Anderson TV: Episode 20

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Anderson Artist Cody Davis came by to try out our new Angel 7 model, and fell in love with this Angel Player 7 in Super Sonic Gray. With a Fixed Bridge, a set of our H Series pickups (calibrated for 7-strings), 2 Cut Switches switching, and a set of Elixir 10-62 strings.

Angel 7 represents a lot of re-thinking what a 7 string model should be, along with input from our Artists, Dealers, and Anderson fans worldwide. We offer several bridges, pickups, exotic tops, and all of our usual custom options. You can start building yours here.

Song: Cody Davis - "BSG"

Mix/Master/Edit: Sean Ashe for Undeniable Spectacle Productions

 

Anderson TV: Episode 19

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Our UK dealer Peach Guitars visited us earlier this year, and put together one of the best, most thorough shop tours ever done here! It’s available on their YouTube channel - see below. Check it out, and big thanks to the whole team at Peach Guitars!

From Peach: "One of our most exciting events of 2022 was sealing the deal to become the UK’s EXCLUSIVE Tom Anderson dealer! We’ve long coveted the incredible work of Tom and his team and after years of working on a deal, we finally got the opportunity in 2022, and boy are we excited by it! During our trip to Southern California we stopped by the factory to meet the team and learn a little bit more about their build process." 

 

Anderson TV: Episode 18

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Anderson Artist Jason Kui visited the factory to give us his first impressions of our new Angel 7 Player:

We combined our Angel and Seven models, and came up with something we’re really happy with: Angel 7.

The pre-production Angel Player 7 seen here represents a lot of re-thinking what a 7 string model should be, along with input from our Artists, Dealers, and Anderson fans worldwide.

Big thanks to Jason Kui for his feedback. The song he's playing here is "Squeaky Switch" from his album Absence of Words.

See below for the full play-thru!

 

Gear For Hope Guitar Auctions

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We have come to seek and experience real joy and to share it with others until the whole world is lifted. 

Is there a better life quest? Don’t think so. 

At this time, our friend Nik Huber of Nik Huber Guitars, wanted to be able to offer some hope, relief and support for the people of the Ukraine and this war-ravaged world. His inspiration, an auction to raise money to help. The German Magazine Gitarre & Bass is generously facilitating. Many of us in the music industry have joined this worthwhile endeavor: https://www.instagram.com/p/CbX7f3Rjo8H/

Anderson Guitarworks is happily donating two wonderful Anderson guitars in an auction called: Gear for Hope. The full amount of all proceeds go directly to three non-profit organizations offering Ukrainian aid.

• Doctors without Borders

• German Red Cross

• UN Refugee Aid 

If you would like to participate here are the links to the auction:

• United Charity Auction homepage: https://www.unitedcharity.de/en/Specials/gearforhope

• Angel Player direct: https://www.unitedcharity.de/en/Auktionen/GfH-Gitarre-Tom-Anderson

• Guardian Angel direct: https://www.unitedcharity.de/en/Auktionen/GfH-Anderson-Guitarworks

Guitar 1: Angel Player in Satin Black 

The very first Angel guitar ever in existence, the original prototype that led to the entire Angel line of Anderson Guitars—our 24 fret wunderkind. We have always kept it here with us because we all loved and regarded it as something very special. Besides the unique “24 pre production proto” laser engraving on the back of the headstock it’s functionally the same as our current Angel production models.

Guitar 2: Guardian Angel in Natural Black Burst 

And why do we call it a Guardian Angel? An Angel with a Pickguard = Guardian Angel, of course. Too fun not to call it such. This one from Markus’ private collection—a guitar we thoroughly love—especially Markus. Flame Maple top atop a no-longer-available natural finished Alder back, all-Caramel Maple neck and twin H-series humbucker layout with 6 super usable sounds at your command. 

We offer the gifts of these two guitars to support the wellbeing of our wonderful planet. May we all learn that cooperation rather than antagonistic competition is the new way of the world where we strive and thrive together.   

Blessing to all.

 

New for '22

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End of Year Anderson Update

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2021 is almost gone (phew!), so we wanted to reflect and share some updates. And we even took a moment away from guitar making to take a new photo of the current crew here at Anderson Guitarworks:

The good news is, as you may notice, we’ve added a few new faces this year, and made a few changes that will allow us to grow a bit, and be better than ever (more info over at About Us).

Which means, more great guitars headed out the door! We’re working towards catching up on orders that have been running a bit behind, because of, well, ya know, 2021. So, if you’re waiting on your dream guitar, it should get to you a bit faster than expected - but absolutely no faster than our quality standards allow for!

It also means we’ll have a bit more time and capacity to work on new stuff. New guitar models, pickups and configurations, finish options, and a few top secret projects too…

So, keep on the lookout for what will likely be the next edition of What’s New, New for ‘22.

Until then we here at Anderson Guitarworks wish you all Happy Holidays, a Happy New Year, and all the best for ‘22!

 

MC Series Pickups

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You have probably caught a glimpse of our MC pickups before at our No-NAMM Show for 2021, and now they are available in MC1-, MC1, and MC2 versions, with gold face cover, solid or open-face nickel covers.

MC-series pickups are a mini-humbucker-sized pickup that rips; carrying out giant and bounding single coil-like sounds with wild abandon. Much more lively then P or H-series pickups and yet effortlessly more muscle than traditional single coil pickups.

You may like to think of them as super-musical, hum-free, single coil pickups that have been taking performance-enhancing electron supplements. The benefit to you being, all your sonic duties in this genre are implemented with much greater ease and encouragement. Think SRV tone without needing to tune down. Or think of them as beautiful mini-humbuckers, if you would rather. 

See our Pickups page for more info.

