This site last updated on 08/05/2024.
Sold
My own replica version of a Malmsteen Strat.
Scalloped rosewood neck, CTS vintage full size pots, 'Fine Gold' Muse capacitors, all assembled with my own design switched tone circuit (please call me if you would like details).
I can build you one of these obviously conforming with all current copyright rules and regs! The price would be between £500 and £700 depending on final specifications.
This particular guitar has now been re-homed with Mark in Stockport.
Sold
Telecaster - February 2018.
I recently sold both of my own telecasters so it was time to build myself another, I fancied a real old school one!
The specs are as follows:-
Hand carved alder body from Poland
Quarter sawn, 7.25" radius, maple neck
Schaller Top-Lok machine heads in 'worn copper'
Tonerider Vintage Pickups (not the super hot ones)
Wilkinson ashtray bridge with brass compensated saddles
CTS pots with 4-way switching (parallel and series boost)
Machine screw neck retention system
Own design scratchplate.
This guitar has now been sold.
If you would like me to build you one, depending on specification the price would be around £650.00.
Sold
Telecaster - February 2019.
I built this telecaster recently for a local musician who wanted
an old school telecaster with built in modern reliability.
The specs are as follows:-
Candy Apple Red body from Goldo in Germany
Vintage 7.25" radius maple neck with medium jumbo frets
USA Sperzel Locking Tuners with graduated posts
Pribora hand wound boutique pick ups
Wilkinson ashtray bridge with brass compensated saddles
CTS pots with 4-way switching (parallel and series boost)
Machine screw neck retention system.
The client collected this guitar from me on the 23/2/2019 and has kindly written a few words which can be viewed on my testimonial page here
If you would like me to build you one, depending on specification the price would be around £750.00.
Sold
Late 1960's Replica Style Hardtail Strat.
I built this guitar back in March 2019, It was guitar No. 6 out of my self-styled 'Custom Shop' facility! During November of this year (2020) I have given it another session of relicing and changed the original bridge single coil for a twin rail mini-humbucker which has made the guitar into a sort of 'not too fat strat'.
One piece swamp ash body, a lovely all up weight of just 7.5lbs.
9.5"radius rosewood on maple neck with CBS style headstock.
Sperzel locking tuners.
Fender hardtail bridge with original steel saddles.
Jailhouse bridge (split-able), Pribora neck and middle pickups.
CTS pots and paper in oil capacitors.
A guitar like this from Fender would be in the region of £3000, I can build you one for well under a grand!
This guitar now resides in Oslo, Norway.
Sold
Replica 'Old School' Tele with a modern twist.
I built and completed this one in April 2019. It is guitar No. 7 out of my own 'Custom Shop' facility.
Swamp ash body,
9.5" radius maple neck with locking tuners,
Hipshot hardtail bridge,
Rolling Mill humbuckers, coil split with push/push controls,
A real multi-tone guitar; tele twang from the bridge right through to rich booming tones from the neck!
This guitar now lives with it's new owner in Old Hunstanton, Norfolk.
Sold
Light Relic 'Old School' Tele.
I built and completed this one in May 2019. It is guitar No.8 out of my own Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop' facility.
Solid ash body refinished with ‘Frenchic Lipstick’ and then topped with finishing wax.
9.5" radius maple neck with vintage tint and locking tuners.
Machine screw into inserts neck retention system for better sustain.
High mass hardtail bridge.
Quarter Pounder style bridge pick up, Humbucker neck pick up.
Traditional 3-way telecaster switching through CRL wafer switch.
CTS potentiometers.
A real old school, work horse telecaster weighing in at exactly 8 pounds (the same weight as my own Lipstick Tele).
This lovely guitar now resides in Middleton, Norfolk.
Graham's Kit
Fender Partscaster, a replica 1960's Strat.
I built and completed this one in December 2019. It is guitar No.9 out of my own Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop' facility.
Aged Olympic White body
Fender birds-eye maple neck, 9.5" to 14" compound radius
Gotoh locking tuners
Alexander Pribora Blues Classic pickup set on WD scratchplate
Gilmour circuitry (neck pickup blend)
CTS vintage pots
Paper in oil cap.
1963 Style Three Colour Vintage Burst Telecaster,
I built and completed this one over Christmas 2019. It is guitar No.10 out of my own Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop' facility.
Bound Maple flame top over Meranti body
9.5" Maple neck with Kabukalli finger board
High mass traditional ashtray bridge with brass saddles
Sperzel locking tuners
Wilkinson VintageTelecaster Pickup Set WOVTN
CTS vintage pots, PIO cap plus treble bleed circuitry
4 Way switching (parallel and series options).
If you would like me to build you one the same, the price would be in the region of £650.00.
