Tag Archives: Custom Build
Doug Wilkes Gilmour Answer sell for £75,000 at Christies
The Gilmour guitar sale was held at Christies in New York last week and the guitar that Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd commissioned Doug to build in the 80s went for an astonishing £75,000. Here is a link to the … Continue reading
Red Tele for Carl Moody
The red one is for Carl moody, he’s treating himself for xmas, it’s got Seymour Duncan pickups on . Light poplar body . Rock maple neck with an Indian rosewood fingerboard on . Good sound .xx
1980s While Slut refurb
A 1980,s slut that I’ve recently refurbished , there was quite a bit damage to the body, I had to add lots of mahogany, then I cut a tremolo hole before spraying with a metallic white nitro finish , as … Continue reading
Bentley Walknut inspired Telecaster
Doug has finished a lovely Telecaster inspired custom guitar for Martin. The top of the guitar features a beautiful Walnut veneer that was actually destined for the Bentley factory in nearby Crewe, Staffordshire, UK. Martin just happens to own a … Continue reading
Carl Tele Re-fret
Doug starts working on re-fretting Carl’s Tele inspired Wilkes guitar, shows us where he’s at with Mark Bennett’s acoustic and various other nonsense.
Wilkes Guitars 1982 – 1984
Here is a picture from the archives. Wilkes Guitars poster from the 1980s.
Natural Bass
Doug is not far off finishing a very nice natural finish bass guitar for a client. The client saw the original wood and was given the option of decided what features of the grain went where on the body and … Continue reading
Tele for young Keri
Doug has finished a lovely tele style guitar for young local guitarist Keri. Keri specifically chose this colour whilst in the workshop with Doug and it looks fantastic. The maple fretboard also has a matt finish which make it very … Continue reading
Des Parton with his Burnt Telecaster
Des Parton, of Sad Sweet Dreamer fame, called in to collect his Wilkes Telecaster. This guitar was burnt in the workshop fire and when Des saw it hanging up he said he wanted Doug to make a guitar out of … Continue reading
Dougs Workshop 6th June 2016
6th June 2016. Doug is dressed like a tramp as he is working on Mark Hargeaves bass. Also Billy the dog, a new pig and various rubbish..