Gallery
Eddie Grimshaw Hawaiian style from 1930s 80th birthday present for Guy Simpson:
Mahogany body, part sourced from library shelving; fiddleback sycamore top courtesy Bill Cleyndert; walnut fretboard and bridge from antique dresser. Copper inlay from water tank.
Clinesmith Jaoquin Murphey 8 string shape cf Fender console model
Reclaimed birch ply body, fretboard from maple library shelf; scratchplate from aluminimum road sign: tailpiece from meat grinder; fretboard dots from plastic knitting needles
1930s Audiovox 436 shape
Body reclaimed mahogany from window sill; fretboard and headstock veneer antique walnut; fret markers plastic plant labels.
Prototype Guy Simpson model.
Reclaimed poplar body, top is 1960's ash wallboard, fretboard from antique walnut, rosette inlay from copper water tank
1940's Epiphone Electar shape
Reclaimed poplar body,fretboard from maple library shelf;scratchplate and headstock cover from reclaimed aluminium; blade pickup possibly from old Burns guitar
Epiphone Electar shape 12 string body: reclaimed birch ply body; fretboard from maple library shelf
Kealoha Life (Alfred Hollis-Randall) with Eddie Grimshaw Hawaiian model c 1935. Grimshaw guitars made in Muswell Hill UK. Only one ever made. Whereabouts unknown! This is the only film of the Hawaiian Serenaders featuring the guitar!
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1940s Epihone Electar shape: mahogany and maple from libary shelving
1930's aluminium body Dobro shape -, made from reclaimed marine ply and mahogany
Weissenborn shape ( roughly): reclaimed marine ply, maple . First attempt at veneering top and headstock
Rickenbacker shape 4 string electric mandolin: body - reclaimed maple shelving; fretboard - tropical hardwood from garden bench; scratchplate- gold sprayed perspex