Hand made In the UK strat?

jmf1928

My Gray is a wonderful guitar. Extremely comfortable neck, gorgeous piece. Feels truly handcrafted like the Melancon Tele I have. My Fenders (Strat Pluses) are great but don’t have the same unique magic. He does like 11’s, which I’ve concluded are too heavy for me, so I need to do some tweaking in the near future. 

https://imgur.com/gallery/W20StBR

timmypix

No one's mentioned Mike Smith yet - built completely by hand, and reasonably priced. Really want to shell out for one myself at some point, but I'm a Smith too, so a headstock with my surname on it does hold a certain sway there.

STR2612

Definitely worth checking out Eternal Guitars in Chichester. Dave Walsh there makes the guitars from scratch and even does his own pickups. They are easily comparible with the CS stuff and aswell as stock builds, he'll do builds to order. His relic work is amazing but again if you want something less worn and built to your exact specs then he can do it. He's a super nice guy too and really passionate about what he does

markslade07

SVL Guitars?

pumkin

Definitely a second for Simon Law at SVL ....there’s also a guy in Wales ...Zero One guitars I think who I eve been told on good authority is top notch ... his work looks amazing . 

mudslide73

timmypix said:

No one's mentioned Mike Smith yet - built completely by hand, and reasonably priced. Really want to shell out for one myself at some point, but I'm a Smith too, so a headstock with my surname on it does hold a certain sway there.

I'd be looking to Mike also. Some great looking stuff on his Insta.

brucegill

markslade07 said:

SVL Guitars?

pumkin said:

Definitely a second for Simon Law at SVL ....there’s also a guy in Wales ...Zero One guitars I think who I eve been told on good authority is top notch ... his work looks amazing . 

thanks for the info. Just did a bit of a search on SVL and seems its a very pricey partscaster. Don't get me wrong, I get that a Fender Custom Shop is as well, but at least it has resale value and a brand name that's got history.....

CloudNine

markslade07 said:

SVL Guitars?

pumkin said:

Definitely a second for Simon Law at SVL ....there’s also a guy in Wales ...Zero One guitars I think who I eve been told on good authority is top notch ... his work looks amazing . 

SVL don't build from scratch, despite the price tag.

markslade07

CloudNine said:

markslade07 said:

SVL Guitars?

pumkin said:

Definitely a second for Simon Law at SVL ....there’s also a guy in Wales ...Zero One guitars I think who I eve been told on good authority is top notch ... his work looks amazing . 

SVL don't build from scratch, despite the price tag.

Oops, sorry! Always assumed they did (though not really looked into it that much)

pumkin

brucegill said:

markslade07 said:

SVL Guitars?

pumkin said:

Definitely a second for Simon Law at SVL ....there’s also a guy in Wales ...Zero One guitars I think who I eve been told on good authority is top notch ... his work looks amazing . 

thanks for the info. Just did a bit of a search on SVL and seems its a very pricey partscaster. Don't get me wrong, I get that a Fender Custom Shop is as well, but at least it has resale value and a brand name that's got history.....

Fair point but you don’t see many Secondhand SVLs coming up very often ... there’s a good reason for that . 

brucegill

Yeah, I see that. And from what I hear they’re fantastic, so thanks for the info. Just not where I’m putting my money at the moment. 

FelineGuitars

Mike Hobbs who has trained more luthiers than anyone i know has launched his own line while he has time on his hands through lockdown . They look nice.

https://regent7guitars.co.uk

brucegill

FelineGuitars said:

Mike Hobbs who has trained more luthiers than anyone i know has launched his own line while he has time on his hands through lockdown . They look nice.

https://regent7guitars.co.uk

Thanks for that. It’s like you’ve read my mind as I just said I wanted seafoam green!? Spooky. I wanted 7.25” but that looks impossible to find. Need to find something with a 9.5 to see if I like it... 

CloudNine

FelineGuitars said:

Mike Hobbs who has trained more luthiers than anyone i know has launched his own line while he has time on his hands through lockdown . They look nice.

https://regent7guitars.co.uk

All looks a bit wonky. The low E very close to the edge of the fretboard.

vincechu89

Another vote for MB guitars, they look realistically reliced and are vintage specced but are fairly (imo) priced. Eggles look great, but I have a preference f@ ;

@FelineGuitars did an amazing vintage 59 strat build that was shared on this forum a while back that blew me away too.

FelineGuitars

vincechu89 said:

Another vote for MB guitars, they look realistically reliced and are vintage specced but are fairly (imo) priced. Eggles look great, but I have a preference f@ ;

@FelineGuitars did an amazing vintage 59 strat build that was shared on this forum a while back that blew me away too.

oh this one: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/112445/feline-guitars-in-not-les-paul-shaped-guitar-shock/p1

brucegill

That’s a stunner!

idiotwindow

CloudNine said:

FelineGuitars said:

Mike Hobbs who has trained more luthiers than anyone i know has launched his own line while he has time on his hands through lockdown . They look nice.

https://regent7guitars.co.uk

All looks a bit wonky. The low E very close to the edge of the fretboard.

Ugly headstock too.

xscaramanga

Mate of mine has a few Eternal guitars he loves. He's the other end of the country for lockdown so I've not seen them in person, but they look nice.

https://www.eternal-guitars.com/guitars

Bluesboy82

Never played one and don't know anyone who has, but Fraser Guitars produce some nice looking models.