Black Knight Mark II is an evolved version of the Mark I listed on this website. Like the Mark I, it is based around a concept of a premium guitar with an armoury of high output options.
Black Knight Mark II is a Solid Mahogany Body guitar with a Canadian Maple neck and Rosewood fret board for great tone.
It has 24 jumbo stainless steel frets with pearl inlays reminiscent of 1980's & 1990's heavy metal guitars.
Unlike the Mark I, the Mark II's pickups are Ceramic Blades for higher output and for more consistent mid tone sound across all strings. These pickups are exclusive Tone Hunter "Black on Black Double Blade" humbuckers in high end Ceramic Ferrite that produce high output over drive and HOT distortion with most pedals.
The Neck Humbucker has an output of 10k, the Middle Humbucker is 12k and the Bridge is 16k, so when connected together in series (ie in position 3 with the push button pressed), these produce a massive 36k output.
The switching allows the guitarist to control that massive power, with options for Single Coil and Out of Phase plus a patented push button that allows the neck pickup to be connected to the bridge in positions 1 and 2 and all three together in position 3.
Black Knight Mark II has a licensed Floyd Rose bridge, with a double locking system and a 43mm nut.
Tuners are standard Gotoh and the strap locks also standard. You'll notice also that the upper strap lock is behind the top horn and not on it's edge. This provides better holding and a more comfortable hold as it follows the natural fall of the belt off the left shoulder.
Yes, no one has thought of that before, but that's what we do here at Rebel Custom Guitars!
The Rebel VM-1 is the perfect guitar for those that love the vintage look and feel but long for the modern improvements and high power pickups.
To satisfy those customers, we have selected an Alder body with AAAA Grade Quilt Maple top and a Canadian Maple Neck with matching maple fretboard. The frets are stainless steel and are perfectly level and polished thanx to a Plek machine setup.
The pick guard is a uniquely shaped plastic that serves to protect the quilt top without covering most of it up and still allowing plenty of quilt pattern to show.
The inclusion of Gold hardware sets off the beautiful Vintage Tri-Burst gloss finish. The tuners are vintage style, however the gearing is 18:1 and whilst the bridge base is a typical vintage `Ash Tray' style, the custom and proprietary roller saddles are certainly modern to allow for perfect intonation and tune.
For the pickups, we have selected to marry the Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound single coil neck pickup with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails mini humbucker in the bridge position. These two pickups offer a perfect blend between the vintage tones of the Quarter Pound neck and the high output of the Hot Rails.
To compliment these perfectly, we have designed a switching pattern, via a 5 way Fender switch that allows for full humbucker, split humbucker, humbucker single coil with neck, neck and a unique middle position that puts one coil of the bridge pickup in series with the pair of neck pickup and the other bridge coil in parallel. The sound is a unique big middle position with a slight tele twang sound.
In addition, we have installed 2 push / pull pots that allow for Out of Phase whilst in middle position and for Series/Parallel options whilst in humbucker mode.
This guitar has a perfect weight balance and sits very well off the shoulder or in a lap if you prefer sitting down to play.
Typhoon - Inspired by Gibson 50th Anniversary Edition Les Paul .
With Direct bloodline to "Anni T" - Our tribute to the 50th Anniversary Premium Les Paul by Gibson, the Typhoon comes to you with the same top end build quality.
This is a premium build and Plek'd guitar in a solid Mahogany body with a Rosewood fretboard, Grover tuners, genuine ABR-1 bridge and Gotoh Tailstop, and custom "PAF" Pickups built for us by Dominger pickups in USA. Specifically, this is a Custom '58 Bridge and Whiskissippi Neck humbuckers in a gorgeous vintage Gold. These are designed to replicate the sound of the original '57 - '59 Gibson PAF pickups, including the microphonic nature of the vintage originals, but with higher output levels.
Typhoon boasts double binding like all premium Les Paul's, with mother of Pearl inlays, 3 ply pickguard and gold hardware. As a special feature, and a quality above Anni T, Typhoon has binding over it's stainless steel frets to provide smooth handling and years of maintenance free performance.
