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Waghorn Guitars is a comprehensive guitar workshop specializing in handmade custom acoustic and electric guitars and basses, located in Bristol, England. Waghorn Guitars also carries out high quality repair work and are a retailer of replacement guitar components such as pickups, bridges and tuning machines, everything you might need to upgrade or restore your instrument. See our Repair and Upgrades page for details. Our in-house guitar technician provides a fast and reliable guitar setup service, for details see our Setups page. Sauria Electric Model, Gallery and Guitars In Stock Updates May 2012 The prototype for the latest Waghorn electric model, the Sauria has been completed and you can find photos in the the Electric Gallery. The Sauria is available for sale along with a slowly increasing number of stock guitars for our showroom available to try out. Keep an eye on the Guitars In Stock page for updates and additions over the coming weeks. New Sound Clips of an Old Guitar Apr 2012 Bristol session guitarist Kit Morgan has kindly sent us some recordings of his 2006 Waghorn Hydra which you can play or download from our Multimedia page. You can also read his thoughts on his maple Hydra as well as feedback from some of our other customers on our Testimonials page. Guitars In Stock Mar 2012 The prototype Kronos is now available for sale! Take a look at the Stock Guitars page for the full specification. Details of three other electric guitars including the prototype Sauria model that we will be finishing shortly have also been posted. These will also to be available for sale off-the-peg. Bass Guitar Gallery Update Mar 2012 The Bass Gallery has been updated with a custom 6 string J-style bass. The typical Waghorn 5-piece neck construction (maple and bubinga - this time with two dual-action truss rods) bolted onto a chambered alder body allowed us to build a strong six string bass and yet retain as much of the classic jazz sound as possible, with the help of Custom spaced Aero pickups. Lightweight Hipshot machineheads combined with modified body geometry ensures a perfectly balanced instrument with no nosediving. Acoustic & Electric Guitar Gallery Updates Mar 2012 Just finished is a custom chambered body Double Cut in tobacco burst featuring Kinsman electronics, ETS individual bridges and Sperzel locking tuners. Check out the Electric Gallery for more photos. Also completed is another maple Mini-Jumbo acoustic, this time flamed maple with white binding and custom headstock and fingerboard inlays. Take a look at the Acoustic Guitar Gallery for more photos. Electric Guitar Gallery Update Feb 2012 Just finished is this semi-hollow body 'Supa' Tele in metallic lilac! Complete with DiMarzio pickups, Wilkinson tremolo, Sperzel locking tuners, chrome hardware and white binding. check out the Electric Gallery for more photos - and post your comments via Facebook. Acoustic Guitar Gallery Update Feb 2012 We have as ever been busy working on several custom instruments over the last few weeks including this recently finished Mini-Jumbo acoustic in Birdseye Maple complete with a custom headstock inlay. Take a look at the Acoustic Guitar Gallery for more photos. New Electric Designs Nov 2011 We have recently completed the prototype for the first of two new carved-top electric guitar designs; Kronos and Sauria. Kronos is our take on the modern super-strat while Sauria features a quirky, offset double-cut design. Both designs are available for custom order to your own wood and hardware specification, check out the Electrics page for more information. Waghorn Guitars on Facebook Sep 2011 Waghorn Guitars now has it's own Facebook page. Befriend us so you can keep an eye on new custom guitars as they are completed plus work-in-progress photos. Waghorn Guitars @ Facebook