Roy Buchanan Tribute

The last time I saw Roy Buchanan was in 1988. We had a conversation about what makes him fall in love with a guitar and his philosophy of improvisation. I asked how to improvise better on my Telecaster and he said, “Play yourself into a corner, then right back out again”.  After that started to sink in a bit I said, “What if I hit a bad note on the way out of the corner?” Roy said, “well just bend it up to a good one!”  And that was his philosophy in a nutshell.  I’ve thought about that conversation often and decided to put what he liked into this Roy Buchanan Tribute guitar. You can bend the strings from here to Nashville!

It began with an Alder body with a natural blond finish, chrome knobs with mother of pearl tops accented by a classic black pick guard.  The string through body routing design gives you exceptional resonance, with the vintage style hard tail bridge adding the sustain and precision intonation control of the Gotoh six-saddle chrome bridge.

The powerful tone of this guitar is driven by a Classic ’52 T Series pickup set.  The addition of the Haywire Treble Bleed Circuit that insures that you don’t lose your high frequencies.  When you need to play at a lower volume it’s clear from 1-10.  The three-way switching is enhanced by Haywire Custom Guitars exclusive 4-Way Option.  This adds the setting of using both pickups in series for powerful fat and distinctive sound.

The action on this guitar is super fast, with the 9-1/2″ radius thin profiled neck.  This the leveled and polished frets have great sustain and a long life with silky smooth note bends.  

Every Roy Buchanan Tribute guitar is built keeping each individual customer’s specification needs in mind.  Most of all, there are unlimited custom wiring and component selections. The result is a guitar that was built to fit in your hands. also, with the ability to produce virtually any sound that you want.