You wouldn’t believe what this guitar started life as !

When one of our customers picked up their custom build, they proceeded to hand me a guitar case saying “See what you can do with this?” the only stipulation was they wanted a 24.75” scale length.

Upon opening the case I discovered a HB import telecaster that had a nice set of Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounders and a very thick coating of Amber Poly.

After some back and forth with the customer it was decided that rather than building a brand new guitar we would strip it down and see what’s underneath. As you can imagine the electrics were your standard import fair, Chinese min pots and a flimsy 3 way switch, but underneath the poly finish was this beautiful two piece Ash body.

An Iron man theme was decided upon, so the body was stained red with a satin finish, which was then topped off with a custom brass Iron Man / Stark Industries pick plate.

All of the electrics were obviously upgraded and it was given a vintage tropical fish capacitor to give it that vintage tone.

Custom made hardware was also added to further enhance the vintage red and gold theme, to finish it all off a flamed maple 24.75” scale neck with a rosewood fretboard and custom brass and resin markers.

With only the body and the pickups making the cut, the final product it is a true one off custom shop guitar that plays as well as it looks!