Thomas Guitars

[fuzzjunkie]

Just got back from visiting Guitar Maniacs (they had a refin Fiesta Red 62 JM) and saw a display case full of these wild guitars that at first glance looked like 60s Burns knock-offs, but with a twisted country-psychedelic bent...anyone ever heard of Thomas Guitars?

found a photo gallery that includes some from the Guitar Maniacs collection...they had 2 of the Iron Cross and the Bass and there were several hollow body and a couple of really odd body shapes that aren't pictured...none were for sale:

http://tuba2.com/harvey/gallery.htm

[Jay]

I think this is the only archtop big box hollowbody I've ever seen that you might be able to legitimately play black metal with.  Based on looks anyway...

[fuzzjunkie]

okay, I had to find out more about this guy Harvey Thomas...and his daughter built a myspace page in his memory...one of the pictures has him chomping on a cigar and strumming a Jazzmaster!

The best is his wife's headstone...it says "guitared to death!

http://www.myspace.com/thomascustomguitars

<img src="http://a295.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/im ... fa36fe.jpg"

[fuzzjunkie]

I pulled a few pictures for those without a myspace account...Harvey seems to have been a character...here's the offset:

[fuzzjunkie]

he made quite a few double and triple necks...here's one:

[fuzzjunkie]

funny that i stumbled on this guy...he is a bit like Sherwin Litton (sp?) from that other thread

step #3 when building a guitar...paint! 

[the older brother]

Those headstock shapes on the three necked....thing! Looks like Jester shoes

[chrisjedijane]

I knew I recognised the name somewhere - this guitar



was mentioned in the guitar book with the nice offsets we were talking about a while back