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H161 SlimTwin Standard

£3,250.00

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 THE H161 ‘SLIM TWIN’ STANDARD IS A FLAT TOP, SEMI-HOLLOWBODY ELECTRIC GUITAR. IT HAS THE SIMILAR LOWER AND UPPER BOUTS AS THE ES-330/335, HOWEVER WITH A BROADER WAIST. THIS GUITAR HAS AN IDENTICAL BODY PROFILE TO THE ORIGINAL KAY K161 REFINED WITH A THINNER BODY AND DIFFERENT INTERNAL BODY CONSTRUCTION. AVERAGE WEIGHT IS 3.2KGS

From Hammett Guitar Co. –

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 two-tone amber 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 and neck have been accented with vintage celluloid ivoroid binding and accompanied by a matching oversized tortoiseshell+ivoroid celluloid pickguard is another nod to the original K161 guitar.

Hand carved Honduran Mahogany neck, Honduran mahogany head + tail and centre block, Gabon Ebony fretboard with white Mother-of-Pearl dot 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.

Each model is unique and varies. Hand-crafted in the UK - 

 

CONSTRUCTION/SPECS OVERVIEW

 - MAPLE STEAM BENT BODY RIMS

 - RIPPLED ‘SYCAMORE’ TOP & BACK

 - MAHOGANY NECK, TAIL AND BRIDGE BLOCK

- QUARTERSAWN MAHOGANY NECK
- 24.75” SCALE LENGTH, 23 FRETS
- GLUED STRAIGHT MORTISED NECK JOINT
- VINTAGE IVOROID BINDING THROUGHOUT

 - MEDIUM FRETWIRE
 - BONE NUT
 - ROSEWOOD OR EBONY 12” RADIUS FINGERBOARD

 - WIDTH AT NUT IS 1.625”, 2.2” AT END OF FINGERBOARD

 

STANDARD HARDWARE

- KLUSON CLOSED-BACK BUTTER BEAN TUNERS

- ABM ‘HARP’ TRAPEZE TAIL PIECE

- TONEPROS AVR 2 BRIDGE

- CUSTOM ‘TIGERSHELL’CELLULOID PICKGUARD WITH MATCHING T-ROD COVER 

- 3 WAY TOGGLE SWITCH

- 2 VOLUME/ 1 TONE WITH “ORANGE SPRANGUE” CAP

- CONTROL LAYOUT WITH SWITCHCRAFT & CTS COMPONENTS

- HARAMIS TORTOISHELL MATCHING KNOBS

- GATOR HARDSHELL CASE (DELUXE OR JOURNEYMAN AVAILABLE)

 

FINISH CHOICES

TRANSPARENT FINISHES

  • HERITAGE CHERRY BURST
  • VINTAGE AMBER BURST

OPAQUE TOPS (black sides)

  • PIANO BLACK
  • OLYMPIC WHITE
  • FIESTA RED
  • TV YELLOW
  • SEAFOAM GREEN

METALLIC FINISHES

  • LIGHT PELHAM BLUE
  • DARK PELHAM BLUE

ALTERNATE FINISHES: > £150 (BINDING OPTION WILL NEED TO BE DISCUSSED TO SUIT)

 

OPTIONS

TAILPIECE:

  • BIGSBY TREMOLO £250

PICKGUARD:

  • COLOURED PLASTIC £0 (VARIOUS AVAILABLE TO MATCH CHOSEN PAINT+TRIM)
  • ALUMINUM £250

BINDING / PRICE DEPENDS ON CONFIGURATION. 

MISC / GOLD PICKGUARD/HARDWARE/GOLD BIGSBY £500