Model 1R 'Winfrith'
If you’d like to pay 50% upfront and 50% on completion, use code “FIFTYFIFTY” at checkout.
Current lead time 6-12 months
This has been a dream of mine since the very beginning of making guitars. To make a guitar made nearly entirely from recycled or reclaimed materials that has all the same attention to detail but with a lower carbon footprint. I call it the ‘R’ for reclaimed, recycled, reused, reworked etc. You get access to all the same specification changes as with a normal M1 or M2 but with certain things limited due to availability of recycled/reclaimed material.
Due to the varied amount of material I can obtain for body, neck and fingerboard woods, these guitars will named according to where they’ve been sourced from. This first edition of the R will be called ‘Winfrith’, which is where the Honduran Mahogany that makes up the body and neck wood is sourced from. Winfrith was a 1950’s era Nuclear Power Station in Dorset, about 30 miles from where my workshop is. This wood was from the workbenches from the maintenance area of the site.
If sustainability means a lot to you, this is certainly a great option for you. Couple that with the limited nature of it, you’ll have a little bit of history tied up in it.
Tech specs:
Handmade from start to finish by Elliott Trent.
Honduran Mahogany semi-hollow body and neck reclaimed from the workbenches of Winfrith Nuclear Power Station.
Open pore finish, thin skin waterbased coloured top with natural sides and back.
Red Balau fingerboard reclaimed from a local marina.
Vibrato/Bridge/Control plates designed in-house and made by local engineers.
Scratchplate made from 100% recycled Greencast acrylic.
Pickup covers made from scrap maple from offcuts of the maple necks, dyed black.
Binding and inlay dots made from 100% recycled ABS.
Knobs reworked and reclaimed from excess tone knobs for the main M1/M2 production.
Tuners sourced secondhand and then serviced.
Nut made from Delrin offcuts from local engineers.
Choice of hard or soft case.