H161 SlimTwin Deluxe

Introducing The ‘H161 ‘Slim Twin' is a guitar whose inspiration and lineage comes from the most original Chicago Blues electric guitar model of all - the Kay 161 ‘Thin Twin’ a guitar favoured by the forefathers of the electric Chicago blues scene such as Jimmy Reed and Howlin’ Wolf.- an overlooked and relatively unknown guitar model that’s dwarfed by the Gibson Electro Spanish range although this electrified hollow-body guitar predates those guitar by 6 years! This proudly is my incarnation of that authentic underdog, revived and reworked for the modern guitarist.

The bent maple rims, mahogany bridge post and large hollow-body chamber construction enable a plethora of microphonics to sculpt the tone from the dual MOJO Hershey Bar pickups. When both pickups are selected the individual volume controls effectively blend the two delicate pickups, resulting in limitless tones. This is a guitar that will wrench you back to an electrified guitar era of old... however this instrument should not be confined to blues style guitarist alone. The tight ABM ‘Harp’ trapeze + floating bridge arrangement will perfectly suit for delicate jazz players too.

The ultra-thin heritage cherry 3-colour nitro-cellulose sunburst allow the timbers to ring out and the quilted wood grain to delicately show through the top+back, the combination of which gives a light relic-look without strangling the tone of the materials used in its construction.

The body, neck and headstock have been accented with vintage celluloid tortoiseshell/ white/black 3-ply binding and accompanied by a matching tortoiseshell headstock overlay. The oversized tiger-shell celluloid pickguard is another nod to the original K161 guitar.

Hand carved Honduran Mahogany neck w/ rear skunk-stripe, Honduran mahogany head + tail and centre block, Gabon Ebony fretboard with white Mother-of-Pearl Inlays, steam-bent Sycamore body rims, hand-made Ebony/ Maple/ Tortoiseshell art-deco bridge base. The pick-ups on this guitar are faithfully hand-wound recreations of the Harmony ‘Hershey Bar’ pickups, hand produced by Mojo pickups out of the UK - specific to this guitar model and to sound true to the Kay 161 ‘Thin Twin’ guitar that it’s inspired by.