Light Relic Bigsby Telecaster.
I built and completed this one in April 2020. It is guitar No.11 out of my own Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop' facility.
Surf green over mahogany body, lightly reliced.
Rosewood over maple 9.5" radius neck.
Vintage style locking tuners.
Fender LSR roller nut.
Eternal guitars hand wound humbucker sized P90 pickups.
Traditional electronics and circuitry using CTS vintage pots.
B500 Bigsby.
If you would like me build you one the same, the price would be in the region of £750.00.
Rick Parfitt Vibe Telecaster.......
My most recent custom build (Covid lockdown inspired), this telecaster is themed on Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt’s guitar. It features all the key elements of his original concept (white reliced body, rosewood on maple neck, solid wrap around type bridge but still using the original string through telecaster system), also I have made it a bit more pleasing on the eye by relicing it a bit more sympathetically, plus making it much easier to play with lighter strings and a super set-up; the tone and intonation is spot on.
Specs…
All the parts used were brand new for this build.
Mahogany body, air dried for 5 years +
43mm body with tummy cut, all up weight comfortable at 8.25lbs
9.5” radius neck, medium C profile, matte nitro finish, bone nut
Machine screw / inserts neck retention improves strength and sustain
Vintage style locking tuners
Sawn off ashtray bridge pickup surround (as per original)
Ironstone ‘Classic’ boutique pickups
(both pickups are working in this replica, Rick Parfitt had the neck pickup disconnected!)
Shielded cavities
Badass style bridge with absolutely no moving parts (as per the original)
GHS Boomer strings.
Sold
Sold
Sold
Sold
Sold
Sold
Fender Esquire Inspired Guitar.
I built and completed this one in May 2020. It is guitar No.13 out of my own Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop' facility.
The Fender Esquire was Leo Fender's first ever electric guitar, some say the very first electric guitar of all time; the first one was built in 1950 with just one pickup, but it was swiftly followed by upgraded versions called Broadcasters which in turn led to the Telecaster which we are still buying today.
Mine has just one pickup with an 'Eldred' wiring mod which via it's three way switch gives a combination of tones available.
Specs of this guitar:-
Lightweight basswood body with stained ash veneer top.
Rosewood fingerboard on matte nitro finished maple neck.
Wrap-around bridge solid mounted to body.
Vintage locking tuners.
Ironstone Classic Telecaster bridge pickup.
This guitar produces the classic country 'twang' which is missing from so many modern telecasters.
Classic Tobacco Burst Telecaster.
I built and completed this one in June 2020. It is guitar No.14 out of my own Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop' facility.
This is probably the most iconic telecaster colourway, a two colour burst, rosewood neck and parchment scratchplate.
Specs of this guitar:-
Full width (46mm) Alder body bound with abalone.
9.5" radius rosewood on maple Classic Vibe neck.
3 ply parchment scratchplate.
Fender Custom Shop pickups.
Traditional (string thru body) ashtray bridge.
Oak Grigsby switch, CTS pots, PIO Capacitor.
Schaller style strap locks.
Departing slightly from my normal 'light relic' builds this is a brand new shiny guitar with all new parts for this build. It now lives with Geoff in Terrington, Norfolk.
Neil Young Old Black Replica.
A music teacher from London contacted me earlier this year and asked me if I could convert this Epiphone Gold Top Les Paul into a Neil Young Replica as he is planning on starting a Neil Young tribute band as he is a big fan.
We worked on the specification together and over a five month period this guitar was born.
It is pretty much faithful to the original, sporting the following features:-
Black painted reliced body with gold showing through,
Reliced Bigsby
Schaller machine heads
Nickel covered Firebird mini-humbucker in the bridge position
Nickel covered P90 in the neck
Blower switch (Firebird straight into the output jack)
Look out for it in a pub near you!
T-Style Hybrid Badass.
I built and completed this one in February 2021. It is guitar No.15 from my self-styled Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop'.
It is a combination of all my favourite elements from the many telecaster builds I have completed recently.
Hand finished body from 'Heavenlycustombodies'
Rosewood on maple 9.5" radius neck.
Machine screw into insert neck retention system.
Lightening bar wraparound bridge, hard mounted to body.
Gotoh style locking tuners.
SteelFoundry bridge pickup.
Humbucker size P90 Alchemist neck pickup.
Traditional telecaster controls.
Sold
Grunge Telecaster.
A little bit of self indulgence here I'm afraid, please don't ask me how much it cost to build, especially in front of my wife...............
