The story behind the build: Concorde Throwback
/Generally, a social media post isn’t the best place to discuss something in any kind of depth, so I’d like to use this platform as an opportunity to share stories about builds that deserve a little more than some words and a few hashtags.
While generally a simple build, what we’re calling a Concorde “Throwback” was one of those builds that is near and dear to my heart. Inspired by a rather historic and notorious guitar, the idea also inspired the Conspiracy Series Concorde 22 from the Summer 2023 run.
While building a Concorde for a client, I wondered how the body would look if it had some plates that were stylized to the Concorde’s silhouette. Some pencil lines later, I thought it looked okay, so we made some test pieces from acrylic, liked it, so we had the brass plates made.
During the paint process, we decided that a urethane topcoat would be the way to go, as well as using a metallic midnight blue for the headstock face. While the headstock of this guitar’s inspiration was black, it’s a nod to another one of my favorites. Another thing that made this build special to me is that I was able to find some old school brass tune o matic style bridges, some brass strap buttons and volume knob. I think it competes the look of what I had in mind, and who knows; maybe we’ll make a few more. I think an aged white and black pair would be really, really cool.
This one was a fun build, and it definitely received a lot of attention while on display at the Dallas Guitar Festival. While it currently lives with me and it’s sparkly prototype sibling (as seen on the right), this super rad guitar is available for purchase here.
