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Phantom®
Guitarworks, (or as we call
ourselves, PGW) has brought back the
classic abandoned guitar and bass body shapes of a bygone era, the
swinging sixties! These instruments are based on the much sought
after English instruments from the early era of the Rolling Stones,
and the Beatles. PGW has redesigned each of our guitar's performance,
to meet the needs of players today, while retaining all of the time-proven
cosmetics and cool style.
Founded by Jack Charles, former guitarist for "Sand" and
"Quarterflash," PGW has been in business since 1992, and
holds all of the trademarks on the names, body designs, and headstocks
for each of our designs, including the PhantomŽ, TeardropŠ, and
MandoguitarŠ. With our attention to detail, here is a little known
fact: the early British guitars from 1963 through 1965 all had the
identical Phantom® script that we use today as our
logo. Phantom® Guitarworks is located just 60 miles
northwest of Portland, Oregon along the scenic Columbia River.
All of our Phantom® guitar bodies are made of solid
mahogany. Our necks are crafted out of some of the finest hard-rock
maple found anywhere. Our fingerboards are beautifully, and skillfully
made from the most beautiful Indian rosewood, and the high-gloss
yellowed finish that protects each of our instruments; is both beautiful
and functional. Since early 2003, PGW has brought all assembly back
to the United States of America. Be assured that any guitar you
receive from PhantomŽ Guitarworks is a proud "MADE IN THE USA"
instrument.
Each guitar we build is hand-wired with silver soldier, and all
of the pickups and hardware we use are proprietary in nature; all
in an effort to replicate the look, overall charm, and feel, of
the original 1960's instruments.
Remember...if your guitar doesn't say Phantom® ,Teardrop®,
or, MandoGuitar®, it isn't one!
Jack Charles
CEO
PGW Incorporated
Notice...READ THIS IF YOU WANT
TO PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT:
Beware of cheap Chinese copies
of our guitars, they are, very probably, in violation of US trademarks Reg no. 2,213,612,
Reg no. 2,042,713, Reg no 1,956,826 and Reg no 2,768,761.
In the
event you do purchase one of these guitars and find them not to
your liking, reselling them can be difficult in the US due to the
parent company's continued trade violations.
Pete Anderson on String Locks:
"What a brilliant idea ! Someone should have thought of
this a long time ago. But I am glad Phantom did because I finally
have them..."
July, 2003
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