THE CLASSIC SERIES
COMING SOON
INSPIRATION
Classic Styling
There's something about classic styling that makes it timeless. It's why I love Royal Enfield bikes. Their styling hasn't changed much since 1932. A new Royal Enfield looks like a classic of yesteryear, but with a few modern features for added comfort and reliability.
That is my inspiration behind the Classic Series: The Classic 30 - a short scale bass that nods to the Mustang bass, which first made its debut in 1966 and has gone relatively unchanged since. This is my take on the classic.
In addition, I will be working on the Classic T: a tribute to the Telecaster, but like my motorcycle, with added modern features.
CLASSIC 30 & CLASSIC T
Familiar yet New
Keeping things simple, the batteries, preamp and active electronics are gone to make way for passive simplicity and reliability.
The vision is to pair handmade guitars with handmade components. The Classic 30 bass will have the Mustang vibe but with a few added innovations:
Retro inspired TVJones Thunder'Blade pickup in either black or cream. The Thunder'Blade is great for players who want a bold, full, rounder sound with definition and is a great choice for motown, jazz, and finger styles especially.
Premium solder-less passive wiring harness with the legendary Grease Bucket tone circuit. This rolls off the top end only without muddying the bass. The result is a smooth dark tone with all the retained clarity in the low end. The ultimate in tone!
Ultralight tuners - classic clover heads without the neck dive.
Hand carved contours on the lower horn - finally fixing the main limitation of the Mustang bass - for comfortable, easy access to all the frets.
Flatter fretboard radius to open up the entire fretboard even more, for a lower action and faster, easier fretting.
For the Tele-inspire Classic T, the vision is the pair the same premium solder-less wiring harness with a single handwound CuNiFe wide range humbucker inspired by the fabled pickups from the 1970's.
AVAILABLE WITH CUSTOM OPTIONS
Your choice of tone woods
30" scale length for bass
25.5" scale length for guitar
20" or 12" fretboard radius
Slim 2 way truss rod
2 x carbon fibre stiffening rods
Narrow, Medium, or Jumbo frets
White or black side dots, depending on your choice of wood combinations
Zero fret & nut
4 inline bass headstock
6 inline guitar headstock
Classic chrome hardware
Vintage bridge with string through body
Guyker ultralight key tuners
Vintage string tree retainer
Dunlop strap lock pins
Single TVJones pickup
Custom premium solder-less wiring harness with Grease Bucket tone circuit
Aluminium knobs
Electro socket side jack
La Bella "Stang" strings either flat, polished or round for bass
Elixir strings for guitar
Wood wax/oil finish
Heavy duty polyfoam guitar case