Frequent visitors to the Hall may have bumped into Tony as he spends quite a bit of time here and many of the final touches on our restored and recreated guitars are provided by him and his phenomenal skill. He is both a luthier and professional player, therefore builds guitars for endurance, for a purpose, and perhaps most importantly, produces his own pick-ups to give his guitars the precise character and soul that the buyer has in mind. He makes to order for that very reason as he can tweak all the important factors to deliver the precision. He is also one of the world's nicest guys - not always the case in this industry!
 
Tony builds guitars for himself, he builds to test an idea, and he uses them all to properly road-test them before offering styles and technical ideas to customers. We have 2 recent prototypes that are taking up space in his studio, and are too good not to be offered for sale.
 
The body and neck material is Honduran Mahogany, the fretboard is Indian Rosewood, fretted to perfection with jumbo frets. A Bi-flex truss rod installed to keep everything correct and maintainable. The neck profile is based upon a typical 1958 profile. As per the Standard, the hardware is dependable future-proof Gotoh, and the controls are CTS vintage style - this guitar also behaves like a proper old Gibson, once you get to know it, there is the soul of the sound.
 
This has also been extensively used on the road by Tony but has no significant signs of life. As with the Standard above, Some of the finishing is prototype-standard, not necessarily as perfect as a guitar you order directly from him, but it looks and feels like a new guitar - a new expensive guitar.
 
As with all Tony's creations, the magic of this guitar in the sounds that emanate from it. The bridge pick-up is a mini humbucker with Alnico V magnets, wound as Tony likes to play them and with a chrome cover. The neck pick-up is a P-90 with Alnico III magnets with a cream cover. The bridge pick-up is governed with vintage taper CTS potentiometers for volume and tone by the upper 2 knobs, the neck pick-up governed in the same fashion by the lower 2 knobs.
 
This guitar tips the scales at 3.8kg (8lbs 7oz) and plays sublimely sitting or standing.
 
Assuming you agree that these guitars looks great, you can forgive the honesty of the prototype level finishing, then all that's left to do is come and see us, plug them in to the Lazy J and the Blackstar, and experience the depth of character of these pick-ups.
 
The guitar is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, and supplied with a good quality case.
 
If purchased together with the Standard, we will offer the pair at £3,975
Read about the Standard: Tony Edwards Guitars - The Standard