Macmull Custom Guitars
The team took a year in which the researched the elusive magic of vintage guitar tone and came up with a system called the RVT system. Thanks to the RVT system, Macmull Custom Guitars is able to produce consistent, vintage sounding guitars. As vital part of the system is the matching process in which every guitar is designated parts which communicate together well and above a certain minimum level. Also all pickups found on their guitars are made by hand in the factory.
From the Macmull Custom Guitars website:
"We promise that when you try our guitars it will not only sound amazing, but will feel like a whole new experience: one comparable only to finding a magical vintage guitar locked in a case for decades."
The Macmull Custom Guitars Heartbreaker is the newest oldest Telecaster style guitar we met! Vintage guitar lovers often cling to the past. You may agree, you may not, but there is something in old 50's and 60's Stratocaster and Telecaster guitar sound and feel that is unique and special. Macmull Custom Guitars are all about that â Getting that vintage tone in a newly made guitar!To achieve their goal the Israeli company studied countless of vintage Fender guitars, experimented with woods, pickups, weight and specifications. The result is the Heartbreaker, a lightweight Telecaster style guitar which simply put, sounds vintage! Macmull believes that lightweight wood sounds and reacts better, not to mention more player-friendly. That is why the company is very strict about the woods used on the Heartbreaker, each guitar has one piece Alder body which do not exceed 3,4 kg. Also on their necks Macmull went with the old school single action truss rods instead of the newer double action alternative which are more in use today. Why you ask? Because they found out that the body-neck resonance is better with the single action one. The true magic though, in our humble opinion, is in the pickups Macmull custom guitar wounds for the Heartbreaker. They are deep and tight with the right amount of punch a good old Broadcaster guitar has.Playability wise as we demoed the Heartbreaker we could not be happier, this guitar can carry a super low action yet be buzz free, it is super comfortable to play on. The Oval C neck shape sits perfectly in the hand and even the most complicated chord shapes come easy on the Heartbreaker.From top to bottom the Macmull Custom Guitars Heartbreaker is a stunning, musical guitar which may break your heart, or finally mend it.
The Macmull Custom Guitars S-Classic is a super lightweight guitar which delivers that elusive 50's style strat punchy sound in an authentic way! Vintage guitar lovers often cling to the past. You may agree, you may not, but there is something in old 50's and 60's Stratocaster and Telecaster guitar sound and feel that is unique and special. Macmull Custom Guitars are all about that â Getting that vintage tone in a newly made guitar!To achieve their goal the Israeli company studied countless of vintage Fender guitars, experimented with woods, pickups, weight and specifications. The S-Classic maple neck is a great example of the company's excellent craftsmanship and authentic approach to guitar making. Macmull believes that lightweight wood sounds and reacts better, not to mention more player-friendly. That is why the company is very strict about the woods used on the S-Classic, each guitar has one piece, super-light Alder body which do not exceed 3,25 kg, Insane! Also on the necks Macmull went with the old school single action truss rods instead of the newer double action alternative which are more in use today. Why you ask? Because they found out that the body-neck resonance is better with the single action one. The electronics on the S-Classic include CTS pots of the highest grade, paper-in-oil caps and in-house Macmull hand wound pickups which are matched to each guitar. The result is a punchy, dry and very authentic 50's-60's stratocaster sound and feel.The Madagascar fretboard on the S-Classic is 60 years old and fretted with Dunlop 6105 fret wire. Bending on this guitar comes easy and the intonation is perfect. Macmull shape their necks to oval C shape, which are not too beefy nor too thin, we found the playability of the Macmull Custom Guitars S-Classic to be excellent.