Sold: The Beano One

There you are. It is 1966, the British Blues scene is at the start of a plateau-like peak, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers feature a young guitarist destined to become the first Rock ‘God’, and one so cool he sits and reads a comic when the photo for the album cover is taken.

Truly great guitarists are appearing like the shopkeeper in Mr Benn, and under-pinning this new wave of heavy blues that sees Jeff Beck, Peter Green, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and God himself, Eric Clapton playing their blues-inspired mayhem is a new, fuzzy and very, very loud sound. An ear bleeding hollow tone that echoes Robert Johnson’s laugh in the face of a Noel Gordon loving Diablo.

1966 was the year that counted, where it all exploded from and Clapton, appearing on Mayall’s ‘Beano’ album, playing the soon-to-be-nicked ‘Beano’ Les Paul was at the epicentre. And it is the British Blues sound that we wanted to capture with our own meagre tribute to some amazing music. It is that heavy blues edging toward serious rock noise that our own Jooky little guitar is aiming to serve up by the loving spoonful. And I’m pleased to say that I think we have just about cracked it.

The Beano One is a workmanlike stripped down Les Paul influenced guitar, with some serious power under its belt. A combination of a high powered Gibson 496r Humbucker for the rock noise and a Seymour Duncan ’59 for the authentic blues tones give it the best of both worlds, and a unique and amazing finish means that you are guaranteed to take a bit of the attention away from the singer’s histrionics and the drummer’s fourteen minute solos.

Oh but man, the finish truly is stunning. Painfully, and painstakingly put together from pages of two genuine 1966 vintage Beano comics, The Beano One is something you will never forget seeing, And you can even have a read during the drum solos. The Beano One boasts top quality hardware and comes with all of the usual Jooky wrapping bobbins and tags.

Our tribute then is to all of the British Blues guitarists, and to God himself.

To be clear, The Beano One is an utterly unique instrument, and there will never, ever, be another made. It is signed and numbered, entirely hand built and finished cooler than an art student on acid. There will genuinely never be another guitar like this and past experience suggests that it won’t be around for long.

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Technical Stuff:

Type: Kylie’s Cool Guitar

Pickups: Seymour Duncan ’59 in the bridge and a Gibson 496r at the neck, wired for an out of phase middle.

Guitar Type: Gibson Les Paul Studio inspired

Construction: Paper over wood.

Strings: Rotosound 11s

Output: ¼” Guitar Lead

Controls: 2 x Volume and 2 x Tone. Pickup selector switch. CTS Pots, Sprague Orange Drop Caps.

Special Stuff: Certificate of Authenticity, Builder Signed and Numbered, All Wrapped with our Trademark Jooky Wrapping.

Serial Number: JGE#11

RSP: £399

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