Completed at the beginning of March 2021 this guitar combines all the elements that I believed would make the ideal telecaster for me.....
At a perfect 7lbs in weight the specs are:-
Mahogany body hand finished by 'Heavenlybodies'
Roasted flamed maple neck
Bone nut
Hipshot open-backed staggered locking tuners
Fender Custom Shop '62 Vintage bridge pick-up
Seymour Duncan vintage wind mini-humbucker neck pick-up
High mass traditional ashtray bridge with brass compensated saddles
Old school three way switching with Alpha pots and PIO capacitor.
This guitar has now been re-homed with Dave from Tamworth.
Sold
Tom Delonge Inspired Strat.
I built and completed this one in April 2021. It is guitar No.17 from my self-styled Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop'.
This is a replica of one of Tom Delonge's (Blink-182) early punk rock guitars. These were manufactured especially for him by Fender using a string-thru hardtail strat body and the CBS style larger headstock and produced in many different colours, this guitar is modelled on one of the very early ones in iconic
Graffiti Yellow with a rosewood board.
Specs are:-
String thru alder strat body (imported specially from the USA).
Rosewood on maple 9.5" radius neck with CBS style headstock.
Vintage style locking tuners.
Invader pickup.
Hipshot style hi-mass bridge.
Original Fender treble bleed circuitry.
Sold
'72 Thinline Telecaster.
A new commission build for a light-weight thin-line telecaster for a young lady singer-songwriter,
Check out Alvie's channel here
Based on a '72 Fender Thinline theme it has :-
Light-weight mahogany body,
Maple cap with tortoiseshell binding,
Roasted flamed maple neck,
Wide range humbucker pickups,
Black Hipshot hardtail bridge,
Black locking machine heads.
This guitar is a little gem at just 6.3lbs, if you would like me to build you one like this the price is IRO £600.00.
Sold
1950’s Re-Issue Telecaster.
I picked up this s/h sunburst telecaster body and scratchplate recently and matched it with a host of new vintage vibe parts and have produced this lovely one-off guitar. It plays and sounds great and has a real old school vibe going on.
Here are the details and specs…….
S/H sunburst telecaster body, the odd small mark but nothing major.
New 9.5” radius maple neck, vintage frets, vintage nitro finish, C profile, bone nut, bullet truss rod.
New locking tuners with vintage style buttons.
New high mass telecaster bridge with individual saddles.
S/H classic Roswell telecaster pickup set.
New Alpha branded pots, PIO cap and Switchcraft jack.
Sold
Offset Hybrid.
Recently completed from a mix of new and good s/h parts,
a totally unique guitar, a sort of fusion of a Jaguar, Jazzmaster and a hard-tailed strat.
NOS Candy Apple Red alder offset body.
Superb played in rosewood on maple neck.
New high mass top-loader bridge.
New machine heads.
New JC-52 humbuckers.
This guitar now resides in Docking, Norfolk and I am told will spend most of it's life in 'open G' tuning, so with its
top-loading bridge (shorter string length) and de-tuning into 'open G' it will be a real slinky guitar to play!
Sold
Sherwood Green Stratocaster.
Completed in early February 2022, the plan was to build the highest spec. strat possible using all new premium parts, based on my favourite Fender guitar the 2020 model Ultra Stratocaster, a
traditional looking strat with a raft of contemporary improvements.
American Alder Body.
Mighty Mite (USA) licensed Fender compound radius neck.
Babicz 2 point tremolo.
Gotoh (Japan) locking tuners.
Alexander Pribora hand-wound pickups.
CTS vintage pots, paper in oil capacitors, Switchcraft jack.
Gilmour S1 circuitry.
Machine screw into brass inserts neck retention system.
So, here we do really have the ultimate unique strat priced to compete with the lesser factory version, yours for £1,395.00.
Sold
Natural Woods Offset Hybrid.
Truly a unique guitar, there just just can't be another one like it anywhere!
Offset body blank from 'Luthier Crafts' based at the old Shotton Colliery up in the North East.
24" scale neck with zero fret and bone nut from Henry (HZ) up in Manchester.
Gotoh vintage style locking tuners.
Wilkinson 'shorty' telecaster style top-loading bridge.
Twin Seymour Duncan mini-humbuckers.
Volume and tone from Alpha pots fitted with paper in oil capacitor and treble bleed circuit.
Three-way switching via mini-toggle switch.
Blower switch via mini-toggle.
Many thanks to my buddy Russ who taught me how to French Polish. Russ did the first two applications and I did the next five, followed by a good finishing wax, it really has made the natural colours in the Heartwood and Maple 'pop'.
