Fine concert classical guitars hand-crafted by
John Ainsworth. construct my guitars in accordance with the traditional Spanish methods, using a mould and with the sides fitted into slots in the heel of the neck ...
After starting to learn to play guitar, I was disappointed and frustrated by the quality of the instrument I was using. I decided to try my hand at making my own and set about finding information on guitar making ...
Famous concert artists, such as Julian Bream, John Williams and Alirio Diaz tried out my guitars and gave very favourable comments on them ...
Avandel Guitars are based in Wales and Produce High Quality Handmade Acoustic Guitars to Customer Specification. Custom Manufactured instruments at excellant prices.
Founded in 2004, Avandel Guitars is owned and run by Russell Rose - initially a very keen guitarist, Russell
turned his hand to building guitars as a hobby some time ago.
Greatly encouraged by positive feedback about the instruments he was producing from keen fellow guitarists,
some of whom work as professional musicians, and recognising a demand in the market for a tailored service
which could be provided at a competitive rate, the inspiration to set up Avandel Guitars started to take shape ...
During 2005 we have developed and refined our instruments, and in the past few months have acquired a
reputation for building instruments with exceptional playability, and a very sweet and balanced tone ...
Charvel Guitars and Basses.
While we’re busy building the definitive Charvel Web site, we are ready to announce that we’re back better than ever and offer several hand-built models to choose from – including the USA Standard Models, USA Custom Shop Models, Limited Editions and the highly anticipated EVH Art Series guitars located on this site! So, feel free to check out some of our latest creations and – while we could go on and on about the infinite array of features, options and colors available – nothing can take the place of picking one up and feeling our legendary “broken-in” necks for yourself!
Charvel® USA EVH Art Series Guitar:
The wait is over! Legendary guitarist, Edward Van Halen, is back in the fold and is once again working with Charvel® to create hand built replicas of his original striped guitar designs. EVH Art Series guitars feature custom-striped basswood bodies, a special-wound humbucking pickup, Original Floyd Rose® tremolo and a compound-radius, maple neck carved from his original specs. Even the volume pot has been replaced with a “Tone” knob just like Eddie's! These guitars are every bit worth the wait and are available in Black and White, Black and Yellow, and Red, White and Black stripes.
282-7801-899 (Black and White)
Basswood body, bolt-on quartersawn Eastern hard rock maple neck with specially formulated oil finish, Maple fingerboard, 1 5/8" nut width, 22 Jumbo frets, 25 1/2" scale, Custom wound EVH Humbucking pickup, Floyd Rose Original tremolo, Black pickguard, and chrome hardware.
Tone samples page is now located in the menubar for easy access to tone samples submitted by Rivera artists, such as the new Knucklehead Reverb 100 tone sample by Jim Root of Slipknot.
The ALL-NEW Knucklehead TRE is shipping! Contact us for more details on our latest amp...
All new Rivera artist photos are up, as well as the revamped Rivera forums. Be sure to register today to keep up with the latest Rivera product announcements and to interact with other Rivera owners. NOTE: Rivera Dealers should sign up and contact the forum moderator to be added to the special Rivera Dealers forum.
Slipknot's Mick Thompson has submitted tone samples of the Knucklehead Reverb 100 Mick Thompson model. Check them out here!
We've added owner's manuals to the site...
We've also got a Sedona tone sample recorded by Doyle Dykes online now, so be sure to check it out. Suprema 55-112 tone samples recorded by Mike Herring are now up as well.
More tone samples are coming so keep coming back to the all-new Rivera website!