Blindworm Guitars – The Cragg Electric Guitar
I received some updated professional photos of “The Cragg” from Andrew Scott of Blindworm Guitars. Andrew is building some very unique and interesting guitars and The Cragg is the perfect guitar to show what he is capable of. Browse through the specifications and check out the pictures to see what Blindworm Guitars is all about.
Instrument type: 6 string electric guitar “lifeform”
Instrument name: “The Cragg”
Date started: 3-7-10
Body: figured Poplar
Neck: 7 piece – alternating Roasted Birch, Roasted Maple
Fretboard and Pickguard: 100 yr. old Bbird’s Eeye Mmaple salvaged from one of Andrew’s great grandfather’s creations.
Nut: Wyoming Jade
Bridge: Tune-o-matic with Wyoming Jade/Osage Orange tailpiece
Tuners: Sperzel locking
Headstock details: Poplar ears, Antler horns, bookmatched Osage Orange knothole eyes, Jade tongue, Osage Orange fin accents
Pickups: Seymour-Duncan Seth Lovers
Scale: 25”, 25 fret
Finish: Tung oil
Knobs/switches: Osage or Roasted Maple wiht 100yr old Birds Eye Maple caps
Fingerboard inlay: Mother of Pearl Cosmic Egg with Jade snake
Side fret marker inlay: Bird’s Eye bullseyes with Jade markers, Poplar and Osage at 12th fret
Additional accents: Osage Orange tail piece and tail fin accents on upper body horn
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Blindworm Guitars The Cragg Cosmic Egg Inlay
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Blindworm Guitars – Elephant 6 Electric Guitar
Colorado based luthier Andrew Scott has created a one of a kind Elephant 6 guitar for The Apples in Stereo’s Robert Schneider. The guitar, a playable piece of art made out of choice Osage Orange, Walnut and Poplar woods, andis inlayed with meteorite and dinosaur bone.
Quote from Robert:
“This Blindworm guitar plays incredibly well. It is the coolest, most beautiful, psychedelic guitar I have ever played!” enthuses Schneider. “The inlaid Elephant 6 logo is made of meteorite dust, and on the headstock, the elephant’s eyes are made of dinosaur bones.” “Its smooth contours give the impression you are touching a living creature, and it plays like a dream. Thank you, Blindworm Guitars, for this precious guitar.”
Love,
Robert Schneider
“This guitar was custom designed down to the last detail,” explains Blindworm Guitar’s Andrew Scott. “This process started with an extensive amount ofresearch into the sound qualities, materials, and design that would best accommodate Robert. I acquired a model of one of Robert’s favorite guitars, an original Danelectro DC-3, and took the favored qualities of this guitar (scale,weight, proportion, tone, etc.) and combined
it with improved construction methods.”
Additional design considerations included Robert’s strumming and picking style, how guitars sit with his arm and body, and what sounds he uses.
The pickups were carefully selected to provide extensive range of new and familiar sounds for Robert. For his environmental conscience, only domestic woods were used. A hand rubbed oil finish was applied for the
same reasons, as well as to give the instrument a softer smoother feel and improved tonality.
Andrew adds, “This guitar has its own life, and has been treated so since its conception. It listened to albums and albums of The Apples in Stereo and other of Robert’s projects and videos during construction. When
this guitar finally reached his hands, it already knew him.”
“The Elephant Six Guitar”
custom made for Robert Schneider
of the Apples in Stereo
Specs:
Born March 12, 2009
Five piece neck-through construction of Walnut with Poplar stripes
Solid Poplar body
Osage Orange fingerboard, nut, truss rod cover, pickguard, (same family as ebony, but domestic and bright yellow)
Meteorite (collected in NW Africa) inlay for side fret markers, Elephant Six logo, and Blindworm Guitars logo.
