Every other aspect is customized to your personal tastes and sonic and visual requirements - provided that the design, build quality and technical functionality of the instrument can remain uncompromised. We construct every neck by hand from multiple laminates using quarter-sawn timbers for strength and stability whilst utilising the best quality tonewoods, hardware and pickups available from across the globe.
Choose one of our three disciplines: Acoustic, Electric or Bass - to see design and ordering information on each plus galleries showcasing examples of our custom guitar work.
If you don't want to wait for a custom build or would like to see our work in the flesh, see what guitars we currently have in stock ready for sale.
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It's been a while, but we have finally updated the electric image gallery (some bass and acoustics updates coming soon) along with various tweaks and updates to other parts of the site, including the addition of some of the more popular options on the electric guitars custom quote form. Hopefully site updates will occur a little more regularly over the coming months! Stay tuned for some extended range guitars like those pictured here with Tom last year, and for more images like this as well as work-in-progress shots don't forget to check our Facebook page.
We'd like to say thank you to all our customers who have been patient and understanding through the pandemic so far, we've done our best with delays to our production and increased lead times and availability issues from some of our suppliers.
UK Tech Fest 2018 Mar 2018 Waghorn Guitars will be at UK Tech Fest 2018 from the 5th to the 9th of July 2018 at the Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire. Come down and say hi!
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This Corax 6 string features a Mahogany body, bolt-on Indian rosewood and flamed maple neck. Bare Knuckle Nailbomb and Cold Sweat pickups with black Battleworn covers, Hipshot bridge and knobs, Schaller M6 locking machines.
This neck-through Sauria B 4-string bass has also been added. Cocobolo top and fingerboard, maple and wenge neck, swamp ash body wings, Delano PC 4 AL and Delano MC 4 Jay-Ray pickups, ABM bridge.
We hope to have more photos added soon, but in the meantime head over to our Facebook page to see some more recent guitars and work-in-progress photos.
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New Electric models - Ion and Ion-w Apr 2015 The latest addition to our electric models is now here; the Ion. It is avaiable in two body widths, the standard low-profile Ion with an ultra-narrow body on the bass side and the Ion-w with it's wider body to balance the shape. For more information see the the Ion page
The first custom-ordered Ion-w is now on the Electric Guitar Gallery featuring a Roasted Birds Eye Maple neck, a striking Burr Maple top, Bare Knuckle 'Rebel Yell' pickups, a Gotoh tremolo and Schaller locking machine heads. This guitar is also the second to feature our new 'Tracer' illuminated hollowpoitn side dots (the first was the original Ion prototype).
The Alex Hutchings AH6 range of electric guitars has been updated for 2015 to include new customizable options. Customers can now choose from a greater selection of different top, body and neck wood options, different bridges from Gotoh and Hipshot as well as fingerboard and inlay options. Also added is the new 'Drop Top' arm chamfer style and different midi pickup choices.
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Alex visited the workshop shortly before flying out to NAMM 2015 to check out the first guitar to showcase the new options, destined for a UK customer.
This is by far the best AH6 to date and I'm super thrilled with it... the look, feel and sound quality are up there with the finest guitars I've ever played!
To check out the complete range of AH6 options and obtain a price for your own custom specification, visit the AH6 page:
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New Electric model - Introducing the T-Rex Jan 2015 The end of 2014 saw the birth of a new electric model - the T-Rex. Check out the first version in the Electric Guitar Gallery, a Birdseye maple and Wenge neck-through body baritone 7 string with a fetching transparent green quilted maple top, fully scalloped rosewood fingerboard, Hipshot contour tremolo and Bare Knuckle 'Trilogy suite' pickups. You can also read what the proud owner had to say about it on our Electric Testimonials page.
Electric Gallery - Corax 6 Jun 2014 The Electric Guitar Gallery has been updated with a Corax 6 string featuring a reversed headstock, modern set-neck construction, bookmatched Brazilian Mahogany body, 1-piece quilted Sequoia top, 5-piece Flamed Maple/Wenge neck bound in Flamed Maple, Ziracote Fingerboard with Koa offset square inlays and hollowpoint side dots, Schaller Hannes bridge and M6 locking machine heads and finally Bare Knuckle Juggernauts pickups with Zebra bobbins.
