November 2008

Thanks to everyone who came over to see us at the show this year.

We had a great time showing of some examples of what we can do.

Thanks to Aziz Ibrahim who couldn’t resist our “Scull” guitar & had to take it home with him.

Just to let you know that we are now going to be exhibiting at Music Live at the NEC. 7th, 8th, & 9th of November.

So feel free to visit us on stand A94 it would be great to see you in person and show you what we've been doing over the last few months.


October 2008

October starts off with a big thank you to everyone who sent words of encouragement towards our Enfield Guitars. We’ll have some amazing new stock ready soon.

The guitar of the month is now showing a 7 string lefty that we recently made for a customer who couldn’t find what he wanted in a shop so he came to us and after 12 weeks we handed over the guitar he had been looking for.

Click here to visit the Guitar Of The Month gallery.

We are going to be showing a small selection of Enfield’s at the Music Live show at the NEC on November the 7th 8th & 9th. We are on our South east dealers stand BASS MERCHANT so feel free to come over and have a look and a try.


August 2008

This is an extremely exiting month for us here at the Custom Shop as we are VERY proud to announce the launch of Enfield Guitars.

Enfield Guitars are the result of a 2 years development plan to produce a new bass guitar brand, aimed at the pro player market.

We couldn’t be happier with the result & would like to draw your attention to the new web-site www.enfieldguitars.com

Enfield was launched at the London International Music Show in June & have just had there first review in Guitar Buyer magazine.

So please feel free to have a look around & let us know what you think.


July 2008

We were pleased to be asked to participate with the Nelson Mandella birthday celebrations back in July and resprayed a Gibson Les Paul guitar with artwork which Mr. Mandella himself signed.

We would also like to keep our customers informed on our annual summer break which we have every year. The workshop will be closed for two weeks from the 4th August to the 18th August.


June 2008

Another great weekend at the London Guitar Show, many thanks for all of you who stopped to say hello including bassist Billy Sheehan among others. We had some great feedback from past customers which is always very much appreciated.

We have now also moved into our new extension doubling the capacity in our spray booth and doubling the size of our rubbing down and polishing room meaning we can now press ahead with production and speed up our turn around times. All good things so far for 2008..


March 2008

Watch out for the June edition of Q-Magazine and win yourself a Strat customized here at SCS!

Also here at SCS we are now making a lot of complete builds including a wide range of left handed models. Our neck range now includes bass models, photos on the site will be updated shortly.

 


January 2008

Happy New Year to everybody!

We have some great things happening here at the Custom Shop.

Firstly the web site is going through a few changes so hopefully we should be able to to show you a little bit more of what we are doing. If you do find that something does not work quite right, please let us know and we will do our best to rectify.

Secondly we have uploaded all of our new prices for 2008 which includes our new neck range. Most of our prices have stayed the same but we have had an increase in the sprayshop prices.
All price PDF's can be downloaded.

Pricing & Ordering

Remember, you dont have to have the same as everybody else, if you want a one off custom design or want an aged relic or just a straight forward standard design we can help after all we are a Custom Shop!


December 2007

Our first custom necks have been rolling off the production line here at SCS! If anybody wants any information on the necks, feel free to drop us a line with your needs.

We are also upgrading our internet wesite server, so you will have to bear with us for a few weeks as we do some changes, but hopefully everything should be up and running as normal in the new year.

May we take this opportunity to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and we all look forward to a rockin' new year.

 


September 2007

It's back to full speed ahead at the Custom Shop after our two week summer vacation. We would like to thank everybody for your patience.

We have many new projects on the go so keep an eye out in the photo galleries.


July 2007

We are very pleased to have worked on a Fender Telecaster that was auctioned for The Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.
The Led Zeppelin guitar was signed by the remaining members of the band and raised £27,000 for the charity.

© www.fender.co.uk

Click here for the full review


June 2007

New for summer 2007 - SimS Custom Guestbook

Feel free to sign the guestbook and to leave your comments, or tell us what you think of the custom jobs that you have had done, or even tell us what you would like to see in a custom guitar.


May 2007

Airbrush Andy with the Sims Custom Paintwork gets a review in the second edition of this great all new british mag.
Pinstriping & Kustom Graphics Magazine

© pandkg.com, May/June 2007

Click here for the full review


April 2007

We would like to say thanks to everyone that came to see us for a chat at the London Guitar Show at the ExCel. It was another busy one and as loud as ever! It was a good chance for us to show off some of our custom bodies and artwork that we have been working on.

Excel2007

Martin and Rob with the new range of SimS Custom bodies. Spot the CNC machine film footage on the big screen in the background.


February 2007

We are very please to have been involved in the current Harrods show which is taking place until the 3rd March. We worked on a large number of guitars for the show which has kept us very busy for many months.

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www.rockchic.tv


November 2006

For those of you who haven't rushed out to get this months copy of Guitaist magazine, well rush out and get one! We are very pleased to have a full 4 page review in this months issue giving some insight into the company and bring you up to date on how the company is expanding.

We have in conjunction with the review made a big change to the website showcasing our own bodies which we are now pleased to offer.


July 2006

We have just had news of the charity auction that was held for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.

One of the lots was the Fender Strat which we painted with the Pink Floyd album cover 'Dark Side Of The Moon ' on it. The guitar was signed by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright and sold for £33,000 !!

We would just like to take the opportunity to send our thanks to Pink Floyd for their support and especially David Gimour for allowing us to use the photograph above.

To read the full review from the Fender website, click the link below :

Click for the full review.


May 2006

Thanks to everyone that came to see us at the London Guitar Show at the beginning of the month. It was another busy one and as loud as ever!

Thanks to Jamie Humphries for his support and showing off the mirror top guitar we customized last year. To view his amazing guitar view Decembers guitar of the month.

Also we have just posted a new gallery of guitars that we did for Fender Europe for the Stratocaster 60th birthday tour, click the guitar of the month section to view.

Click here to visit the Guitar Of The Month gallery.


March 2006

Our first bodies have rolled off the production line here at SCS! Also yet another stunning guitar of the month for your visual enjoyment!

Click here to visit the Guitar Of The Month gallery.


Jan/Feb 2006

Well we are now in full swing working our new CNC machine and have already started making scratchplates for a number of companies and shops in the UK.

We are currently working on a webpage to include on the site to show prices and examples of what we offer but for now just get in contact and we would be more than happy to quote you. We are also able to scan in and make a scratchplate from a drawing or tracing.

Click here to visit the Guitar Of The Month gallery.


December 2005

Exciting times here at SCS ! We have just taken delivery of our new CNC machine and are now able to offer custom made scratchplates and guitar bodies made here on site. We will soon have a dedicated page here on the website to view different options available so check back soon.

We have just posted a 'guitar of the month' for December. To say it's a bit special is a huge understatement! London guitar teacher and 'Braund Reynolds' guitarist Jamie Humphries commissioned us to give one of his Music Man guitars the 'Chrome' treatment including a mirrored fingerboard complete with red L.e.d's !!

Click here to visit the Guitar Of The Month gallery.


October 2005

This month we have a fantastic purple metal flake 'guitar of the month' for you using our new Flakebuster gun! We have also updated the galleries with yet more great photos including the Burton Strat we have just done for Fender.

We have also just got back from the Steve Vai concert in London on Wednesday (19th) and have got a short clip of Mr. Vai himself tapping away on his Jem lit up with SimS L.E.D's. Click the image below.

If your computer doesn't run the video clip straight from the site, right click the photo and select the 'Save target as' and save to your computer.

Many thanks Steve for your hospitality.


 

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