Crossley Guitars Blue 24 fret

Peter Crossley

Peter Crossley

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Hi guys,

Just finished this one on a commission, curly maple top, over mahogany, Queensland maple one piece neck, ebony board, owners initials at the 12th fret and a AAAAA MOP block inlay at the 24th with "40" engraved into it, some sort of birthday present!!!
Hand wound pups, Wilkinson contempory trem with tremsetter

Cheers
Pete

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Re: Crossley Guitars Blue 24 fret

sweet! that is one sweet maple top! i dig the color (front and back) and the vibrato =)
 
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WOW!! Stunning! Id love to see how it plays! Incidently, my 40th was last year, but Ill accept late gifts!!
 
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EDIT: I don't wanna be snarky.

The guitar looks REALLY good! Nice work!

Your body style is also REALLY reminiscent of Joe Driskill's guitars out of Texas, USA.

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sweet guitar......im actually going to be in queensland studying abroad next semester...
 
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That is a gorgeous guitar, so much so that I'd almost be scared to play it. All your guitars are amazing looking Peter, if I ever get a chance to go to OZ, I'm checking them out in person.
 
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Crossley I love your guitars man. What sort of sound do they fetch? Are they more stratish, LPish or PRSish?
 
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Yes, that quilt is really sick... but I don't want to derail. The guitars in my post are Driskill guitars, not Crossley.
 
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Yes, I came across Driskill guitars a couple of months ago, it IS spooky about the similarities, But it IS purely co-incidental. If you are a believer in synchronicity, then here is an example!!
I originaly sat down after building quite a few "conventional guitars" and wrote down all the things I disliked, and all the things I liked, and this is what came out of that.
The guitar shape is determined by the lower horn, this locks into your leg when sitting down, the upper horn is the correct length to attain balance when used with a strap.
the reset of the shape flows from that.
The neck to body join is based on an engineering priciple, that imparts maximum contact and maximum access to the upper frets.
Quite a lot of my guitars have tone chambers, this one doesn't, as that was the clients requirements.
the tone chambers add a further tonal depth to the guitars.
All the timbers are tone matched. So the top is matched to the body/neck to offer as diverse a tonal range as possible.

Sound???

I am working closely with a mate of mine in Adelaide (South Australia) who hand winds the pickups to my spec's, They are coil split individually, so with a 3 position switch you get 8 different tonal variations.
They can sound a bit like a strat when split, or tele, but they really growl when used as humbuckers. A bit like a Les Paul.
Really they sound like a Crossley!

Cheers
Pete

www.crossleyguitars.com
 
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Never tire of looking at your babies man and this one's no exception!

Sweet...
 
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Peter Crossley said:
Yes, I came across Driskill guitars a couple of months ago, it IS spooky about the similarities, But it IS purely co-incidental. If you are a believer in synchronicity, then here is an example!!
I originaly sat down after building quite a few "conventional guitars" and wrote down all the things I disliked, and all the things I liked, and this is what came out of that.
The guitar shape is determined by the lower horn, this locks into your leg when sitting down, the upper horn is the correct length to attain balance when used with a strap.
the reset of the shape flows from that.
The neck to body join is based on an engineering priciple, that imparts maximum contact and maximum access to the upper frets.
Quite a lot of my guitars have tone chambers, this one doesn't, as that was the clients requirements.
the tone chambers add a further tonal depth to the guitars.
All the timbers are tone matched. So the top is matched to the body/neck to offer as diverse a tonal range as possible.

Sound???

I am working closely with a mate of mine in Adelaide (South Australia) who hand winds the pickups to my spec's, They are coil split individually, so with a 3 position switch you get 8 different tonal variations.
They can sound a bit like a strat when split, or tele, but they really growl when used as humbuckers. A bit like a Les Paul.
Really they sound like a Crossley!

Cheers
Pete

www.crossleyguitars.com
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Thanks for acknowledging the similarity. For the record I'm not nor was I accusing you of ripping off Joe Driskill's body design, nor am I affiliated with Driskill Guitars in any way. I just found the similarities kind of uncanny.

There are a number of subtle differences that I can see... Your lower horn actually curves back towards the body and his doesn't. His tops have a much deeper and more dramatic carve.. Also the bout of your body is more symmetrical..

I like your headstock a lot more, though, and an actual bound fretboard on a custom guitar is something you don't see as often as I think you should.

:)

It looks like very nice work. That neck joint of yours is a thing of beauty!
 
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Another beauty. I really like your choice of hardware, and the electronic layout is simple, but original at the same time. I too would rather have the 3 way right behind the volume, because I'm not always touching the tone knob.

Do you find that much maple to be snappy and bright? If it were mine, I'd put a SD Custom Shop Brobucker/59n in it. I know that set would smoke in that guitar.
 
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