MODEL
1:An
S styled body, with a sound and feel you wont believe
MODEL
2:A T styled body with a humbucker in
the neck position and a custom designed mini-humbucker in
the bridge position
MODEL
3:The Fosse, a jazz styled body without
the usual headaches
(Yeah
it's not geeky, but you need to know it anyway)
Preface
Until
you play one there is no way to fully grasp what the difference
truly is.
Words are words.
Sound and feel is the joint.
Short
and Sweet
Peekamoose
Custom Shop Guitars are the results of 26 years supporting professional
and amateur clients. A large part of that time was spent repairing,
modifying, and upgraded other manufacturer's instruments to work
around basic design quirks that hinder a player's performance. That
26 years of bench time is tempered by over thirty years as a player.
They are designed to feel instantly familiar, possess great touch
sensitivity, and a sonic pallet that far exceed the expectations
of the players who own them.
They are built to be rock solid reliable and instill confidence
that is hard to find elsewhere. We make no compromises in materials
or workmanship for the sake of price point.
They possess all the most popular and time proven upgrades our client
base requests.
All Peekamoose guitars have their frets dressed on our Plek machine.
They will make you fall in love.
The
inspiration and details behind Short and Sweet
The design concept of Peekamoose Guitars is simple:
• Uniform achievement of touch responsiveness and quality
of sound is universal to Peekamoose Guitars.
• An instrument should avail itself to the artistic instincts
and needs of a player.
• It should not get in the way of the players hands or thoughts.
• It should meld with and become part of the player.
• It should inspire the player to have new experiences and
create new sounds on top of what is already known.
• It should be rock solid and inspire confidence in it's owner.
• It should be a joy to hold and see.
• A stringed instrument must be functional art.
Other important factors which bring these instruments to life.
The Peekamoose Guitars' classic style instrument line incorporate
a unique combination of experiences as a player and as a guitar
maker. The twenty six years (and counting) of repairing, modifying,
and upgrading instruments produced by other companies is always
tempered by Paul's decades of experience as a player. This approach
is carried into the training of all company members. We never want
to loose sight of what a player really needs.
One of the key points in our philosophy regarding guitar making
is simple: Until you've repaired a few thousand instruments from
a broad range of makers you lack the experience to formulate educated
design ideas. Having to adapt client instruments from other makers
to accommodate physical and sonic needs heavily influences Peekamoose
designs.
Peekamoose Custom Guitars possess the best qualities of vintage
and contemporary instruments with our most popular after-market
custom upgrades designed in. Another very important factor is certain
critical vintage instrument design weaknesses have been eliminated.
These instruments are road/studio ready right out of the gate.
From a musician's perspective, knowing what is important for survival
both live and in the studio can not be learned from a book. It only
comes from years of performing in bands while weathering both adverse
and excellent playing environments. What works in a club, is not
the same as an outdoor gig, or a theater. The studio environment
presents another set of challenges. Paul's had the good fortune
of being a guitarist for roughly thirty years, and played in bands
for at least a dozen of them. Most of the Peekamoose crew brings
performance and recording experience to the table. It's helps temper
what comes off the workbench.
Having cared for thousands of players over the years broadens the
knowledge base even further. Doing tour and studio support for many
levels of artists is a great instructor. Being a top referral by
most of the major manufacturers for warranty support brings another
level of awareness. This unique blend of experience inspired the development of guitars
which feel instantly familiar, and have more under the hood than
anyone would expect. The geometry of Peekamoose instruments is intended
to create a tone and ease of play that can only be achieved on vintage
guitars after many subtle modifications. Our babies do it right
out of the gate.
There is something about the touch responsiveness found in Peekamoose
Guitars which words will never accurately convey. You have to experience
our instruments first hand to truly understand what you have been
missing all these years.
We make no compromises in our building methods or the materials
and components we use to create these instruments.
All Peekamoose guitars have their frets dressed on our Plek
machine.