 

Dog Hair Finishes

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Now available on all solid body Ash and Okoume guitars, and on Swamp Ash or Okoume body backs of guitars with tops, in a variety of colors:

 

What’s Dog Hair?

It is a very intensive, hand finished application that enables us to create these dramatic Dog Hair finishes.  

The Dog Hair style finish is denoted by the Black or White body base color, with the pores in the wood grain filled with a variety of colors. This of course only works well on wood with larger pores such as Swamp Ash and Okoume (very similar in tone and looks to Mahogany). See our Tonewoods description page for more info.

Editor’s Note: Dog Hair…not to be confused with our Organic Grain Satin finishes. Organic Grain has a woody, wood grain texture where Dog Hair—both Gloss and Satin—is smooth to the touch. 

 

WakeSurf Finishes

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Now available on all Flame and Quilt maple topped guitars, in a variety of colors:

What’s WakeSurf?

It is a very intensive, hand rubbed application that enables us to create these dramatic WakeSurf finishes. Very special. 

The WakeSurf style finish is denoted by the deeper colored horns and the fan of lighter color spreading out from the bridge—like the churning, aerated water behind a powerful boat towing a wake surf rider. You get the idea.

 

We're Back!

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Update: April 20, 2020

Our county has allowed us to re-open, on a somewhat limited basis. Production will resume from where we left off about 30 days ago, so all orders will be about that far behind. Thanks for hanging in there with us!

Anderson Guitarworks is temporarily shut down in accordance with the California Safe-At-Home mandate—same as most of the world.

We are still able to ship completed guitars and Tom is able to be isolated at the shop and complete guitars already in Final Assembly. As those guitars are completed we will be able to ship those.

We are still talking guitars and taking orders and looking forward to getting up to full operation again, once this passes. 

All guitars that are already on order are still on schedule and will only be delayed by the amount of time we are required to be away from the factory. 

We cannot wait to return to full Anderson Guitarworks operation and fun. Contact Us anytime.

And here’s a song by Anderson Artist Joey Sykes to help us all get through this:

 
 
 

#AndersonHomeTones

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All of us at Anderson Guitarworks are stuck at home too. And yes, it's a real bummer to not have the factory fully operational but we're using the time to source more of the best tone woods, refine our innovative designs, dream up wild new finishes and of course play our own guitars and enjoy their tones at home.

We thought this would be a fun time to start #AndersonHomeTones - a way to connect all the Anderson enthusiasts stuck at home. To start it off, here's how some of our artists are spending their time at home. Thanks to them and thanks to everyone out there - looking forward to seeing your photos!

Just use the tag #AndersonHomeTones. We wish everyone health and happiness, and can't wait to get back to building the best guitars in the world!

 
 
 

Seeking Depth: What's New for 2020?

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There is no greater gift you can give than to seek the real depth of life. It is the quest for meaning; as we live from it we naturally share it with everyone we meet—and the world is lifted and transformed by one seemingly simple act at a time. 

It also leads you to surround yourself with quality—a few quality items that can enrich your life with their essence. 

Scrolling down into the depths of these Anderson Guitars, we shared at The NAMM Show, should be an enjoyable journey that will provide you with intimate and concise insight into the depth and quality that is Anderson Guitarworks. 

Here now is the quick, “What’s New,” from the show before you began your fun and deeper dive. 

New for early 2020 is:

Now available with our J-Trem bridge

Raven: 

Now available with our J-Trem bridge—in addition to our other already-excellent bridge options. 

Shown here on Raven Classic, finished in Translucent Dirty White, our J-Trem-style tremolo bridge boasts a super-smooth fluidity of motion and excellent in-tune manners. 

So, if you have been seeking this style of bridge for your Raven, now is your time.  You will be profoundly pleased with this bridge’s elevated Anderson performance attributes. 

And if that is not enough to have you playing effortlessly and in-tune all night long, check out the trio of new MC-series mini-humbucker pickups—with gold face option. Sonically giant single coil / mini-humbuck tones—and beyond—while offering another touch of visual class.  

Precisely placed 5-Way control for a 3 pickup layout

Li’l Angel is our short scale, 24 fret, Angel guitar

Raven: 

Now with precisely placed 5-Way control for a 3 pickup layout. 

Dangle away! 

Offset body designs have trouble with the tremolo bar swinging (dangling) over the top of a traditionally placed 5-Way and blocking fast access to switching control on stage and in the studio. But Raven’s precise placement of it’s new 5-Way for a 3 pickup layout remedies all of this with controls that are down and away from the “dangle” of the tremolo bar and able to be accessed easily at all times. 

Yay for ease of playability! 

Shown here on a Raven Classic, finished in our new Black with Red Dog Hair color scheme. 

Li’l Angel:

Angel and Angel Player models now available with shorter, 24 3/4-inch, scale length. 

So, you can call it Little Angel or you can call it Angel shorty. Either way, Li’l Angel is our short scale, 24 fret, Angel guitar.  If you have ever wished for an Angel with a shorter 24 3/4-inch scale length, now is the time for rejoicing, Li’l Angel has arrived!

And is available as these models:

• Li’l Angel (24 3/4-inch Angel)

• Li’l Angel Player (24 3/4-inch Angel Player)

But there is also another new model of Li’l Angel known as:

Arc Angel:

What is an Arc Angel?

Well very simply, Arc Angel is a Li’l Angel with a certain set of special attributes. And they are as follows.

Arc Angel:

• 24 3/4-inch scale length (shorty)

• Mahogany body back

• Mahogany neck back

This grants midrange muscle and focus to the Angel line in a way nothing else can. So if you want an aggressive 24 fret midrange monster your choice is now clearly Arc Angel. 

This one shown in Satin Super Natural Black Burst finish. 

Yes, depth is all around you, dive in.