We use the highest quality parts and cutting edge technology, along with vintage winding machines and techniques. That first year we lived on those pickups, and we still make them to this day." After I got through making necks and bodies in our garage during the day, we sat up making pickups every night. I set up a little pickup-making shop in the kitchen of our house. and made a deal for me to make them 300 Strat pickups. Schecter Japan contacted me and we sat down at Carl’s Jr.
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The American Schecter factory closed a few months after I left, and nobody knew how to make pickups. What fed our family that first year was that Schecter Japan needed American-made pickups. I wasn’t planning on being a guitar manufacturer. "The first year, 1984, I ran the company from my garage, and the plan was to just make bodies and necks. Your experience will certainly be elevated playability with every ounce of wonderful tone at your fingertips.Īs Tom recalled in Premier Guitar, July 2010:
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But…when listening super-carefully in a controlled environment where a change in fret material is the only variable present, some players have noted that Stainless Steel frets can sound a bit more stout and full than the nickel-silver frets they replaced-as if a bit more string sound is transmitted deeper into the wood. Sonically they are so similar to nickel-silver frets that our official position is that there is no discernible difference in tone. We have been using them on all of our guitars since 2002. (Not kidding about that.)Īfter being tested and tested again and retested on 12,000 (plus) guitars. To play them is to feel like your technique and touch have improved. The result of the stainless steel fret that we use (not to be confused with some others) is silky smooth string bends and liquid smooth vibrato. It is as though we secretly polish your frets for you every night while you sleep-always slick, fast and easy, every time you take it out of the case. The playing difference of Stainless Steel frets is astronomically good. ( Note: Medium-Jumbo formerly known as Low-Rise, and Tall-Thin formerly known as Medium) We offer this variety so you can choose an instrument that will bring out your personal best! Our models vary only in their look, wood choice and sonic character. What does this all mean? It means a guitar of unparalleled quality, and no matter which model of you choose, you are getting that same level of excellence. The final process is the coming together of all these precision parts in just the right way to enable each and every guitar to achieve its maximum playability and sound. It allows the instruments full tonal potential to be uninhibited while setting a new level of beauty for our guitars. Our gorgeous paint jobs are done using a revolutionary new ultra violet light curing process that was pioneered here. And you could also call the excellence of our internal wiring a work of art. They are all designed and wound in our own pickup shop for optimum tone. To best compliment and allow you to further fine tune the sound of your guitar, we offer many models of pickups. Ground breaking CAD technology is used to achieve the most exacting tolerances found in the guitar industry, while the fine detail woodwork and beautiful finish sanding are done by the hands of a master. Our design and manufacturing process utilizes the best of both old and new world craftsmanship. We accomplish this by choosing only the finest and most beautiful woods from select lumber mills. The process begins with the creation of the most precise and comfortable bodies and necks possible. We’re a small American company dedicated to creating the world's finest feeling, playing and sounding electric guitars, period!īorn out of Tom's garage in mid 1980's Southern California, Anderson Guitarworks has since been producing what some have called, "The best guitars on the planet." From humble beginnings to our current state of the art facility, we stay dedicated to the tradition and progress of electric guitar design.