by pagelli | Juli 23, 2023 | Custom Made
ELECTRIC GUITARS (2006/2008) AND ARCHTOP (2010) We built these three guitars for Djamel Laroussi, a great guitarist who is a major star in his native Algeria, and who has played with Stevie Wonder, among others. The first guitar was a Strat-like guitar, then we moved...
by pagelli | Juli 22, 2023 | Custom Made
Scott wanted a lightweight bass with an acoustic sound and a continuous fingerboard, like the one on our Golden Fretless Bass. He was also fond of the fact that the Golden bass had no visible pickups or controls. In addition, he also specified that the body should be...
by pagelli | Juli 22, 2023 | Custom Made
For several years now, we have also been designing instruments for various manufacturers. These are labelled «Designed by Pagelli» and bear our signature. This was also the case with our collaboration with Cort: When the late Cort Guitars founder Jack Westheimer was...
by pagelli | Juli 21, 2023 | Custom Made
It was a pleasure to create a guitar for Billy Gibbons from ZZTOP. The only requirements he made were light weight and neck dimensions. In everything else, he left us a free hand and just wanted to be surprised. The photo where he sees the guitar for the first...
by pagelli | Juli 20, 2023 | Custom Made
The BOWtop guitar, a combination between a flattop and an archtop guitar, is a completely new guitar construction. It is driven like an archtop, but top and back are not carved, they are bowed. Like that you get the ultra-fast response of an archtop guitar, but with a...
by pagelli | Juni 8, 2023 | Custom Made
Schmidi is one of Switzerland’s most outstanding musicians, singers and painters, hailing from the Emmental. He’s unique, at times crooked, full of humor, and well-versed on several instruments. His song «Stop the Shoppers» is a landmark in clever stories drawn from...
