Wednesday, October 28, 2015


Hey everyone!

Not so long ago we had a poll on our Facebook page on how we should orient a beautiful piece of Ziricote in our next build. You guys all voted and here are the results! This build is shredders dream..ultra thin neck and action with a pair of 16k output Axesrus® Wraiths that make it scream like a demon!

We also went all out on the neck with a 5 piece Wenge and Maple mix and a 5 piece fretboard using Ziricote, Maple and Indian Rosewood! Really looks the part and is a great partner to the Ziricote body top. Check it out and tell us what you think! Full specs at the bottom of the post!















Body
2 Piece Mahogany & Ziricote Top

Neck
Bolt on joint
5 Piece Maple & Wenge

Fretboard
5 Piece Ziricote, Maple & Indian Rosewood
Black Mother of Pearl Inlay
25.5" Scale Length
24 Stainless Steel Frets (Jumbo)

Hardware
 Black Nickel Axesrus® Aluminium Locking Machineheads
Black Nickel Tune-o-Matic Bridge
String Through Body
Black Nickel Knobs
Graphtech® Black TUSQ® Nut
Black Nickel Straplocks
2 way Truss Rod

Electrics
2x Axesrus® Wraith Humbuckers
3 Way Lever Switch
2x 550k Bare Knuckle® CTS Pots (log)
Switchcraft® Output Jack

Finish 
Nitrocellulose (Body)
Nitrocellulose (Neck & Headstock)


Hope you enjoyed this one, we sure did and are very pleased with the end results. There should be a video clip of this guitar being played coming very soon so keep a watch out for that here and on our Facebook page!

All the best,
Mike & Martin

swguitars@hotmail.co.uk


Wednesday, October 07, 2015


Hi Everyone!

Well it's been a long road but the guitars for Rohnny and Pee Pee Ramona from The Ramonas are finally finished! We had a hard time getting the Ramonas logo decals to work well under the lacquer as they are a lot bigger than we've ever tried to use before but with a lot of persevering we managed it and think they look great!

If you haven't checked out the progress posts of these builds yet, go check them out to see how these axes came to be made!

Initial Announcement
Part 1 - Bodies
Part 2 - Necks
Part 3 - Fretboards
Part 4 - Finishing Touches & Special Guest
Part 5 - Painting & Lacquering

So here are the finished articles in all their glory!

First Up Is Pee Pee Ramona's Bass











 And now for Rohnny Ramona's Guitar















So there we have it! Really hope you enjoyed following the progress of these builds and a big thank you to Victoria, Zoë and The Ramonas for giving us the opportunity to do this!

Look out for the girls playing these on their upcoming tour starting November! We're really excited to see them being played live!

Thanks for reading and keeping up with these posts, if you have comments or questions feel free to leave them here or drop us an email! Remember you can also check us out on Facebook for all the latest news and other builds!

All the best,
Mike & Martin

swguitars@hotmail.co.uk