Relic Guitars Blog: 2011

Friday, 9 December 2011

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

New Gibson 1959 J-200 Renovation Project!

A customer recetnly bought in a 1959 Gibson J-200 in very poor condition. The top had been painted red at some piont in it's life and then been stripped. The Top was in a very poor state of repair but the rest of the guitar was in an ok condition. With a bit of tender loving care and some coats of Nitro laquer the guitar has come up beautifully! Pics to come soon!

from http://www.relicguitars.co.uk/

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Welcome

Relic Aged Custom Guitars and Parts

Welcome to Ammon Guitars! Ammon Guitars was set up to provide the discerning guitar player with a 1950's/1960's guitar playing experience without having to pay vintage or custom shop prices.

So 'relicing' then....that's just attacking a guitar with a screwdriver.

No! All of our guitars and parts are aged or reliced with care and skill to simulate years of natural playing wear. We believe that our guitars would stand up to close scrutiny to the big USA custom shops. While we can't give you a real 1950's maple necked beauty...we can get you as close as possible!

Ok..So what makes your guitars better from all the other 'relicers' aged guitars out there?

Apart from the reasons above our guitars have the following features:

* We use quality tone woods - Swamp Ash and Alder.

* Our bodies and necks are accurately based on the originals dimensions and shapes .

* We use quality top of the range hardware and pickups based on period specs.

* All our guitars, bodies and necks are finished with 100% Nitro-Cellulose Lacquer in period correct colours.

* Our guitars are set up and tested to the highest standard before shipping.

* We are happy for guitarists to play demo our guitars before they purchase their own instrument. All our guitars come with a 1 year warranty on parts and electrics and come with a signed certificate of authenticity. Quality Tweed cases are available for £70 extra.

All guitars now come in two price ranges: Performer and Pro.

We now sell Replacement Bodies with our 3 choices of relic finish for T-type and S-Type guitars featuring 100% nitro finishes! We also offer a repair and restoration service for all makes of guitars- email for details. We have had a few enquiries lately about about relicing peoples own guitars. We will do this but only to guitars that are finished with nitro lacquer already. We have recently lightly aged a Gibson '61 reissue SG. Click here for pics. We also can do Guitar Amp Repairs and Rewiring! Please email for details and prices!

Our new amp range has arrived! Hardwired by a Valve and Circuit Engineer with over 60 Years experience! These amps have to be heard to be believed. For a limited time we are also fitting our amps with some original NOS components! We currently have a number of amps available split into 2 Series(Click for more info):Californian Series and the London Series.