Body elephant (upside down) is Indian, with pronounced trunk carved in the poplar body
Headestock elephant is African, and carved into Walnut, with Osage Orange tusks
Dinosoaur bone fragments fill in the upper elephant’s eyes and the Blindworm snake’s eyes
Custom made Walnut and Poplar knobs and switch
25″ scale, 24 jumbo frets
Cream colored Duncan P-Rails, 2 Volume, 2 Tone, and 3-way selector…Push pulls select between P-90s, rail, and humbucker wirings
Pickups set into body wood on the bass side, Osage pickguard on the trebleside and Sperzel locking tuners
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Blindworm Guitars Nucleus 003 Electric Guitar
Blindworm Guitars’ newest electric guitar, the Nucleus #003, has dinosaur bone humbucker covers and a meteorite nut, both painstakingly hand carved from the raw material. The fingerboard is adorned by a hand-created inlay of a planet-bearing tree, accentuating the Nucleus theme of the interconnectedness of the known world. The tree is made of jade and semi-precious stones. The Nucleus #003 incorporates materials from past life, present Earth, and even outer space! The Nucleus’ unique body shaping is well balanced, and extremely comfortable. This guitar has incredibly low action, and produces an abundance of unbelievable tone. The sleek, innovative design of the Nucleus, coupled with the brilliant theme and artwork make it a must see! The Nucleus, as well as other Blindworm Guitars’ work, is available at http://www.blindwormguitars.com.
-Nucleus #003 Specifications-
Body: slightly figured Poplar, hand selected for color and tone
Neck: Roasted Maple with Padauk stripes
Fingerboard: Osage Orange
Nut: carved from a single meteorite, collected in Northwest Africa
Bridge: black tune-o-matic with stop tailpiece
Tuners: black Sperzel locking tuners
Pickups: Seymour Duncan P-Rails
Controls: 2 push-pull toggles from P-90, rail, and humbucker settings; 1 volume, 1 tone, 3 way toggle
Truss rod: 2 way adjustable
Scale: 25″
Width at nut: 1 5/8″
Finish: nitrocellulose laquer
Knobs/switches: planet knobs- Labrodorite cratered planet, Spalted Maple planet with ring of blue Tiger’s Eye, both on Osage Orange bases
Fingerboard inlay: planet-bearing tree of life –see below for more details
Side fret marker inlay: dinosaur bone circled in Osage Orange, with Jade, Turquoise, and meteorite at the 12th and 24th frets
Blindworm Logo inlay: Turquoise “B” snake logo over a figured Walnut sapwood moon
Additional accents: Osage Orange tail tip
Humbucker adjusters: gem-grade dinosaur bone, pickups set in the body wood on treble side
Weight: approx 3 kg \ 6 lbs. 11 oz.
Width at widest point: 14 1/8″
Cavity covers: magnetic Osage Orange cavity cover, and magnetic Poplar truss rod cover
Planet Bearing Tree Inlay
The tree inlay of Boxelder Maple bark and Jade foliage stands atop a Turquoise Earth with continents made of dinosaur bone and diamond dust. The tree grows planets of purple shell, red Tiger’s Eye, purple Beetlekill Ponderosa, Picture Jasper, and blue Tiger’s Eye. As the tree’s planets mature, they fall to the sky, towards the Camphor burl sun.
The various materials were carefully chosen, and you can hear the special tonal characteristics that each inlaid stone adds as it is individually played and resonated through.
Combined with the amazing sound qualities of the Osage Orange fretboard and meteorite nut, this guitar constructs a soundscape unlike any other.
Contact
Blindworm Guitars
Andrew Scott
Colorado Springs, CO
719-291-8406 (Mountain Standard Time, USA)
Email: blindwormguitars@gmail.com
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Blindworm Logo Inlay
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Blindworm Guitars Nucleus 003 Knobs
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Blindworm Guitars – Handmade and Hand Carved Guitars From Andrew Scott
Located in the beautiful Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Blindworm Guitars is the brainchild of luthier Andrew Scott. His desire to stretch the boundaries of woodworking has led to the creation of the instruments available at blindwormguitars.com. The unique materials and sleek design work are important, but Andrew’s obsessions are precision and sound quality. He isn’t making wall art, he is creating sonic masterpieces.
Andrew’s focus in woodworking is to pair rare and tonally superior woods with unique materials and designs, while adhering to strict standards in regards to playability. He encourages design input and will custom tailor an instrument to suit the customer’s specific desires. Andrew has been known to use many semi-precious stones, granite fingerboards, jade parts, dinosaur bone and teeth, and even meteorite! Between your imagination, and his, the possibilities are endless!
Learn more about Blindworm Guitars at:
www.blindwormguitars.com
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