Very nice! I like the inlays and the how the bars are incorporated as the side "dots".

And it comes with an apple and a kiwi, cool!

It arrived today and it is spectacular. This type of burst is very hard to get realistic photos of. It is so vibrant in person. Yet has a very vintage look about it. THe red is sooo deep and dark at the edges. I had sent the best picture I could find of the colours I was looking for back near the beginning of this project, and Sheldon NAILED it. In fact is way nicer than I expected.

The guitar plays fantastically well, and has all kinds of tones when stepped through some different settings on my 45W Phaez Jaguar amp head and a 2x12 custom cabinet. Everything from a very Setzeresque growly swagger to hot country twang, thick jazz and dark blues tones, on up to Gibbons grunt and crunch and on through screaming hi-gain sizzle. Very cool. And very balanced in volume from pickup to pickup. The amp's hi gain channel (based on a Dumble HRM) cleans up really well by backing off the Custom 1 volume, or playing softer, without losing any loudness or clarity string to string. The neck profile is very thin front to back, extremely comfortable. The small, light headstock allows for a perfect balance when strapped on.

There is a lot of stuff in this instrument and I've only just touched the very surface.

Home run Sheldon. Out of the park Grand Slam. This guitar is truly a jewel.

Here is the new Custom 1 with fellow Canadian gear: Custom 1 from Saskatoon, Phaez amp head from Windsor, XF212 cab made by me in Montreal. My Oh Canada rig for Canada Day:
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The fantastic headstock on this instrument:
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And with one of the Rickenbacker brothers:
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THe Custom 1 performed fantastically at our hosted jam last night. Plays and sounds like nothing else I have ever played. Thanks again Dingwall team.

Man I'd love to hear that rig.

It's not "pro" or anything, just used a digital camera to record it. Here is the Custom 1 through the Phaez Jaguar amp.
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Hey thanks Dean. It's great to see that guitar in action. Really cool amp too.

Awesome Guitar!! Some good playing to! Sheldon does it again. If I played guitar I would have one but I guess I have to settle for my Prima artist!!