Zerberus Guitars / Lamia #004 Redwood-Flame / 2015 / Burgundy-Red / Guitar
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Now after two Years I can finish a hand full of my hand crafted custom guitars. The newest of them is the Redwood Lamia #004. Redwood....I love that lumber.
By chance I snatched a very nice plank from the hills of Washington and now I made a very nice top
of it.
Maybe it is not so easy to see it on the pictures but the top has a double carve. The body is made of the Redwood top on a nice quilted Maple. Both lumbers are pretty light weight and so I think this is the most light guitar that I ever have built. The fretboard is made of Pau Ferro. The neck is a multi layer neck with stripes of African Black Wenge, Mahogany, Birdseye Maple and flamed Maple. It is a deep set neck construction built to last a lifetime.
The inlays are real Abalone.
As all my custom guitars the Lamia has a mixed fret system with 2.8mm frets from fret 1 to 12 and 2.3mm frets from 13 to 24.
I wanted to achieve some nice vintage sound but with slightly more balls and power and so I decided to install Alnico Fat Pat Boutique humbuckers.
That Lamia moreover has a coil split function by the coil-split-shift potentiometer (in the middle).
That enables to split each humbucker seamless into a single coil pickup.
The result is a very percussive and "open" sound that you usually don´t find at this kind of guitar.
But the Lamia is special in many ways. It has a 648mm scale together with the deep glued in neck. All in all a very versatile guitar that is great for every genre. An eye candy in any event. I have put great importance in the details.
My new poti knob design
(Gold plated Brass with wood inlays).....my new pickup ring design (made out of flamed Ash and rounded on the backside to fit the double carve)....the double carved top......and so much more to explore.......
The bridge is a Wilkinson roller bridge. This time I have made a nut out of real bone.
Tuners: DaVinci tuners made by the famous Schaller brand.
Well....Gold over and over.
Even the strings are Gold plated Optima strings (10-46 by the way). The neck has illuminated side dots
You can switch from RED/OFF/GREEN by the small switch on the backside of the body. This also is what the battery is for.
It is hard to describe that guitar and not sound like a swank.
But I am so proud of that new instrument and I think you can see all the passion and love that I have put into that one of a kind guitar.
No CNC machines spit it out.
I built it with my two hands in my workshop.
From designing it to buying the lumber over applying the dye and cleart coat to installing the hardware and electronis and finally doing the setup and taking the pictures - its all my baby.
I am glad that I can share this all with you.
This also was not built as an explicit custom order and so it is free for sale and so its
"first come , first serve"
Zerberus Guitars, Germany 
All custom guitars are completely made by only one luthier - ME.
Zerberus-Guitars is some kind of a One-Man-Show and it´s only me in the workshop.
I do all the works - drive arround to find amazing long time stored lumber - saw out the bodies and necks -shape that all by hand without using CNC machines - equipp the hardware - install the electronis - paint the guitars and so on......I also take the photos and make the website.
No step of my work is done by someone else.
That makes the guitars very unique.
Building such a handmade unique specimen takes at least 6 months.
For making my custom guitars, I don´t use computer controled CNC-machines.
I do all the routings and carvings by hand and so I am not restricted to any standard designs.
I come from a very musical family.
My grandfather played trumpet in a band and my father is a professional rock´n roll guitarist in my region.
On the other hand my ancestors have been very skilled craftsmen who worked as makers of wood cartweels (Grand-grandfather) and wood barrels (Grandfather).
My father does not have a hand for woodworking :)
But he is a lifetime Rock guitarist.
So in my person the two rows come together being a rock guitarist that also loves woodworking :)
I have inherited some woodworking tools from my grand-grandfather that I still use when building my handcrafted custom guitars.
When I was 14, I have built my first guitar with the help of an old luthier.
Later in 1992 I had my own design company and I specialised in guitar design (have played in several bands this time).
Later in 2002 I founded my very own guitar company Zerberus-Guitars and fullfiled one of my biggest childhood dreams with that.
Is it your dream to own an instrument that is the only one of its kind on the planet, as individual as you - the owner, an instrument that is lovingly handcrafted, using selected timbers and the finest hardware, to satisfy your very own aesthetics, needs and personal preferences?
In my Custom Shop, I specialize in carefully hand-building the kinds of guitars and basses that reflect the DNA of their players. I do not employ CNC-machines which mechanically churn out half-finished guitar bodies every few minutes. By contrast, all carving, assembly and finishing is performed by one skilled craftsman, so that my guitars can not be clones of any models made previously.
Each instrument leaving my Custom Shop is a unique specimen. And not being restricted to proprietary designs, I am able to develop very individual guitars and basses in response to the originality and inspiration of our clients.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us.
