Electric Guitars
Inquire (daneasley@gmail.com) if interested in a custom-built electric guitar.
Bolt-on neck designs in the style of Stratocasters and Telecasters, using CNC-routed, Fender-licensed necks from Warmoth, bodies made locally or from afar, and high quality hardware and electronics, begin at around $2,500. A deposit large enough to cover materials costs is required.
Lap steels, with bodies made in-house, start at $1,000.
I enjoy discovering and working to meet a client’s specifications and design goals; however, no compromise in quality of components will be considered. For those constrained to a lower budget, there are many excellent options in factory-made guitars that will give years of joy to any level of player.
#3 Six-String Lap Steel
#3 – A six-string lap steel guitar, built on commission to the client’s aesthetic and functional design, to pair with their pre-existing eight-string pedal steel.
With extremely low profile body, square tube non-adjustable truss rod, humbucking pickup, and Duesenberg Multibender set up with three (!!!) palm benders.
#2 Stratocaster Clone
#2 – A Stratocaster clone, incorporating a Warmoth roasted maple neck of thick profile and vintage width and radius, stainless steel frets, off-the-shelf alder body, Fender Vintage Noiseless Pickups with a variation on Memphis wiring, and a Bladerunner Super-Vee tremolo. This is currently my favorite guitar to play.
#1 Six-String Lap Steel
#1 – A six-string lap steel made of cheap pine with square tube non-adjustable truss rod, and threaded steel rods for nut and bridge.
Leo Fender’s first Spanish electric guitar (i.e. the Broadcaster/Nocaster/Telecaster) employed a lap steel pickup slanted to accommodate the different string spacing. Thus, I used a Telecaster pickup, straightened back out to match a typical lap steel string spacing.
The wiring is modeled after a Fender Esquire.
#1 is featured on the following track: