TYM Guitars
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TYM Guitars is a manufacturer of custom guitars and bass guitar based in Brisbane
, Australia
, as well as custom instruments the company also repairs, restores, refinishes vintage instruments. The line of custom guitars and basses built by TYM Guitars are influenced by manufacturers such as Mosrite
, Rickenbacker
, Epiphone
, Danelectro
, Fender
and other models from the 50s and 60s, with several replicas and hybrids between different models being built to fit customer demand. TYM Guitars also has a retail shop that sells new and secondhand instruments and accessories from their own line of products and other manufacturers.
The Wosrite is based on the design of the famous Mosrite
Ventures model from the 1960s and features a German carved basswood body and angled neck pickup much like the original. The series includes ten different models (not counting signature models) of guitars and basses with many different setups with different pickups, bridges, finishes etc. to choose from.
The Vibratone Series
Design based on a flipped Jagstang body, available with a wide range of options such as with or without the German carv, different pickups, bridges, tremeloes, finishes and even Perspex bodies with aluminum necks. Also available as the Versonic a Mosriteshaped acoustic guitar.
The Mosrongs Series
Another Mosrite
influenced instrument designed by TYM Guitars. As with other models this is also available with different setups regarding, pickups, bridges, tremeloes, finishes etc. Also available as a semiacoustic medel.
Designed with Nick Royale from The Hellacopters
and built in a limited run. Based on a mahogany Versatone body with a maple neck, a single humbucker in the bridge position. All guitars come with a certificate and a signature on the back of the headstock from Nick himself.
Johnny Ramone Model
A guitar based on Johnny Ramone
of The Ramones own arsenal of guitars. Based on a Wosrite body and available in four different models with different setups of pickups, bridges and tuners based on the late Johnny Ramones's own guitar collection.
Handmade distortion and fuzz pedals based on the MXR Distortion + and the classic 60s two knob fuzz, part of the name of the pedals are borrowed from folk musician Woody Guthrie
and part of the profit is donated to charity work.
The Overdrive
A handmade medium to high gain overdrive pedal with adjustable volume and gain.
The Distortion
Handmade pedal based on several vintage distortion pedals with improved circuitry, full bypass switching and a wide range of sounds available.
The Fuzz
A classic fuzz based on several fuzz pedals made in the 1960s with more modern day attributes like LED and 9V power adapters.
The BUZZrite
Another product inspired by Mosrite, the BUZZrite is a close copy of the late 60s Fuzzrite pedal also available with more moder applications just like The Fuzz.
The Shen-ei dlx Fuzz
Also a replica of a vintage pedal by Shen-ei fuzz which also was the original Univox Superfuzz available as an exact replica or with more modern applications.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, as well as custom instruments the company also repairs, restores, refinishes vintage instruments. The line of custom guitars and basses built by TYM Guitars are influenced by manufacturers such as Mosrite
Mosrite
Mosrite is an American guitar manufacturing company, based in Bakersfield, California, from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists....
, Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker, is an electric and bass guitar manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California...
, Epiphone
Epiphone
The Epiphone Company is a musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos. Epiphone was bought by Chicago Musical Instrument Company, which also owned Gibson Guitar Corporation, in 1957. Epiphone was Gibson's main rival in the archtop market...
, Danelectro
Danelectro
Danelectro is an American manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in rock instruments such as guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and effects units.-History:...
, Fender
Fender
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, commonly referred to as simply Fender, of Scottsdale, Arizona is a manufacturer of stringed instruments and amplifiers, such as solid-body electric guitars, including the Stratocaster and the Telecaster...
and other models from the 50s and 60s, with several replicas and hybrids between different models being built to fit customer demand. TYM Guitars also has a retail shop that sells new and secondhand instruments and accessories from their own line of products and other manufacturers.
Guitars and basses
The Wosrites SeriesThe Wosrite is based on the design of the famous Mosrite
Mosrite
Mosrite is an American guitar manufacturing company, based in Bakersfield, California, from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists....
Ventures model from the 1960s and features a German carved basswood body and angled neck pickup much like the original. The series includes ten different models (not counting signature models) of guitars and basses with many different setups with different pickups, bridges, finishes etc. to choose from.
The Vibratone Series
Design based on a flipped Jagstang body, available with a wide range of options such as with or without the German carv, different pickups, bridges, tremeloes, finishes and even Perspex bodies with aluminum necks. Also available as the Versonic a Mosriteshaped acoustic guitar.
The Mosrongs Series
Another Mosrite
Mosrite
Mosrite is an American guitar manufacturing company, based in Bakersfield, California, from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists....
influenced instrument designed by TYM Guitars. As with other models this is also available with different setups regarding, pickups, bridges, tremeloes, finishes etc. Also available as a semiacoustic medel.
Signature models
Nick Royale ModelDesigned with Nick Royale from The Hellacopters
The Hellacopters
The Hellacopters were a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson , Dregen , Kenny Håkansson and Robert Eriksson . Andersson had been the drummer for death metal band Entombed and Dregen was taking a break from his full-time band Backyard Babies...
and built in a limited run. Based on a mahogany Versatone body with a maple neck, a single humbucker in the bridge position. All guitars come with a certificate and a signature on the back of the headstock from Nick himself.
Johnny Ramone Model
A guitar based on Johnny Ramone
Johnny Ramone
John William Cummings , better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being the guitarist for the punk rock band the Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and remained a member throughout the band's entire career...
of The Ramones own arsenal of guitars. Based on a Wosrite body and available in four different models with different setups of pickups, bridges and tuners based on the late Johnny Ramones's own guitar collection.
Effect pedals
This Machine Kills FascistsHandmade distortion and fuzz pedals based on the MXR Distortion + and the classic 60s two knob fuzz, part of the name of the pedals are borrowed from folk musician Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
and part of the profit is donated to charity work.
The Overdrive
A handmade medium to high gain overdrive pedal with adjustable volume and gain.
The Distortion
Handmade pedal based on several vintage distortion pedals with improved circuitry, full bypass switching and a wide range of sounds available.
The Fuzz
A classic fuzz based on several fuzz pedals made in the 1960s with more modern day attributes like LED and 9V power adapters.
The BUZZrite
Another product inspired by Mosrite, the BUZZrite is a close copy of the late 60s Fuzzrite pedal also available with more moder applications just like The Fuzz.
The Shen-ei dlx Fuzz
Also a replica of a vintage pedal by Shen-ei fuzz which also was the original Univox Superfuzz available as an exact replica or with more modern applications.