#tksmith

Thursday photo dump of the most incredible homemade guitar I have ever had the chance to borrow and enjoy: @michaelsegui's handmade Bigsby-Caster with chambered body and maple flame top, birdseye maple neck, and handtooled leather pick guard. Body and top: finished and bound by @hooperguitars using wood cut, chambered, and shaped by @tomgibson3783, Neck: by @judgewolfeguitars (using birdseye maple from Tom's family farm) C.A.R. Pickup and armrest by @tksmithguitar Hand-tooled leather pickguard by @natesleather The best news is that it is is super light, resonant, and sounds fantastic, Literally the best "#partscaster" I have ever played. #handmadeguitar #smithequipped #paulbigsby #tksmithguitar #midecenturymodern #midcentury #bigsby #tele #teletuesday #telecaster #guitarphotography #vintageguitar #guitar #guitars #guitarra #electricguitar #guitarre #chitarra

@alnicofive.com #dustymiller #grezguitars #grez #mendocino#redwood #mahogany #tksmith #tksmithtremolo #tksmithpickups. Stunning guitar build by Barry Grez finished by TK Smith, a legend in western swing and Jump blues playing and guitar builds.

#tktuesday #traynortuesday #tomtuesday #tksmith #bigsby #traynoramp #vintageamp #vintagetraynor #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitar #tone #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #guitarphotography

And here is the second, but no less spectacular, guitar on loan from the Gibson/Segui Guitar Collective: @michaelsegui's handmade, TK-equipped, Bigsby-esque flame-topped birdseye-necked beauty with handtooled leather pick guard. A lot of work went into this one by multiple craftspeople in two countries, and partially thanks to the pandemic and the closed border between the USA and Canada it was literally years in the making. Inspired by some suggestions from @jarsh_alexander six years ago, the body is super light chambered Engleman spruce with a curly maple top made by @tomgibson3783 , and finished in hand rubbed sunburst and bound by @hooperguitars. The neck is birdseye maple made by @judgewolfeguitars using wood from Tom's family farm in Eastern Canada. The tooled leather pickguard is by @natesleather. Cast Aluminum Replica pickup and #bakelite armrest by @tksmithguitar with True vibrato by @bigsby and super comfy Duane Eddy arm by Duane Eddy arm by @duaneeddyofficial More detail shots of this beauty will follow... #telecaster #paulbigsby #bigsby #bigsbytelecaster #bigsbyvibrato #choppedb5 #bigsbyb5 #tksmith #tksmithguitar #tksmithpickups #tksmithequipped #slotheadscrewsforthetone #leatherpickguard #tele #teletuesday #telecaster #handtooledleather #duaneeddy #duaneeddyarm

Speaking of incredible guitars I have been lucky enough to play/borrow/photograph... This is @tomgibson3783 's @tksmithguitar #Roadmaster. This guitar was actually a pre-production prototype for the now familiar #TKSmith model. this one actually went back to the "factory" to get a new headstock veneer at some point before it was Tom acquired it. If you want to hear this guitar being played (with its original headstock veneer lol), you can search YouTube for either... 1) "SNAMM '17 - TK Smith Guitars RoadMaster Demo" for a @premierguitar video on it, or... 2) "TK Smith Roadster Prototype played by Julian Lage" for a @cartervintageguitars video. The amp is a 1966 #Fender #DeluxeReverb, courtesy of the @chriswstringer8 collection. #amp #vintageamp #amplifier #tubeamp #amps #guitaramp #smithequipped #midecenturymodern #midcentury #tksmithroadmaster #paulbigsby #tksmithguitar #bigsby #boutiqueguitar #guitarphotography #guitar #guitars #guitarra #electricguitar #guitarre #chitarra

#guitars #amp #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #traynoramp #vintagetraynor #tubeamp #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitarsdaily #guitarphotography #ampphotography

Throwback to 2018 and one of the best two modern guitars I've ever had the privilege to have in my hands on loan: @tomgibson's @tksmithguitar #Roadmaster prototype. Such a pleasure to play and hear something made by a master luthier. It just feels like quality. . #tksmithroadmaster #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #guitarphotography #tksmithguitar #tksmith #smithequipped #tksmithroadmaster #bigsby #paulbigsby #midcentury #midcenturymodern . PS: the other one was @iamtheosdad's @frank_brothers burgundy mist Arcade 🙂 (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdMWWbXrHwd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It has been AGES since I've done a #FrankBrothersFriday! . Thank you so much to @iamtheosdad for lending me his lovely burgundy mist Korina/BRW @frank_brothers #Arcade model. Man this is such a lovely #guitar to play...it just oozes quality in every respect. They way it plays and feels in my hands reminds me very much of @tomgibson's #TKSmith #Roadmaster...I don't know how exactly to describe it. It just feels *rich*. The vintage #PAF pickup from 1962 is just the icing on the cake of this perfect instrument! . It will be tough to give this one back! . . #frankbrothers #frankbrothersguitarco #frankbrothersarcade #luthier #handmadeguitar #boutique #Gibson #pafpickups #vintagegibson #guitars #vintagegibson #guitarphotography (at Peterborough, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkVkW_Jpzq/?utm_medium=tumblr