The Chimera One is a complete one off, being based on Fender’s classic single pickup Esquire, with a stunning walnut body and a dark rosewood stain that gives the look and feel of old wood.
The pickup at the bridge is one of our exclusive Gimps, wound for us by hand by Marc Ransley of Mojo Pickups, this is a cross between a classic Telecaster and a P90 and gives a stunning thick single coil sound while holding all those Tele tones we love close to it’s imaginary busom. To go with this Marc also hand crafted one of his classic Esquire looms so that we get three variations of tone from our little Gimp. The loom of course is top quality and uses the best components – top quality CTS pots, Oak Grigsby Switch, cloth covered wire, PIO caps and Switchcraft socket.
Hardware is solid, with a Fender classic Telecaster ashtray bridge and cover, thru-body stringing and aged Wilkinson tuners along with our favourite Gotoh strap pins. The neck is a modern take with a beautiful satin finish, rosewood ‘board, 9.5” radius and medium frets.
All in all, this is a stunning looking guitar that plays beautifully and nails all of the classic tones.
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To be clear, The Chimera 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: Norma’s Natural Guitar
Electrics: Gimp Pickup, Three Way Esquire Wiring
Guitar Type: Telecaster Esquire
Construction: Alder body, Rosewood/Maple neck
Strings: 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#79
RSP: £999
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