Sold: The Sappho One - JC#1 The First of the Jooky Customs

The Sappho One is the first of our new range of Jooky Custom guitars, numbered JC#1, and is basically Jookified in-excelsis.

The swamp ash body has been given a Lake Placid Blue Nitro Cellulose finish, the right way, with the correct sealers and silver underpainting. It has then been aged so that the lacquer crazes, but hasn’t otherwise been relicked. Sort of a Freezer Classic, rather than a Closet one.

The neck is a real beauty, with a Wizard profile, made of Goncalo Alves with a Pau Ferro fretboard, this isn’t an obvious Jazzmaster neck. Stainless Steel frets will give a lifetime of service and a Tusc nut means tuning is lush.

On top of this we have gone for Sperzel tuners which are super cool and yet groovy too.

Other hardware is traditional Jazzmaster – a Fender branded tremolo matched with a Mustang bridge handle the wobbly bits and a minty clean scratchplate is partnered nicely with Gretsch knobs.

The final flourish is a pair of deeply unusual pickups, courtesy of uber pickup guru Marc Ransley of Mojo Pickups. At the neck we have his reissue of the trash classic Gold Foil pickups, while at the bridge we have his equally vibrant sounding Mosrite pickup for lo-fi joy and tidings. And these really are a stunning combination, which we’ve joined-up with one of Mojo’s beautifully traditional wiring looms (all CTS pots, Switchcraft Switches and socket, Paper in Oil caps and cloth covered wire), which is destined to last generations.

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 Sappho 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: Jooky Custom

Electrics: Mojo Gold Foil and Mosrite Jazzmaster Pickups, Mojo Jazzmaster Wiring Loom

Guitar Type: Jazzmaster

Construction: Swamp Ash body, Goncalo Alves/Pau Ferro 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: JC#1

RSP: £1249