We have talked concerning the making and wild interior workings of Jack White’s Three-Wheel Movement Low Rider Fender Telecaster earlier than, however of course, there’s way more to the White Stripes/Raconteurs/Useless Climate veteran’s custom electrical guitar assortment than loopy Telecasters.
In truth, White has launched a new website focusing on his artwork and design works that – other than showcasing his work within the mediums of images, upholstery and sculpture (who knew?) – takes guests deep into his assortment of custom-built guitars, together with the aforementioned Low Rider Tele.
“The Copper Triple Jet” is a “faux” Gretsch boasting three Gretsch humbuckers, with an MXR micro-amp preamp put in inside the center pickup, whereas the “Three Golden Gibsons” are, respectively, a limited-edition, gold hardware-adorned “Fort Knox” Les Paul and Flying V gifted to White by Gibson, and a “Fort Knox”-style Firebird subsequently commissioned by White.
The “Triple Inexperienced Machine,” in the meantime, is a heavily-modded Gretsch Anniversary Jr. with, get this, a light-based theremin with a management knob, and a inexperienced bullet microphone that may be pulled out of the guitar and sung by means of.
Constructed, just like the “Copper Triple Jet,” by grasp luthier Randy Parsons, it is featured within the 2009 documentary, It May Get Loud.
If all of this sounds fascinating to you, there’s much more the place that got here from on White’s website, together with a take a look at his diddley bow (which additionally options in It May Get Loud), White’s “Three Girls” sequence of gorgeous custom acoustic guitars and a more in-depth take a look at the Triplegraph digital octave pedal White designed with CopperSound Pedals, and unveiled to the world final September.
To try these, and extra of White’s creations, cease by Jack White Artwork & Design.