Daemoness Guitars!

Alright, it's time to talk guitars... And I ain't talkin' about the rows on the assembly line at the factory.

I have recently come across a very cutting edge guitar company hailing from Bristol, England, which is operated by Tom Waghorn and Dylan Humphries, who are world renowned professionally trained luthiers. The company is called Daemoness Guitars, they are determined to make the worlds best metal guitars for the modern player by integrating original designs and an ethos that is true to the metal player. The first thing I noticed about this English guitar builder is that each guitar has a central design concept; each guitar is like a work of art that boasts breakthrough creative concepts. Many of the central themes embody genre specific occult themes of death and demons—such is the way of the metal—but there are also many designs that are truly a thing of artistic beauty. Below is one of the customized guitars called the Shark Star. I really can't think of anything more hardcore than a shark inspired guitar...

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I was first exposed to the small boutique guitar company through one of my favorite modern metal bands, Periphery, as their lead guitar virtuoso Misha Mans slung a big beautiful blue guitar (shown below) with the most intense 7 string tones. The Daemoness Guitars are installed with boutique pick-ups as well, and most of them are equipped with fellow English company and guitar innovators Bare Knuckle Pick-ups. These pick-ups really accentuate the playing style of the band Periphery, as they are central figures in the new metal genre (or guitar tone style) known as 'Djent.' Below is the gorgeous guitar that inspired me to seek out this company and research some of their other creations.

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To me personally, there is something breathtaking about a thing of beauty like this guitar crafted from nature that unleashes a heavy wall of sonic ferocity.. Yes it is quite safe to say that I am quite captivated by this instrument.

Daemoness Guitars uses a variety of different wood for the body for different purposes. They often use combinations of Redwood, Mahogany and quilted maple layered together. Also the guitar neck is layered with three different varieties of wood to prevent warping and twisting. This method of layering wood is a very advanced and technical procedure only masters of the craft can pull off in an economical way. There are no prices listed on the website, but there is a section to send in your specs to receive a quote. With this kind of craftsmanship I wouldn't be surprised if the guitar build is well out of the price range of many of us mere mortals. The website confidently boasts, "Daemoness guitars can build you an exact replica of pretty much anything you want,"I definitely believe they can back that one up!

I was surprised to un-cover that all inlay work on the guitar neck is custom drawn out on a drafting table in the middle of the shop, a combination of white mother of pearl and abalone are custom cut and fitted into place to create yet even more character to these guitars.

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All in all I am very impressed with the quality and world class expertise that goes into these guitars—larger guitar manufactures just cannot ever come close to this quality and attention to detail for logistical and economical reasons. 

These guitars are clearly designed for gods among men and if I ever get the chance to play one of these beasts, I am sure the under world would salute me with lighters in the air. Here is another pic for your enjoyment, cheers!