Introducing: The Velvet Pearl One

The Velvet Pearl One is a rather stunning walnut bodied La Cabronita telecaster.
From the top it has the coolest looking Mother of Jooky finish yet, a gorgeous maple/maple neck and a few more thingies to boast about in chateaus and lounges alike. Sperzel tuners, Gretsch knobs, it just goes on and on and on and then on a bit more.

The pickup is stunning, a Mojo Pickups' Mojotron which will give beautiful cleans but still take the paper off the wall without blinking. Wiring is the usual top quality Mojo fare too, for many a mile of confident enhancing motoring.

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To be clear, The Velvet Pearl One is an utterly unique guitar, and there will never, ever, be another made. It is signed and numbered, entirely hand built and finished cooler than a slo-mo run across the pebbled beach at Portishead. There will genuinely never be another guitar like this and past experience suggests that it won’t be around for long.



Technical Stuff:

Type: Jooky Classic

Electrics: Mojo Mojotron Pickup, Mojo Esquire Wiring Loom

Guitar Type: Telecaster La Cabronita

Construction: Maple/Rosewood Neck, Alder Body

Strings:     10s

Output: ¼” Guitar Lead

Controls: Volume, Tone

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

Serial Number: JL#10
RSP: £1249

WIP: The Velvet Pearl One

Well, must be a day for it, as The Velvet Pearl One is nigh on donededed.

There are a few minor things left for the morning, like handpainting the Jooky logo on the pickguard, strap pins (why oh why etc.) and a pair of Gretsch knobs for that Hot-Rod-Bob look.

But it plays lovely cool, (I should say before you ask, but fotos were pre-set-up, so the saddles are more wibbly-wobbly-aligned now) looks rather stunning with it's dragon skin/petri dish Mother of Jooky finish and scorches the earth like the end of days.

This one isn't going to be for sale for it is off to Jim and hopefully appearing on his record (along with his Custom Jazzmaster - fingers-crossed) next week (or maybe the week after, I forget).

Anyway, as you were..

La la laaaa

Purple Daze

Well, not quite there as I forgot I am waiting for the jack plate and Gretsch knobs among other things, but I'm really rather pleased-as-punch with how The Velvet Pearl One is turning out, and couldn't help meself but pop some strings on and give it a blast.

And as expected, the Mojotron is gorgeous. Cutting in all the right places but with plenty of  tone too. Loving it.

I just went for a basic Volume plus Tone combo, instead of maybe the Esquire route, and they give plenty on their own.

As for the finish this is another variation on the Mother of Jooky theme. I wanted texture and sea monsters and Bermudan triangles and that is where I ended-up, so all is cool and yet groovy McFab too.

Right, twanging time.

La la laaaa

Velvet Like A Pearly Pearl

Well, what can I say apart from that The Velvet Pearl One is coming together a treat. Excuse the fotos and the reflection inherently inherent in them, but it is turning into something of a visual treat methinks.

I've gone for a bacteria meets frogs spawn look for the Mother of Jooky with ultra-violet undertones, if you can imagine Feargel Sharkey with a tan.

As for other things, The Liberian One is nearly done too, what a day, what a week, what an unlikely thing for me to be typing.

Who knows what the morrow will bring.

La la laaaa

So, Well, I Hesitate To Say it, But, Like...

Well, the sloth, the innate inactivity that has extended a summer off since last err, summer, has finally come to an end and this week I'm going to get my finger out and do a wee bit.

So despite only having four days, this week I will finally finish..

The 668 One, in all it's pearl and glittery baritonally gorgeousness.

The Velvet Pearl One, the uber purple haze of a walnut La Vabronita

The Bacchylides One, Lake Placid Blue Jaguarness, and

The Liberian One, my beautiful laundrette of a Jazzmaster.

And then my friends I shall smile, feel good and wonder WTF I am going to do with alll these guitars.

Obviously, excuses will come later

La la laaaa

I Can Change My Mind

Well, anyway, recent times have been a write-off, but getting back on the bike is half of the fun, so it is gammon again.

I won't list all the things I'll fail to finish in the coming week, but I have decided to change something and so the plan that was the Walnut La Cab called The Chunky One is now forgotten, stupid name anyway, and instead it will now be a crushed velvet purple tribute to a pearly purple VW Beetle I never owned but wanted like a bad 'un all those years ago.

So that will be The Velvet Pearl One, will still be a walnut bodied La Cab, single bridge Mojotron etc. etc. but will now have one funky mama of a finish. It is going to be epic, and it will happen, sometime rather soonerish than laterish.

As for other news, well I seem to have acquired a few things. A Cimar Astra, a Genz Benz Black Pearl 30 amp (O, M & indeed G - for the youngsters out there), a Harley Benton Rosewood Tele (which was sold within 24 hours of hitting home, but was yet pretty decent anyway).

What else?

There is an Edwards Les Paul coming soon, which should be lush, and all manner of parts and things.

In fact I am in chaos, so back to normal.

It feels good.

La la laaaa