Ordering
Our aim is to make each Chris George guitar unique and special to the owner.
Each guitar should take on it's own identity; whether it be an acoustic archtop or electric resonator - or any point in between!
There is no production line and there is no batch building. Every guitar is focused on individually for the customer.
Each guitar may be loved and cherished but above all it is made to be played and played.
If you would like to discuss your own custom build then please contact us and, of course, you are very welcome to visit us to explore details and options in greater depth.
There can be up to a six month waiting list but this does vary. Allow about 6 weeks for your guitar to be built from the time we start the build.
Prices start from £1800 but vary dependent upon the options that you choose.
For Sale
This guitar is identical to the one featured in Guitarist Magazine June 2015 and in my featured build1/2015 except it is NOT distressed and it features two volumes and one tone rather than one volume and two tones - and obviously the Bigsby is new, not 40+ years old.
Price: £2200 including Hiscox case
Specification
- Single cut solid electric
- Body wood Alder forearm chamfer and 'belly cut' contouring
- Slab cut maple set neck
- Macassar ebony fingerboard with 25inch scale, 12inch radius, 22 frets
- Depth at 1st fret 21.7mm
- Depth at 12th fret 23.5mm
- String spacing at nut 35mm
- String spacing at bridge 51mm
- Evo gold medium fretwire
- Two way adjustable truss rod and twin carbon fibre bars
- Lollar Gold Foil pickups
- SLR roller nut
- TonePros roller bridge
- Bigsby B5 vibrato
- Two volume and one
- Tone control
- Three way selector switch
- Electrosocket output jack
- Daphne Blue Nitro gloss finish
- Schaller Stap Locks
The guitars listed here are offered for sale at considerably discounted prices. They were built NOT as custom orders but as prototypes to experiment with different shapes/techniques /hardware/electronics. For full spec. please contact us.
| GUITAR | Acoustic 12 string with Fishman pickup |
|---|---|
| PRICE | £2000 |
| TYPE | 00ish sized acoustic Lower Bout 14.25” Body depth 3 7/8” Body length 19.5” |
| BODY | Spalted maple back and sides, Torrefied sitka spruce top and top braces, Rosewood bindings with fine line b/w/b purflings. Herringbone to front and to 3 ring rosette |
| NECK | Quarter sawn mahogany with carbon fibre bars and two way truss rod |
| F/BOARD | Macassar ebony. Scale length 24” with14 radius. Evo gold fretwire MoP Dots |
| HARDWARE | Individual 6 -a-side “Strat Type” tuners, Schaller strap locks and JDL bridge truss system |
| ELECTRONICS | FIshman matrix under saddle pick up with soundhole tone and vol controls |
| FINISH | Satin Nitrocellulose to neck and front, gloss to headfacing and back and sides |
| COMMENT | Very satisfying to play, the shorter scale length is easy on the fingers and there is no need to tune down a tone or capo up to the second fret! |
| GUITAR | Single cut solid electric 12 string |
|---|---|
| PRICE | £2000 |
| TYPE | Single cut twin humbucker 12 string electric |
| BODY | Mahogany with “belly cut” contouring. Ivoroid binding and control knobs |
| NECK | Mahogany quartered one piece. Set neck |
| F/BOARD | Macassar ebony with 22 frets, pearl dot markers, 24”scale 14” radius |
| HARDWARE | Gotoh bridge and tuners,Electro socket output jack, Schaller strap locks |
| ELECTRONICS | TV Jones Classic Plus bridge, Powertron neck pickups |
| FINISH | Surf Green nitro, gloss to body and head facing, satin to neck .Mint green pickguard and control plate |
| COMMENT | Short scale zero fret 12 string with light gauge strings very very very playable, perfect for that “Jingle jangle morning” feeling. It may look similar to a lightweight Dano because of the colour but the mahogany body gives it a satisfying strapped on feel and at about 8 lbs it is a substantial guitar. |
| GUITAR | Single Cut Fat Custom Classic |
|---|---|
| PRICE | £1800 |
| TYPE | Single cutaway twin humbucker Electric |
| BODY | Half chambered mahogany with quilted maple carved cap |
| NECK | Triple spliced mahogany |
| F/BOARD | Bound macassar ebony 25" scale 12" rad |
