Ferns Guitars

Gallery - Custom Made

At this page you can see some unique custom guitars we made in the past.

Classic tigerstripe ash top and LP inlay
Classic thinline African padouk
Standard EMG with LED lights
Jerry Garcia Jamband Tribute
Standard Ash with P90 in neck position
Classic Ash with a one piece tigerstripe ash body


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Classic tigerstripe ash top and LP inlay

Classic tigerstripe ash top with LP inlay

A Classic that is a bit different! The guitar is made specialy to use as a bottleneck slide guitar. The neck has more relief than a regular guitar. Because of the double action truss rod, the guitar can also be setup for regulair playing. Fitted with EMG pickups, chrome scratchplates, and a not so common LP inlay in the fretboard and a lefthanded neck, this righthanded instrument is more than just a copy. The top is a beautiful piece of tigerstriped ash, and the fretboard is made out of cocobola for a better articulation and clearity.

  • Solid construction.
  • Body swamp ash.
  • Top tigerstripe ash.
  • Neck birdseye maple.
  • Cocobola fretboard.
  • EMG bridge and neck pickup.
  • Chrome scratchplate.
  • Pearl LP style inlay.
  • Gotoh/ Wilkinson brass saddle bridge.
  • Tone Pro tuners.
  • Bone topnut.
  • Transulent PU laquer finish.
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    Classic thinline African padouk

    Classic thinline African padouk

    This very special thinline guitar is made of African padouk. The body is sawn in pieces, chambered and reglued in a way it looks like a one piece of wood again. The guitar has plenty amount of sustain, and still has that nice sparkling character. The neck pickup is a Jason Lollar Charlie Christian pickup. It gives a P90-ish sound, but with more high respons and very much dynamics. More to be comparted with old vintage DeArmond pickups.

  • Semi hollow construction.
  • Body and neck African padouk.
  • Ebony fretboard.
  • Jason Lollar Special T bridge pickup.
  • Jason Lollar Charlie Christian neck pickup.
  • Gotoh/ Wilkinson brass saddle bridge.
  • Hipshot locking tuners.
  • Bone topnut.
  • Bourns potmeters.
  • OAK 3 way switch.
  • Oil / wax finish.
  • Hiscox hard case.

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    Standard EMG with LED lights

    Standard EMG with LED lights

    This Fern's Standard EMG guitar has a neck with build in LED lights. The bottom tone control is replaced by a rotary switch to turn the the lights on or off.

  • Solid construction.
  • Cedrela body.
  • Figured bubinga top.
  • Cedrela neck.
  • Ebony fretboard.
  • EMG 89 bridge pickup.
  • EMG SLV middle pickup.
  • EMG SLV neck pickup.
  • Kahler tremolo.
  • Schaller mini M6 tuners.
  • Graphtec topnut with Kahler locknut.
  • EMG electronics.
  • OAK 5 way switch.
  • Oil/ wax finish.
  • Hiscox hard case.

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    Jerry Garcia Jamband Tribute

    Jerry Garcia Jamband Tribute

    This very special guitar has a neck-through-body construction and sound chambers in the body. Inspired by the Alembic Jerry Garcia models, this guitar also shows some personal preferences of the owner. The neck is at the topnut as wide as at the body, more like a classical neck. The Guitar is fitted with all sorts of electronics, like filters and a build in overdrive. Strings can be attached at the brass tailpiece, or through the body.

  • Semi-solid construction.
  • European maple body.
  • Figured bubinga top.
  • Purperheart back.
  • Maple - purperheart neck.
  • Ebony fretboard.
  • DiMarzio pickups.
  • Original Alembic brass tailpiece.
  • Oval inlay by Raymond.
  • Schaller M6 locking tuners.
  • Bone topnut.
  • Oil/ wax finish.

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    Standard Ash with P90 in neck position

    Standard Ash with P90 in neck position

    Not so often customers want to have a Fern's Standard Ash guitar with very different pickups. Sometimes a humbucker in the bridge position, but a combination of single coil - single coil - P90 is a very personal choice. The owner of this guitar wanted to have an allround guitar with a fat big sounding neck pickup for a big fat blues sound.

  • Solid construction.
  • Swamp ash body.
  • USA maple neck./LI>
  • Madagascar rosewood fretboard.
  • Lollar special 'S' bridge pickup.
  • Lollar special 'S' middle pickup.
  • Lollar P90 neck pickup.
  • Schaller 2000 tremolo.
  • Schaller mini M6 locking tuners.
  • Schaller mini M6 tuners.
  • Graphtec topnut.
  • OAK 5 way switch.
  • Transulent PU/ amber stain finishk.

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    Classic Ash with a one piece tigerstripe ash body

    Classic Ash with a one piece tigerstripe ash body

    Sometimes we have pieces of wood in the workshop that are big enough, and of good quality to become a one piece body. This piece of German ash had a very nice tigerstripe effect as well. The scratch plate is made of old oakwood, found in water. The oakwood gets a black color bcause of the reaction in time with the water.

  • Solid construction.
  • German tigerstripe ash body.
  • Oakwood scratch plate.
  • USA maple neck.
  • Rosewood fretboard.
  • Lollar vintage T bridge pickup.
  • Lollar P90 neck pickup.
  • Gotoh/ Wilkinson bridge.
  • Schaller STM tuners.
  • Bone topnut.
  • Transulent PU finish.


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