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Big Ed Guitars - custom handcrafted guitars, featuring Australian tone woods

27/01/2025

Maple .. carving the violin back... Finally ready for the glue up!

What a time consuming job! Gauges and scrapers only, no machining at all!

13/01/2025

Did I mention how much I love telecasters? 😉

I give you the Red Minx - an iconic Tele 72' Deluxe in Dacota red!

The details:

Body: Basswood
Binding: ABS
Pickguard - white pearl, 3-ply (w/b/w)
Bridge & hardware: Gotoh Japan
Pick ups: Martin A Smith custom handwound wide range humbuckers
Electronics: CTS, traditional 72' deluxe wiring
Jack: PureTone with ElectroSocket plate
Neck: New Guinea rosewood
Fretboard: Indian ebony
Inlays: custom, resin
Frets: medium-high, Jescar nickel-silver
Nut: ox bone, bleached
Tuners: Gotoh SG381
Strings: D'Addario XL regular light (10-46)

05/01/2025

Just look at those stunning inlays and custom fretboards I have manufactured on my CNC for Oculus Guitars Australia!

Composite resin inlays come in all kinds of different colours and when combined with Australia finest tonewoods add fantastic look and feature to any stringed instrument!

Want to have your own fretboard designed and made with the CNC precision? Have ideas for custom artwork cut as inlays? Just DM me and I will find the best possible solution for you at a price that won't make your wallet hurt!

29/12/2024

"The Black Fox"...

Very special guitar for a very special musician!

Based on the classic Tele thinline, the F-hole has been modified to match the Fox theme, and the Black Fox was engraved on the rear access cavity cover.

The artwork was made by an amazing artist and my dear friend from US Natalya Semple Krichever

The back of the headstock has a small roo mother of pearl inlay, to show the origin of this beautiful instrument!

Chrome hardware looking great on this black stained curly mango top, which I have decided to not ruin with a control plate... instead, the access to electronics is from the back of the body, and the cover is held on magnets to avoid screws.

Handwound vintage humbucker pickups from Martin A Smith, also made here in Australia - suersilent when not played, but pack a hell of a punch, and the black wattle combined with mango produces beautiful low and mids, while having clear highs too, as well as nice and long sustain.

All the woods for this guitar body were sourced from my good friend and an absolute wood master Hamish Mitchell at Oculus Guitars Australia !

Full specifications:

Body: Black Wattle, endemic to south-eastern Australia
Cap: curly mango
Binding: ABS, white
F-hole design: Fox tail
Neck: Tasmanian blackwood, endemic to south-eastern Australia
Fretboard: zebrano, aka zebrawood, originating from Central Africa
Fret markers: Australian mother of pearl
Frets: stainless steel, jumbo
Nut: ox bone, bleached
Headstock roo inlay: Australian mother of pearl
Tuners: Gotoh, locking.
Bridge: Hipshot hard tail
Electronics: CTS, Gotoh
Pick ups: Martin A Smith handwound vintage humbuckers.

28/12/2024

Finally, the Black Fox is coming together!

I love this beauty!

14/11/2024

I am so proud Big Ed Guitars contributed to the creation of this super-special custom shop guitar from Oculus Guitars!

Laser CNC engraved neck and control plates were done in my shop, and it looks so good!!! :)

12/11/2024

Ebony fretboard with a composite resin inlays, cut for ...

I like my new Masuter 3S!

20/09/2024

One more experiment - tele 72 deluxe in Dacota red!

Practice makes perfect!

14/09/2024

Venturing into the unknown...

Dreams are meant to come true. I am learning to build violins!

09/09/2024

Can't wait to start working on a Les Paul '59 replica with this master grade curly mango top! And check out this matching headstock veneer!

If you're after some serious quality tonewoods, check out Hamish Mitchell - the dude knows more about wood and timber than a Wikipedia! And he's an overall legend too!

29/06/2024

The "Black Swan" in action at the Gasometer Hotel in Melbourne!

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