I am so pleased with the final outcome, the pickups sound amazing and the short scale coupled with the top-loader bridge makes it the 'slinkiest' ever playing guitar.
This guitar has now been rehomed with Peter in Snettisham.
Sold
Offset Junior Inspired Guitar.
I built and completed this one in August 2022. It is guitar No.23 from my self-styled Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop'.
Having just built and sold the 'Natural Woods Offset' (above) I had a hankering to build another short scale top loading guitar as I really like the slinky way they play and I thought I could combine it with another itch that I had which is a single pickup guitar with a growling P90 fitted, so here is the end result!
Specs are:-
Offset Metallic Sea Foam Green Alder body.
24" scale neck, 9.5" radius, zero fret, bone nut.
Vintage Style Locking Tuners.
Wilkinson 'Shorty' telecaster toploader bridge.
Kent Armstrong Vintage P90 pickup through vintage 50's wiring.
Graham's Kit
Duo-Sonic Hybrid.
I built and completed this one in December 2022. It is guitar No.24 out of my self-styled Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop'.
Specs are:-
Offset Metallic Sea Foam Green Alder body.
24" scale neck, Koa board, 9.5" radius, bone nut.
Gotoh Vintage Style Locking Tuners.
Wilkinson 'Shorty' telecaster toploader bridge.
Twin Soapbar P90 pickups.
Custom pickguard.
Graham's Kit
Tube Map Telecaster.
I built and completed this one in April 2023. It is guitar No.25 out of my self-styled Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop'.
Specs are:-
Jim Root contoured telecaster HH body.
Custom printed Tube Map by Paris Print, Hunstanton.
Destroyer style twin humbucker pickups.
Entwistle Smoothtrak Potentiometers.
PIO capacitor .
Standard three way switching.
24" scale neck, Koa board, 9.5" radius, bone nut.
Vintage Style Locking Tuners.
'Shorty' telecaster toploader bridge
Sold
A Tribute to the Jimi Hendrix Monterey Strat.
I built and completed this one in September 2023. It is guitar No.26 out of my self-styled Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop'.
Specs are:-
Monterey alder body from HZ Guitars.
Retro-Vibe stratocaster pickup set.
Classic dimple CTS pots and 5-way switching.
0.1uf 'woman tone' capacitor.
Rosewood fingerboard on roasted maple neck, 9.5" radius.
Vintage Style Tuners.
Traditional 6 screw tremolo bridge with heavy block.
Sold
A Classic Candy Apple Red HSS Strat.
This is a commissioned build for a local musician. It is guitar No.27 out of my self-styled Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop' and completed in January 2024. It is made from premium parts and is similar to a F***** Ultra Series but at a third of the price!
Specs are:-
North West Guitars Alder HSS body.
Alnico 2 Humbucker with Retro-Vibe single coils.
Gilmour circuitry.
Brass bushed Alpha pots.
0.1uf 'woman tone' capacitor.
Rosewood fingerboard on roasted maple neck, 9.5" radius.
Gotoh Locking Tuners with mini-round vintage buttons.
Traditional 6 screw Fender tremolo bridge with heavy block.
This is a beautiful guitar, I wish I could have kept it!
Sold
Contemporary HH Premium T-Style Guitar.
I built and completed this one in January 2024. It is guitar No.28 out of my self-styled Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop'.
Specs are:-
Jim Root contoured telecaster HH body.
A lovely thick rosewood slab onto roasted maple 9.5” radius neck.
Genuine Gotoh Locking Tuners with vintage style mini buttons.
Full sized brass bushed Alpha pots with 'woman tone' capacitor and treble bleed mod.
Hosco jack.
Super solid chromed bridge plate with hardened steel saddles.
Lovely mid-weight at 7.35 lbs.
Sold
A Classic 60's Vibe Strat.
This is a commissioned build for a local musician. It is guitar No.30 out of my self-styled Graham Tinkler 'Custom Shop' and was completed in February 2024. My customer asked me to create a Shane Fenton look alike strat for him as he has always had a hankering for one since 1962 when he saw Shane Fenton and the Fentones live.
Specs are:-
North West Guitars Alder SSS body.
Alnico 2 Retro-Vibe single coils.
Gilmour circuitry activated by a push - pull pot.
Brass bushed Alpha pots.
0.1uf 'woman tone' capacitor.
Rosewood fingerboard on roasted maple neck, 9.5" radius.
Vintage style tuners with classic mini-buttons.
Traditional heavy block 6 screw tremolo.