The deep black paint is sealed under multiple coats of Nitrocellulose clear paint to keep the wood breathing but protected. Of course being nitrocellulose, the guitar will age beautifully and gracefully over the years to come, improving it's tone with every year that passes, well into the future.
We have of course added our signature switch options via push/pull pots in each of the knobs which allow for single coil under the volume knobs, series/parrallel switching under the neck tone knob and Out of Phase in the Bridge tone knob.
Pickup selection in Typhoon is via standard 3 way pickup selector.
Price includes hard case with plush velour interior.
JRD Blue Cross - High Output Guitar with Ultimate Switch Options.
The JRD Blue Cross is a Solid Mahogany Body guitar with a Mahogany Neck and Rosewood fretboard for great tone.
It has 24 jumbo stainless steel frets with unique Blue Cross inlays beautifully carved into the fretboard.
The Blue Cross carries Ceramic Blade Pickups for higher output with the `blade' design providing consistent mid tones across all strings. These pickups are our proprietary and exclusive Tone Hunter "Black on Black Double Blade" humbuckers in high end Ceramic Ferrite that produce high output overdrive and HOT distortion with most pedals and amplifiers.
The Neck Humbucker has an output of 10k, the Middle Humbucker is 12k and the Bridge is 16k, so when all are connected together in series (ie in position 3 with the push button pressed), these produce a massive 36k output. The switching allows the guitarist to control that massive power, via a simple 5 Way switch and options for Single Coil and Out of Phase plus a patented toggle switch that allows the neck pickup to be connected to the bridge in positions 1 and 2 and all three together in position 3.
Blue Cross has a licensed Floyd Rose bridge, with a double locking system and a 43mm nut. We have made a very unique modification to this bridge by drilling through the string holders to allow the strings to be inserted through these thereby eliminating the need to cut the balls off the string or tighten in the saddle. We call this unique modification "Top Loader" and means quicker and easier string changes but also more tuning stability since the string is in a straight line from the bridge, all the way through the lock nut, retainer and to the tuners.
Tuners are Wilkinson and the strap locks are Schaller Locking.
Like all the world's best and most premium guitars, the Blue Cross is setup by Plek Machine for ultimate playability
Rebel Custom Guitars' Semi-Hollow Les Paul; "Holly"!
The Rebel Custom Guitars Semi-Hollow Les Paul, "Holly" offers much more than your typical Semi Hollow Les Paul. With a gorgeous Quilt Maple Top over a Semi-Hollow Mahogany body and neck, and the Rosewood fretboard, the natural wood tone is certainly all you'd expect from this type of guitar. But there's more; the custom Tonehunter 'Kalamazoo" ALNICO II humbuckers made in the same way as the Gibson PAF's were in the 1950's, supplement this to produce the sweet neck tones and biting bridge that you've come to love from the best Les Pauls.
There's also a little push switch discretely hidden under the pickguard that reverses the phase of the Bridge pickup in the middle position. So that when together with the Neck pickup, it produces a magnificent Out of Phase sound reminiscent of Peter Green, some Gary Moore and some Jimmy Page sounds.
The tuners are Grover 3*3 with an 18:1 ratio, frets are stainless steel and the guitar has had a PLEK setup in Sydney to provide the ultimate in fret dressing and leveling.
A beautiful Cherry burst finishes off the magificent look of the guitar that matches it's tone and durability.
A sturdy and high quality Xtreme faux Aligator skinned case is included in the price (retail value $200)
The Rebel Custom Guitars ToneWood Series #1 - Black Edition is as natural as a guitar can get! The Quilt Maple Top sits ontop of a Mahogany Semi Hollow body and Neck and is finished in a delicate looking but protective TruOil finish. TruOil is a gunstock treatment that is made up of a combination of Danish and Lemon oils blended with polymers that cure in air to form a protective finish. Unlike polyurethane finishes, TruOil allows the pores of the wood to open and close with temperature and climate to breathe and function as naturally as wood can.That translates to Tone, and the semi hollow body captures the wood tone and releases it to the humbuckers from the inside and through the F-hole cutout.
