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.

Sketch

Acrylic test plates

Let's make one!

Brass plates

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.

We’re very excited to add the Concorde® to the Sully Guitars lineup. Designed in collaboration with Grover Jackson Engineering, the Concorde® will be available via the Sully Guitars Custom Series (made in Texas by yours truly), the Conspiracy Series (made by World Musical Instruments in South Korea), as well as a special, limited batch that GJ and I will build at his shop in Southern California.

It’s no secret that I’ve always been inspired by Grover’s iconic designs, and this model is something that I approached with immense respect. When I arrived at my final design, I shared it with Grover, and we agreed that the Concorde® was a great way to carry his vast legacy forward.

The Conspiracy Series Concorde will be available to preorder February 1, 2020. The Custom Series Concorde is currently available for custom order.

The Sully Guitars Custom Series Concorde® (Pricing begins at $2950 USD) is a set-neck instrument with a 25.5” scale length, Mahogany body with a radiused Maple top, laminated Mahogany neck with 22 Jumbo Stainless Steel frets (24 frets available spring 2020), Ivoroid headstock and fretboard binding, Ebony fretboard, Hollow Block inlays, Hipshot locking tuners, bridge configurations of Tunematic/string through the body or Original Floyd Rose tremolo, dual humbuckers wound by Grover Jackson Engineering, and a volume control with a push-pull coil split, and a three way toggle switch. Custom wood, binding, inlay, bridge, and finish options are available.

The Conspiracy Series Concorde® (Pricing begins at $1249 USD) is a set-neck instrument with a 25.5” scale length, Mahogany body with a radiused top, laminated Maple neck with 22 Jumbo Stainless Steel frets, Ebony 12-16” compound radius fingerboard, slash inlays, Luminlay side dots, Hipshot locking tuners, bridge configurations of Tunematic/string through the body or Floyd Rose tremolo, dual humbuckers wound to Sully specs, volume control with a push-pull coil split, and three way toggle switch.