Important basic information.
At Bad Dog Custom Guitars you have 3 ways to buy your guitar:
1. Choosing a guitar already finished, assembled and adjusted in the "Guitars" menu.
2. Choosing the separate parts that you see in the different sections of the store, bodies, neck, pickguard, electronics, hardware kit, plastic kit, etc. and adding them all to your shopping cart, as well as the product called "ASSEMBLY AND TOTAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE INSTRUMENT" if you want to receive it at home already assembled and adjusted. If you do not add this final assembly and adjustment product to your basket, you will be sent the kit that makes up the guitar disassembled into pieces so that you can assemble and adjust it at home.
3. But if you are even more demanding and want a custom order made to measure for you, you will only have to go to the " Custom order " menu and follow the steps indicated there to have a vintage-style guitar completely personalized according to your tastes and preferences. .
Guitars.
In our catalog you can find guitars already finished and assembled. These guitars will be ready to ship after final adjustment to the client's liking.
Bodies:
Alder or ash bodies will be used in 2 pieces and occasionally in 1 piece. Both the alder and the ash used are of American or European origin. The Bad Dog bodies will be cut, painted and reliced by us with the most common colors of the 50s-60s era as well as other finishes.
- Painted and lacquered in NITRO nitrocellulose.
- They can carry 3 types of relics; soft medium or hard relic.
- Aged and cracked depending on the case.
We will also more or less regularly have MJT bodies as well as bodies from other suppliers and luthiers that always offer a seal of quality in their work.
Mast:
The guitars will usually mount Allparts brand necks. These masts are manufactured in Japan of very good quality and a proven reputation in the market. Occasionally, necks from other suppliers and/or luthiers may be used, in which case this will be specified on each product sheet.
They will be lacquered in nitrocellulose. We use three different lacquers depending on what finish we want to give it; Vintage amber, Aged amber or Clear amber.
The masts will have a complete job and a tune-up with the all-in-one “ full service” pack that consists of:
- Painted and lacquered in nitrocellulose.
- Aged and relict.
- Rounding the edges of the fingerboard.
- Leveled to correct any possible micro unevenness that it may have.
- Polishing the frets.
- Removal of white spots if necessary.
- Custom bone capo.
- Everything necessary to give the neck 100% playability.
Hardware and plastics.
Bridges and tremolos used will generally be Gotoh brand made in Japan.
The remaining hardware such as screws, plates, etc. may be from the Allparts or Gotoh brands, made in USA and made in Japan respectively.
The various remaining pieces such as pickguards, knobs, etc. will be from the Allparts brand and will all be made in the USA.
Electronics:
The electronics will be made up of top quality components, CTS, Crl, Switcraft and waxed fabric cable.
They may carry Orange Drop or similar capacitors, dim style, polyester, oil paper as well as specific reproductions of vintage capacitors. Depending on the electronics that have been decided to be installed, this will be specified in the technical sheet of each guitar.
The pickguards where the electronics are mounted are all from the Allparts ® brand and are made in the USA.
Pickpus.
The pickups used will be mainly from our brand "Bad Dog Pickups". These pickups have a totally vintage tone, character and timbre. They are built with the same components used in the pre-CBS golden era.
Here are our Bad Dog pickups.
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Strat Kit Hardware Deshined. WITH TREMOLO.
Regular price €199,00 EURRegular priceUnit price / per -
Stratocaster Hardware Kit. Aged. WITH TREMOLO
Regular price €249,00 EURRegular priceUnit price / per -
Tele Kit. Hardware Deshined. WITHOUT BRIDGE.
Regular price €149,00 EURRegular priceUnit price / per -
Telecaster Kit. Aged Hardware. WITH BRIDGE.
Regular price €199,00 EURRegular priceUnit price / per