The humbuckers are special ToneHunter "TRUE PAF" pickups that are made to the same recipe of the 1950's PAF pickups used by Gibson in their Les Pauls. So they are 42AWG enamle coated wire, wrapped in un-even winds, with maple wood spacer and on nickle backplates. The only difference is that the original 50's PAF's used butyrate for the bobbins whereas the Tonehunter range uses modern plastic.
The ToneWood Series #1 - Black Edition also has genuine Ebony pickup mounting rings to match the Ebony fretboard, as well as matching ebony knobs. The pots themselves are push/pull to provide special functions and the toggle switch is a custom 6 position switch which provide standard switching on one side (ie neck, Neck + Bridge, Bridge) and the same on the other side but in Single Coil.
The pots provide functions for Series/Parrallel connection of humbucker coils, as well as a Master Series/Parra for the humbuckers and also an Out of Phase function.
The guitar has a genuine B500 Bigsby bridge, coupled with an LSR nut and a special roller bridge. This is a much more stable tuning setup than a Floyd Rose as there is no friction anywhere in the system.
The tuners are Kluson 6 in line locking tuners and the back of the head stock features an allen key holder with two allen keys for adjustments to the custom roller bridge.
All this adds up to mean one thing; Incredible Tone!
The Rebel Custom Guitars ToneWood Series #2 - Black Edition is as natural as a guitar can get! The Quilt Maple Top sits ontop of a Mahogany Semi Hollow body and Neck and is finished in a delicate looking but protective TruOil finish. TruOil is a gunstock treatment that is made up of a combination of Danish and Lemon oils blended with polymers that cure in air to form a protective finish. Unlike polyurethane finishes, TruOil allows the pores of the wood to open and close with temperature and climate to breathe and function as naturally as wood can.That translates to Tone, and the semi hollow body captures the wood tone and releases it to the humbuckers from the inside and through the F-hole cutout.
The humbuckers are special ToneHunter "TRUE PAF" pickups that are made to the same recipe of the 1950's PAF pickups used by Gibson in their Les Pauls. So they are 42AWG enamle coated wire, wrapped in un-even winds, with maple wood spacer and on nickle backplates. The only difference is that the original 50's PAF's used butyrate for the bobbins whereas the Tonehunter range uses modern plastic.
The ToneWood Series #1 - Black Edition also has genuine Ebony pickup mounting rings to match the Ebony fretboard, as well as matching ebony knobs. The pots themselves are push/pull to provide special functions and the toggle switch is a custom 6 position switch which provide standard switching on one side (ie neck, Neck + Bridge, Bridge) and the same on the other side but in Single Coil.
The pots provide functions for Series/Parrallel connection of humbucker coils, as well as a Master Series/Parra for the humbuckers and also an Out of Phase function.
The guitar has a genuine B500 Bigsby bridge, coupled with an LSR nut and a special roller bridge. This is a much more stable tuning setup than a Floyd Rose as there is no friction anywhere in the system.
The tuners are Kluson 6 in line locking tuners and the back of the head stock features an allen key holder with two allen keys for adjustments to the custom roller bridge.
All this adds up to mean one thing; Incredible Tone!
Crimson Tide - Strat shaped body with premium Swirl Paint and Texas Special Pickups
Crimson Tide is a one off Stratocaster shaped guitar with a fine Swirl Paint finish and Texas Specials pickups.
The body is Alder, which provides Stratocaster tones in a relatively light weight body, with a maple neck and a rosewood fret board. The tuners are high quality Gotoh tuners with the option available for locking tuners at the buyers discretion.
The bridge is a standard Wilkinson Bridge with screw in tremolo that allows a fixed position or a loose hanging style again up to the players discretion and style.
The Single Coil pickups are Fender Texas Specials with a Fender 5-Way switch and Fender standard 250k pots for volume and tone control.
Most notably, is a Rebel Custom Guitars original switch design push button which allows the Neck Pickup to be connected in Parallel with the Bridge in Position 1 and with the Bridge and Middle Pickups in Position 2.
This is a one off, hand made, hand painted guitar that is extremely unique for those reasons and therefore the way it looks, but also for the way it sounds. Crimson Tide can produce any Fender tone, with the added benefit of the Rebel designed button which provides additional tones not found in any Stratocaster.
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