Hilditch Handmade Guitars New Build Thread

HilditchGuitars

Continuing the purple theme, on to this V
Maple through neck
Swamp Ash wings
Quilt Maple top - 20mm
Genuine FR with KMS upgrades
Bare Knuckle Miracle Man pickups with push/pull splits
Grover mini Rotomatic tuners
Gloss PU finish





It was a 21st present hence the inlay

HilditchGuitars

Another first with this order - crackle finish (I've put a short thread in making and modding about this one)
Maple and Walnut through neck with Mahogany wings
Gotoh FR
Hipshot industrial tuners
Legacy pickups
Killswitch
Boost switch
Bottle opener on the back ha

HilditchGuitars

Another Wayman model and my first go with resin
Spalted Beech body
Bog Oak top
Iroko, Walnut and Maple bolt on neck
Gotoh FR
Gotoh locking tuners
Warman Destroyer pickups
Gloss PU finish

HilditchGuitars

And bringing us right up to date is this Scorpius Oil Slick
26.5" scale
Mahogany body
Wenge top
Walnut and Maple set neck
Birdseye Maple fretboard
Gotoh 510UB wrap around bridge
Northwest Guitars tuners
Warman pickups
5 way blade giving N/N+B/B/N+B split/N split (though I'm going to swap them round as it just isn't that great on pos 4+5)

Chris.B

That looks like a fine collection of guitars - excellent work.

Good luck with your business, I expect it is quite difficult at the moment, but I hope it all goes well for you. 

HilditchGuitars

Very kind of you Chris. Very tough atm yes, but I'm hanging in whilst I'm still building the rep. I figure if I can weather this storm It'll put me in good stead

HilditchGuitars

Latest commission completed for the rhythm guitarist of Bad Actress
25.5" scale
Meranti body
Maple top
Maple/Padauk/Walnut neck
Ebony fretboard
Custom Sunbear pickups
Gotoh hardware
Gloss PU finish

pt22

You are an artist. Amazing work. 

HilditchGuitars

pt22 said:

You are an artist. Amazing work. 

Very kind of you, thanks

Chris.B

Even nicer than the previous one - I love the colour.  Superb craftsmanship. 

HilditchGuitars

Thanks @Chris.B I really like how the red binding turned out, against the purple.

HilditchGuitars

Here's my latest commission and first USA based order (whoop)
24.75" scale
Sapele body
Maple neck
Ebony fretboard
Warman pickups (he's swapping to BKP he has already)
Gotoh hardware
Gloss PU metal flake finish 

Chris.B

Congratulations on the USA order, your customer is in for a real treat when they receive such a great looking guitar. 

davros

Wow, that looks great! Would you mind sharing who does your flake finishing? Looking to get one done.

tekbow

HilditchGuitars said:

Now this was a guitar of many firsts for me;
WBW binding
Floyd Rose (genuine)
Sustainiac
Scalloped frets (15-27 (yep))
Sperzel tuners

Walnut and Maple deep set tenon neck
Meranti body for light weight
Matte nitro finish

27" scale to fit the sustainiac because the customer wanted 27 frets haha. But this thing has toured a lot of the world in a very well known (in the scene) thrash metal band, and the guy actually has an Iceman that was owned by Sam Totman which is his backup, behind mine. We coined the model name Wayman as his name is Wayne and it's based on the Iceman (clever haha) and it's nickname is The Hate Machine

Oh fuck yes.

HilditchGuitars

Thanks @Chris.B it's already delivered and I had the best email off him telling me how much he loves it
@davros thanks, I do all my own spraying in house. I'm gonna see if I got some pics of it and do a little write up. I did such a thread for the crackle I did.

davros

Wow, great job! A little tutorial would be brill if you get a chance!

HilditchGuitars

@tekbow I really like that one, had much fun making it.

tekbow

HilditchGuitars said:

@tekbow I really like that one, had much fun making it.

It's the Iceman Ibby havent made since the J. Younger

Gorgeous thing you've built

sawyer

These look fantastic! Wish you all the luck you deserve.