PATRICK JAMES EGGLE MACON SC GOLDTOP
PATRICK JAMES EGGLE MACON SC GOLDTOP £5,440
CONTACT Patrick James Eggle PHONE 01691 661777 WEB www.eggle.co.uk
What You Need To Know
1 Do we need another solidbody single-cut?
Well, if a maker can enhance a well-worn design with build, sound or playability improvements then, yes, bring it on. Patrick James Eggle’s instruments are put together with extreme attention to detail, exceptional woodworking skills, and clever pickup and hardware choices.
2 Santos rosewood – what’s that?
Santos rosewood originated in São Paulo, Brazil, but is now more readily available from Bolivian timber stocks and is said to evoke the best properties of both ebony and Indian rosewood. You’ll know it better by its other name, pau ferro. It’s not the easiest timber to work with, but it’s dense, hard, attractive, and its dramatic grain lends a natural beauty to any instrument.
3 What’s a blower switch?
Sometimes a guitarist wants to go from a warm and gentle rhythm tone to a raucous and powerful lead one and back again, without having to reset volume and tone controls. Engaging the blower switch does just that, re-routing the guitar’s signal so that the flat-out bridge pickup bypasses all the circuitry, and goes direct to the amp for that big solo. Push it in again and you’re back on your warmer, quieter rhythm sound.
Patrick Eggle is one of the UK’s highest profile guitar builders. Since bursting onto the scene with
