Guitars

The Earthcaster is a bare bones telecaster style guitar set on saving the world one guitar at a time. 

With one eye on sustainability and the other on the time honored history of luthiery,  this guitar is built with salvaged and reclaimed wood.

1 piece slab body (wood species may vary occasionally due to availability of wood)

We regularly use Pine, Redwood, Ash or Swamp Ash.

Solid Quarter Sawn Maple Neck honoring the 1950's style Fender guitars (wood species may vary occasionally due to availability of wood. 

Pickups: We love pickups and love experimenting with the options available to us. There are so many exceptional pickup makers out there today that we can't settle on just one. The type of pickups greatly influence the overall sound of the finished guitar.Here are a few of our normal pickup choices:

Lollar

Sheptone

Arcane

T.V. Jones

Seymour Duncan

2 pickup configuration.

1955-56 Soft V Neck Profile  

This guitar comes stock with a our classic Bolt water slide decal on the headstock.

Optional upgrade to Sterling Silver Bezel encasing a classic hardwood lightning bolt logo. (wood bolt may be made from Rosewood, Ebony or other classic hardwoods)

Back of headstock is hand signed, dated and serialized.

Electronics:

We use high quality USA made pots and switches.

We use a variety of new and NOS vintage caps such as Black Beauties, Sprague Bumble Bees, Oil in Paper, Foil, Ceramic,  etc.  

Custom options are available for an additional charge.

All guitars are custom built in our Los Angeles workshop. Please allow a 3 month build time.

Use the Shop Pay option to pay over time.

Similar to Les Paul construction this guitar is built with a hardwood wood cap on top of the body.

The Earthcaster is a bare bones telecaster style guitar set on saving the world one guitar at a time. 

With one eye on sustainability and the other on the time honored history of luthiery,  this guitar is built with salvaged and reclaimed wood.

1 piece slab body (wood species may vary occasionally due to availability of wood)

Solid Maple Neck, normally quarter sawn honoring the 1950's style Fender guitars (wood species may vary occasionally due to availability of wood. Also using Oak, Hickory Rosewood and Mahogany)

Pickups: We love pickups and love experimenting with the options available to us. There are so many exceptional pickup makers out there today that we can't decide on just one. The type of pickups greatly influence the overall sound of the finished guitar.

Here are a few of our normal pickup choices:

Lollar

Sheptone

T.V. Jones

Seymour Duncan

2 pickup configuration.

1955-56 Soft V Neck Profile  

Inlay. This guitar comes with a Sterling Silver Bezel encasing a classic hardwood lightning bolt logo. (wood bolt may be made from Rosewood, Ebony or other classic hardwoods)

All custom options are available for an additional charge.

Bare Bones, Rock Solid, Endless Sustain, Vibe For Days, The Mojo Meter is Pegged!

All guitars are custom built in our Los Angeles workshop. Please allow a 3 month build time.

Use the Shop Pay option to pay over time.

Black Volt Guitars, like our amplifiers, are all made from mostly reclaimed wood dating from the last hundred years honoring the tones found in our favorite guitars from the Golden Age of guitar production, the 1940's to the 1960's.

One of the many benefits of old wood is that it has had time to dry and cure naturally resulting in a more settled and mature tone.

Another benefit is that the wood will not move as the guitar begins it's new life.

It is straight and true and ready for many years of dependable service

Maple or Roasted Maple neck

Reclaimed Maple or Ash top / Upgrade to solid Rosewood top for an additional $200.

SEMI HOLLOW BODY - Reclaimed Solid 1 piece body / Hollow on upper bout.

Boutique pickups that recreate the early 1950's T style pickups

Vintage style low output. Very punchy and round clean tones

All aged hardware

All guitars are custom built in our Los Angeles workshop. Please allow a 3 month build time.

Use the Shop Pay option to pay over time.

Black Volt Guitars, like our amplifiers, are all made from mostly reclaimed wood dating from the last one to two hundred years honoring the tones found in our favorite guitars from the Golden Age of guitar production, the 1940's to the 1960's.

One of the many benefits of old wood is that it has had time to dry and cure naturally resulting in a more settled and mature tone.

Another benefit is that the wood will not move as the guitar begins it's new life

It is straight and true and ready for many more years of dependable service

Specifications:

Maple or Roasted Maple neck

Reclaimed Maple or Ash top

Reclaimed Solid 1 piece body

Bigsby Tremolo System that has been optimized for  effortless and sensitive pitch bending

5 position switch / pickup selector

Custom Lollar Mini Humbucker / Single Coil /  Mini Humbucker Pickup Set

All aged hardware

All guitars are custom built in our Los Angeles workshop. Please allow a 3 month build time.

Use the Shop Pay option to pay over time.

 The Kalamazoo T-Style is built in the tradition of all of the great violin and guitar makers dating back to the 1600's in the style of Antonio Stradivarius.

Maple body and Spruce top. Usually Hollow or semi hollow.

We decided to carry on that centuries old tradition in our own voice in the form of a T Style guitar. 

Hollow Maple body except for a center block (think es 335)

Sitka spruce top

Rear mounted controls / no metal control plate

1940s Gibson / Kalamazoo style dark Sunburst

Ebony or Rosewood fretboard

Bone nut

Quarter Sawn Maple or Roasted Maple neck, soft V profile

All finished in nitro lacquer

Vintage PAF Style MINI Humbucker neck pickup / 1952 style Tele Bridge Pickup

All aged hardware

Vintage style ashtray bridge

Kluson Supreme tuners / 18:1 Gear ratio

Tortoise 1/2 pic guard and matching rear control plate cover

All guitars are custom built in our Los Angeles workshop. Please allow a 3 month build time.

Use the Shop Pay option to pay over time.