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'The Web' / British Custom Guitars: An Original Handmade Tony Tomlinson Custom Electric Guitar, 2007, image 1
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Rock & Pop
Lot 185

'The Web' / British Custom Guitars: An Original Handmade Tony Tomlinson Custom Electric Guitar,
2007,

24 May 2023, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £4,000

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'The Web' / British Custom Guitars: An Original Handmade Tony Tomlinson Custom Electric Guitar,

2007,
No.2, designed and handmade by Tony Tomlinson of British Custom Guitars, the sculpted mahogany body with grey metallic finish, the fingerboard with dot markers, the headstock and body with maker's decoration, two humbuckers with two volume/tone knobs, three-way selector, with accompanying certificate of authenticity signed and dated by Tony Tomlinson, in hard shaped and lined Nevada guitar case,
guitar 38 1/4in (97cm) long

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Provenance:
Acquired directly from British Custom Guitars by the present owner, 2007.
From a limited edition of 100 produced by British Custom Guitars, the final number of 'Web' guitars produced is thought to be much lower.

"Making a guitar - I see something like car parts... an engine kit... and I think 'that's going to make a nice guitar'... motorcycle parts, spanners, metalwork, recycling..."
- Tony Tomlinson, BBC Radio, 2008.

Tony Tomlinson has been making guitars since circa 1982 having been disappointed at not finding what he wanted from local guitar shops. In the accompanying certificate Tony states 'Every guitar I make has a story and a meaning behind it. Each one is produced totally by hand, using my own original drawings and ideas employing bespoke tools which I have also designed. I like to create unique one-off guitars before moving onto the next idea. Repetition kills the soul - so I believe - and enthusiasm soon dwindles if I have to make more than one of a particular design. Each one of the guitars serves two purposes - firstly as a working musical instrument and secondly as a work of art.' His guitars have also been exhibited and sold at Harrods, London.

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