C Fouke Custom Fright

This is a custom order, built by Chris Fouke for me in March of 2002. It is the "Fright" body style, aluminum top and bottom of course with a composite layer between them and hollow. It features a unique "sun" cutout below the bridge. You can see a picture of this guitar at the Fouke website.The body shape is basically a modified Mosrite two cutaway body with slightly longer horns than a Mosrite Ventures body. The neck is also custom made, mahogany with 22 medium jumbo frets, abalone and pearl markers, three on a side tuners and a rosewood board. The headstock features a unique "pyramid" truss rod cover that adds to the uniqueness of the guitar. The body features one volume and one tone knob ( I like to keep it simple), a three way selector switch, two Gibson Les Paul standard pickups with chrome covers and a Raven bridge. A beautiful guitar and the day I got it everyone I know wanted to hold it and play it. This guitar was build by Chris in about two weeks after he received the pickups, tuners and neck from me and he was in constant contact with me every step of the way. I'm giving it a 10 because it's got everything I wanted/needed.

I've been playing for about 20 years and I'm mostly a rock/blues player although I sometimes dabble in country rock ( but not too often). This guitar is exactly what I was looking for. I also own a Fouke "P" style guitar and from playing that I knew that I wanted Chris to build me one that was cutomized to my specs. I run this guitar through a POD for home recording and through a Rivera Quiana and Line 6 Flextone for live playing. This guitar has amazing sustain, I'm talking sustain for days. Besides that it has a wonderful clean tone, I'm still exploring the tone through various amp settings but so far I'm really excited about the lushness of this guitar when put through the clean channel of the Rivera, it has a complex sound, very full, very melodic. I can also give it a "cutting" tone much like a tele by playing with the amp settings, always a plus. It also sounds amazing when it's not plugged into anything, the hollow aluminum body gives it a sound like a cross between a resonator and an acountic, very cool. Then plug it in and it really comes alive.It really sounds like no other guitar I own and I own 13 other electrics, from Les Pauls to Strats and Paul Reed Smiths.
Through the dirty channel it has a lot of characterics of a Les Paul, strong, more highs on the bridge pickup, more bluesy middles from the neck pickup, I haven't played with both pickups on much yet. The big plus of this guitar is the amount of sustain it gets clean or dirty, it sustains and holds notes better than anything else I have or have played.

Chris is a pro and the attention to detail really shows on all his guitars. Everything is tight, well planned out and executed. There are no flaws on this guitar, no loose seems, no gaps, he custom cuts each body to fit the neck and the neck join is perfect. Chris also set up the guitar before shipping it to me so the action was good and the intonation right on.

This guitar is built like a rock, I'm sure it will last a long, long time, hey, it's aluminum. The composie used to sandwich the two body halves is also solid and long lasting. I'd only need a backup for string breakage, I wouldn't worry about the guitar at all.

I have dealth with Chris a LOT over the past few weeks and he's more than responsive, he's the best. He answered my every question almost immediately, he asked befoe he finished any one part of the guitar if I was satisfied, he sent tons of pictures of the guitar in progress, he was just great. It's so nice to deal with somone one on one rather than a large corporation. Have no doubts that he will be very responsive to your every question.

Want a cool custom guitar that looks like no other, sounds like no other, has tons of sustain and lush sound? Order a Fouke Industrial guitar or buy one of the standard models that Chris puts up on eBay every once in awhile, you will not be disappointed. For the price this is a great value and they are just cool guitars. I'm very pleased, in fact I'm already thinking of coming up with a new design and having him build me another!
Have any questions about this guitar, drop me an email.