In building The Ronin One we’ve taken a 1970s Japanese copy of Gibson’s original, which followed the template to a tee, and far exceeds the current standards set it guitar land.
From the top then, the body and neck are solid maple, weighty but beautiful too. I hate to think how much equivalent lumps of wood would cost these days, assuming you could even get them without Greenpeace kicking your door in.
The body and headstock have been liberally coated with active copper and then attacked with our home brew concoction to corrode in a madly degrading way. This has then been stabilised and lacquered for posterity. I’m really chuffed with this finish and it should age beautifully.
From there we eventually decided to keep the original tuners that work sweetly and have been re-jigged slightly to improve them further. They have a real aged look to them, which goes with the Flying Vee headstock perfectly
A metal bridge and tailpiece give a zingy sound when played acoustically and along with the maple make for an almost Tele sound with the single coil pickup and plenty of grit while still cutting thru from the ‘bucker.
And speaking of sounds, we were particularly pleased to find a pair of original, stamped 1978, Gibson pickups that sound quite brilliant. One ‘bucker, one single coil they give tones from your classic Les Paul through to some beautiful Telecaster twang. In fact this reminds us more of a hot Tele than a Les Paul but with perhaps a bit more grit in the oyster.
This is a beautiful guitar to play, the neck has that old feeling that relickers are forever trying to replicate, and some great sounds too that you really won’t find on your more run-of-the-mill Strats, Teles and Pauls.
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To be clear, The Ronin One is an utterly unique guitar, and there will never, ever, be another made. It is signed and numbered, entirely hand built and finished cooler than a slo-mo run across the pebbled beach at Portishead. There will genuinely never be another guitar like this and past experience suggests that it won’t be around for long.
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Technical Stuff:
Type: Lulu’s Copper Top
Electrics: Gibson NOS Marauder Pickup Set Stamped 1978
Guitar Type: Gibson Marauder
Construction: Maple body, maple/rosewood neck, Corroded Copper Finish
Strings: Nickel 10s
Output: ¼” Guitar Lead
Controls: Volume, Tone
Special Stuff: Certificate of Authenticity, Builder Signed and Numbered, All Wrapped with our Trademark Jooky Wrapping.
Serial Number: JGE#47
RSP: £799
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