One of the original red 40 Guyton RS's has come up for sale through Guyton guitars. Not only is it one of the 40 red guitars, it is the only left handed example that was ever built. It comes in it's original hard case with all certificates and documents as well as the Fryer treble booster and leather bound photo record of the build process. Also supplied with spare rollers/strings.
The guitar is being serviced and readied for its next owner. It will be set up according to the new owners spec.
Please contact me through the usual channels for more information.

Price: £11,600

Cheers

Andy Guyton.

We are very pleased to announce, with Brian's complete backing, another limited edition of the Guyton Red Special. As the guitars that we built for the film Bohemian Rhapsody, these guitars are being built to replicate two iconic periods in Queen's history, the recording of 'Night at the opera' and Live Aid. They combine everything I have learnt about building and studying the Red Special over the last sixteen years.
I have tracked down a stock of many original parts including the 80's design Schaller M6 tuners and the Bulgin jack sockets. The Jean Renaud switches have been faithfully recreated in every detail possible as has every other part. The 'Burns' Trisonic pickups will be equipped with genuine magnets from the 1960's, all built by the capable hands of Adrian Turner of Adeson.
The guitars will all be painstakingly aged to mimic the years of touring and recording. They will also be period correct with the level of wear and tear. All the guitars will be built following Brian and his father's methods as well as using identical adhesives and finish.
Included with each guitar will be an aged replica of Brian's strap and a luxury boxed and signed (hopefully by Brian...) book detailing my history with the Red Special and the development and manufacture of the Guyton RS 'Time warp' guitars. Each guitar will be supplied in a custom fitted Hoffee carbon fibre hard case.
My aim with building these guitars is to create THE most accurate RS replica that will EVER be built.
I will only ever build 21 of these guitars, twenty for customers and one for myself.
All of the 2019/2020 production run are now sold. I have ten left for 2021/2022. Because of wait, I am unable to guarantee prices at this point, but they will be around £14,500 plus any local taxes and shipping.

Full details will be on the website in the next couple of months.

Work has been frantic these past couple of years, and the website has been sadly neglected. I have been so preoccupied with with work, that I'd forgotten to update. Anyway, I have now added a video page and uploaded/linked many videos, containing interviews, live performances, customer guitar reviews and guitar overview videos. The RS refurb video is still at the back of my mind, and I get weekly requests to post. Please bear with me everyone, one day it'll surface.
Keep checking in to the website, as I'll soon be announcing a very exciting and huge BM project. Another will follow towards the end of next year...all very exciting stuff! In fact the next four or five years will probably be the most productive and exciting yet for RS related Guyton guitars and projects.
The Guyton RS Transporter, www.guytonrstransporter.com, is almost sold out, with only 4 of the 25 units left. So if you intend to have one in the future, it may well be worth getting in touch.

More news soon.

Bye for now.

Andy.

Slideshow photos courtesy of Doug Short

Slideshow photos courtesy of Gerben van Dooremaal

Well it's been a furiously busy few months at Guyton guitars and the blog has taken a real hit. Hopefully in the coming months we'll try and get that sorted. In the meantime, we have just updated the Guitar Store with a customers old Guyton that I've been entrusted to sell. Full details are on the 'Guitar' section of the store. Also, we have a new section of the store in the form of Downloads. Over time, we hope this to be home to audio and visual downloads as well as images etc. To open it up I'm proud to present the track 'Get Guyton'. As many of you will know, this is the track written, recorded and played by Martin Pitcher, and it features on the Guyton RS Transporter videos.
Over the next few months we have a few guitars that will be for sale in the Guitar Store . All being well, details and build pictures should feature in the blog soon.

​Oh, and the RS videos shouldn't be too much longer.... 

A few months ago, I got the nod from Pete Malandrone and Brian May to carry out some restoration work on the original Red Special, see my previous blog post here.
During the work, Will and I filmed the process. The first short video is now online, and just chronicles part of the wear and tear that the guitar has sustained since being restored by Greg Fryer 19 years ago.

Just a taster at the moment, but the full video is coming out in September. I hope you all enjoy it.

Published last Wednesday (10th August) is the latest issue of Japanese magazine, Young Guitar. Inside there is a feature on Brian May and his guitars. Earlier last month they contacted me and we conducted an email interview about my history in guitar building and the guitars that I've built for Brian.

http://youngguitar.jp/yg/yg-201609

Since releasing the RS Transporter last Friday, I've been amazed at the positive reaction to the guitar. This has been backed up by a steady stream of orders. It seems to have really captured peoples imagination, and rather than going for the traditional red as the prototype, customers are specifying finishes that a little more 'out there' with metal flake and pearlescent colours. Roughly a third of the production run of 25 guitars are now spoken for, so if anyone is planning to order one, it may be wise to contact us fairly quickly to avoid disappointment.
On the RS Transporter page, there is a link to it's own website... www.guytonrstransporter.com. Some people seemed to have missed this, it's well worth a visit.

Very excited to announce another Brian May related limited edition guitar....The RS Transporter.
This guitar was designed by customer and Guyton RS owner, Martin Pitcher. As soon as I saw it, I loved it and knew that one day it had to be built.
We are releasing it as a limited edition of 25 guitars. Amazingly 6 are already spoken for. BM has given us his blessing on the project, his first words were, "I Love it and I want one!"
For full details click on the 'guitars' tab above and select 'The RS Transporter' this will take you to the promo video. Clicking on the button will 'transport' (sorry!) you to our sister site www.guytonrstransporter.com.

Below is the Youtube version of the promo....make sure your headphones are on and the volume is UP!

Over the next couple of weeks we have a few modifications to make before production begins. We are having new stainless rollers of our own design made to fit the JCustom bridge, as well as a new tremolo arm and spring. 

The Youtube video was shot by myself and Martin Pitcher. Martin also took care of the editing and recorded the music track that is actually called 'Get Guyton'.

Below are a few behind the scenes pictures of the filming process.

It's been a while, but part 2 is now up! I've tried to cover most of the process, but due to time constraints and work pressures it wasn't always possible to spend the time to setup every stage. Make sure you watch it HD.