~ Probett Guitars ~

When Damian was a small boy, his family moved into a new home, the garden of which was was somewhat overgrown and full of interesting things like old Anderson shelters and a once loved but now ramshackle workshop full of old tools and dusty containers of things which must have once seemed useful. He and his friends would spend hours enacting games of cowboys and indians and similar childhood escapades. He became increasingly drawn to the old workshop where he would attempt to fashion various “objets de guerre” from whatever materials he could rescue from the spidery corners.

Damian reminisces "I remember once finding a piece of an old clay roof tile. It was roughly triangular in shape but with one irregular side such that, in my imagination, it resembled a handgun. I used the “clay gun” as it was for several days, but the more I used it the more I thought that it wasn`t quite good enough. I became convinced that if I was careful enough that I could modify the old tile until it would be indistinguishable from the real thing. Sadly my youthful enthusiasm proved to exceed the limits of my own ability and my attempts resulted in no more than several rather smaller pieces of red clay tile shattered on the splintered workbench of the old workshop."

Damian spent the intervening 35 years pursuing his passion for making things of beauty and function. He might still not be able to make an accurate Colt 45 replica from an old roof tile, "but sometimes I think I might just try again, because you never know, if I`m really careful…"

Options
To ensure that each guitar is a perfect fit for the player. Probett offers a range of options for the “contact points” of the instrument.

Neck shapes:
- Slim ‘C’ – 21mm @ 1st fret / 23mm @ 12th fret
- Medium ‘C’ – 22mm @ 1st fret / 24mm @ 12th fret
- Large ‘C’ – 23mm @ 1st fret / 25mm @ 12th fret
- Medium soft ‘V’ – 22mm @ 1st fret / 24mm @ 12th fret
- Large ‘V’ – 23mm @ 1st fret / 25mm @ 12th fret
- Big Boy – 24mm @ 1st fret / 25.5mm @ 12th fret

Additionally Probett has a range of templates taken from other vintage and modern guitars, so if you have a particular favorite, it can be replicated exactly. As all necks are hand carved, Probett is happy to shape the neck to your specific requirements, either to a pattern or template or by appointment.

- Fingerboard radius: Any standard radius from 7.5” to 16” including compound radii.
- Nut width: 42mm to 44mm
- Control Layout: Controls can be positioned to your requirements – this may require additional cost for unusual layouts.