omphalopsychos
Electromatic
This guitar is something that came out of various with discussions with TK Smith about early telecasters, NY era Epiphones, and Paul bigsby. After a lot of phone calls, texts, and emails we came up with a design that combines a lot of elements from different builds from the golden era. The guitar is constructed like Paul Bigsby's guitars: It's a hollow/chambered maple body, with maple neck-thru construction.
I wanted a guitar that had the same construction but I wanted it to borrow elements from other classic builders I love. In particular, I'm into a Telecaster shape, with the early Broadcaster prototype pickguard shape.
Additionally, I wanted to borrow other elements from the 40s-50s era made-in-New York Epiphone Deluxe. Especially the inlays and pickguard. We went with a beautiful bound celluloid pickguard as a hat tip to the kind of pickguard you would see on a 40s archtop.
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As for the pickups, these are something TK smith makes from scratch. If you haven't heard of his pickups, you need to explore it. There's a wonderfully unique tone that I've only ever heard from his pickups. To my ear they sound like a cross between a p90 and the vintage Dearmond floating pickups of the 50s. They have a bit of compression that make such a soft feel in your hands.
That’s all I’ll say for now. I’m going to TK’s in a couple weeks to pick it up and I’ll do a full NGD post including video and more pics after that. All I can say is I’m insanely stoked for this guitar. Here are some pics of the actual guitar. The top and back are made of the most beautiful cuts of Maple I've ever seen.
I wanted a guitar that had the same construction but I wanted it to borrow elements from other classic builders I love. In particular, I'm into a Telecaster shape, with the early Broadcaster prototype pickguard shape.
Additionally, I wanted to borrow other elements from the 40s-50s era made-in-New York Epiphone Deluxe. Especially the inlays and pickguard. We went with a beautiful bound celluloid pickguard as a hat tip to the kind of pickguard you would see on a 40s archtop.
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As for the pickups, these are something TK smith makes from scratch. If you haven't heard of his pickups, you need to explore it. There's a wonderfully unique tone that I've only ever heard from his pickups. To my ear they sound like a cross between a p90 and the vintage Dearmond floating pickups of the 50s. They have a bit of compression that make such a soft feel in your hands.
That’s all I’ll say for now. I’m going to TK’s in a couple weeks to pick it up and I’ll do a full NGD post including video and more pics after that. All I can say is I’m insanely stoked for this guitar. Here are some pics of the actual guitar. The top and back are made of the most beautiful cuts of Maple I've ever seen.
I'm a massive fan of TK's stuff. Been putting his pickups on all my guitars and I recently also picked up his previous Epiphone Deluxe that he modded and owned for a couple years. 