| HARDWARE | TonePros wraparound bridge & tuners,Schaller strap locks, electro socket |
| ELECTRONICS | Bare Knuckle PG Blues pickups, concentric vol and tone controls, 3-way slider switch |
| FINISH | Gloss Nitro cellulose "Autumn Burst" |
| COMMENT | Quite a "Gibby" feel to this guitar. It weighs in at 8.2lbs. The neck is a "chunky" C profile and the pickups are unspotted and out of phase with each other. |
| GUITAR | Curly Redwood Drop Top Electric |
|---|---|
| PRICE | £1500 |
| TYPE | Double cut drop top twin pickup electric |
| BODY | Mahogany with curly redwood top |
| NECK | Triple spliced mahogany |
| F/BOARD | Macassar ebony 24.75” scale 12 rad |
| HARDWARE | Gotoh 501 tuners, Bigsby B5 vibrato, TonePros Roller bridge. Schaller strap locks, SLR roller nut |
| ELECTRONICS | Bareknuckle “Blackdog” Bridge HB, “Blue Note” P90 neck |
| FINISH | Gloss tobacco burst to body, satin to back of neck |
| COMMENT | This one is known as ‘Ivor’ because tuner knobs, control knobs, bindings and fret markers are all grained ivoroid! |
| GUITAR | Aged 33G |
|---|---|
| PRICE | £1800 |
| TYPE | Twin cutaway semi hollow carved top electric |
| BODY | Chambered mahogany with curly redwood carved top |
| NECK | Triple spliced mahogany |
| F/BOARD | Macassar ebony 25”scale 12”rad |
| HARDWARE | Bigsby B5 Vibrato with VibraMate string retainer, TonePros locking tuners & roller bridge, Schaller strap locks |
| ELECTRONICS | Custom wound Lollar Imperials, Freeway 6way selector, Two Vol two tones,Electro socket |
| FINISH | “Aged” clear nitro cellulose |
| COMMENT | The neck is more Gibby than Fender and the “aged” nitro finish is crazed but no deliberated ‘dings” nor “dents” or false wear to the body nor neck. |
| GUITAR | Spider Bridge Acoustic Resonator |
|---|---|
| PRICE | £1800 |
| TYPE | Acoustic resonator |
| BODY | Solid Koa top, Solid Australian Blackwood back & sides |
| NECK | Spliced maple with tobacco burst |
| F/BOARD | Rosewood 25” scale 12” Rad. |
| BINDINGS | Bloodwood with fine line b/w |
| HARDWARE | Schaller tuners & straplocks |
| ELECTRONICS | None |
| FINISH | Nitro. Gloss to body satin to back of neck |
| COMMENT | Very solidly built |
| GUITAR | CE-N SOLIDO |
|---|---|
| PRICE | £1500 |
| TYPE | Thinline cutaway semi-solid electro Nylon-string |
| BODY | Chambered swamp ash with Lutz spruce top |
| NECK | Spliced mahogany with truss rod |
| F/BOARD | Indian rosewood 25” scale and 14” rad |
| HARDWARE | Rubner tuners |
| ELECTRONICS | Fishman Matrix Infinity |
| FINISH | Gloss Nitro with tinted satin top and back of neck |
| COMMENT | Reviewed by Guitarist Presents Acoustic mag 2017 who concluded:-“Chris’s build and attention to the smallest details puts his work up amongst the best there is in the world” |
| GUITAR | Surf Green Special |
|---|---|
| PRICE | £2000 |
| TYPE | Semi hollow, carved to, set neck electric |
| BODY | Hollow mahogany with carved mahogany top |
| NECK | Triple spliced mahogany |
| F/BOARD | Bound ebony,25” scale 12 rad |
| HARDWARE | Bigsby B7 Vibrato.Tone pros bridge, Scahaller tuners, Dunlop dual strap locks |
| ELECTRONICS | TV Jones Classic neck and Powertron Bridge pickups One Vol two tones |
| FINISH | Gloss surf green nitro |
| COMMENT | Really lovely Gretsch type guitar, It is a set neck although from the back it looks like a neck through body. Ebony headfacing, pickguard and arm rest. It was featured in Guitarist mag March 2012 and on the front of their 2013 calendar, There is also a sound clip of it being demonstrated by I think Mick Taylor of Guitarist somewhere on Youtube. |
| GUITAR | Acoustic |
|---|---|
| PRICE | £1800 |
| TYPE | Acoustic (oo sized) 14.25” lower bout, 4.125” deep, body length 19.6” |
| BODY | Spalted maple back and sides, torrefied sitka spruce top. koa bindings with fine line b/w/b purflings |
| NECK | Korina with two way truss rod |
| F/BOARD | Macassar ebony 25.5” scale. 14” rad. Evo gold fretwire |
| HARDWARE | Nickel lightweight, back locking tuners, Schaller strap locks |
| ELECTRONICS | None |
| FINISH | Satin nitro cellulose to top and neck, gloss to headfacing back and sides |
| COMMENT | Lovely smallish acoustic with loads of charm. |
