Abernethy Old King

Justin Abernethy, AKA Bottom Line Guitars, operates a small one man shop in Guadalupe, California with a primary focus on building high quality,  custom electric guitars.
He uses original vintage parts and materials when available.

I have fallen under the charm of his Old King model:


It's a retro offset beauty, with a pair of gorgeous vintage 1965 Dearmond gold foil pickups.



 But what gets me is that little hook in the pickguard...


Every guitar built has a different set of features; the pink model has Mcnelly Custom Silver foil PUs, for instance.
It just depends on whatever parts are available to the builder at the time, I guess...

The headstock has also a charm of its own:


Every guitar comes with a certain degree of finish distress (yellowing, checking, dings, nicks).
So you get a unique instrument each time....






Specs and prices here:

https://abernethyguitars.com/guitars/old-king-042?fbclid=IwAR1Vmq0MWrwDM7wavLYmtOmpGt_iAWqNWMp3OyIqmEN3fSM_-2boYe9Imnk

https://reverb.com/be/shop/bottom-line-guitars


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