New model: Sauria J Oct 2014 The Electric Guitar Gallery has been updated with the first example of a new model, the Sauria J. Designed as a semi-hollow wide-bodied jazz guitar, this design aludes to the classic styles yet retains a modern edge with our signature comfort and playability.
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This example features a flamed maple and Wenge 5-piece Traditional Set-Neck with a semi-hollow Swamp Ash body and a stunning quilted maple carved top. Nickel finished Schaller hardware completes the vintage look while DiMarzio PAF Joe / Mo Joe pickups provide tonal versatility. See the links below for more photos and information.
Electric Gallery Updated Jun 2014 The Electric Guitar Gallery has been updated with a Sauria S 6 string featuring lightweight Mahogany body and neck woods, 5-piece neckthru construction, a hybrid-carved Spalted Maple top and Rosewood fingerboard. The Hipshot Contour tremolo is loaded with Graphtech piezo saddles and their Acoustiphonic preamp system, while the magnetics are handled by Dimarzio. This guitar also features a Tronical robotic tuner system and Luminlay glow-in-the-dark Hollowpoint fingerboard and side dots.
Bass Gallery Updated Jun 2014 The Bass Guitar Gallery has been updated with an RD Artist 4 string. The customer wanted the RD shape and all-maple construction but with the high-spec decorative features of a Les Paul Supreme. Featuring a 5-piece Plain Maple / Wenge neck-through construction, maple body wings and a high grade flamed maple carved top, fully bound with purfling. Split-block mother of pearl inlays adorn the ebony fingerboard while a custom gecko inlay crests the Waghorn Arched headstock. The pickups come from SGD Lutherie while the 3 band EQ is by AC/East.
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Repair and Set-up Work May 2014 From late May 2014 there will no longer be a repair or set-up service based at Waghorn Guitars other than for our own instruments. We will however continue to offer acoustic and electric pickup fitting as well as some hardware upgrades alongside our custom shop guitar work. Please contact us for details.
For over 10 years Simon of Si.Co Setups has been operating alongside luthier Tom Waghorn providing guitar set-ups for the guitarists and bassists of Bristol and surrounding area and is continuing to do so from a new workshop.
Our current resident repair technician Dave Rowlinson is also shortly moving to new premises and is no longer accepting new work at the Waghorn workshop. Please see his website guitarrepair.co.uk for information on his future instrument repair service.
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Waghorn Guitars would like to thank both Simon and Dave for their work at Waghorn Guitars as well as all of our repair and set-up customers over the years.
Electric Gallery Updated May 2014 Meanwhile our custom guitar work continues; the Electric Guitar Gallery has been updated with a modified Sauria six-string. Featuring a semi-hollow Black Limba body with a carved Flamed Maple top, Flamed Maple/Wenge neck with a Ziracote fingerboard and headstock facing/back and a custom inlay design, Pigtail wrap-around bridge, Bare Knuckle pickups and Gotoh SG510 machine heads, this guitar is a blend of the classic and the contemporary truely individual to the customer's specification.
Electric Gallery Updated May 2014 The Electric Guitar Gallery has been updated with a Corax 7 string featuring a 7-piece Flamed Maple and Purpleheart neck-through construction with a Purpleheart-bound 26.5 scale Ebony fingerboard, Swamp Ash body with a trans-purple Quilted Maple cap and matching facing on the bound Corax reversed headstock. A Bare Knuckle Aftermath pickup provides the power while the solid brass ETS fixed bridge works to provide massive sustain alongside Gotoh SG machine heads and a Graphtech Black TUSQ nut.
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Bass Gallery Updated Mar 2014 The Bass Guitar Gallery has been updated with a Kelly-style 4 string. Featuring modified body geometry to accommodate the 35 scale, 24 fret fingerboard and yet not suffer from neck-dive as many body shapes in the 'Explorer' family are known for, this bass is comprised of a 5-piece Plain Maple / Wenge neck-through construction featuring our signature extreme shape carved heel (as seen on our Deity electric guitar model) and scalloped horn for easier upper fret access. Swamp Ash body wings with Quilted Maple caps sit either side the top-visible neck-through block. The hardware is an ABM 3704 brass bridge, Seymour Duncan SPB-4 Steve Harris signature P-bass pickup with stripped down electronics (just a single volume knob and no tone or EQ controls whatsoever), Gotoh machine heads and Schaller strap
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