who supplied a cardboard approximation of its shape.

Completed guitar

The finished guitar certainly has a certain style about it – all screws were brass slot head, provided by the customer. I’m just not sure about his choice of white knobs!