Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro

seymour duncans the lot plus a coil tap top of kewl i love mine

the coil tap allows you to have a cleaner more straight ahead sound while when its pushed u u get a solid wall of sound when i first plaid it thru a line 6 flextone 3 it almost sounded like a 12 string, resornates for a long time too to to the lack of bolted neck and lack off scarf joint in the neck

kicks the hell out of PRS the cap is 1 peice maple on mine PRS would charge #3000 plus probley for the eqivelent

the tuners lock the string amazingly, solid build with ellegence

coz my guitar is second hand i phoned them up to find history they are currently searching for all details for me very friendly

i got a #1375 left hand 2nd hand for #450 its only a year old are they insane????

its a amzing guitar with a great sound if ur lookin 4 a UK alternitive 2 PRS thats better and cheaper go for this

An update to the review I posted a couple of years ago (see further down the page) -
I still love this guitar, but I just could not stand the ****ing Wilkinson trem. No matter what we tried, we couldn't get it to work properly - anyone who thinks it works should try bending a note up maybe a tone, pulling the arm round and fluttering the trem slightly, then let go of the trem. It catches on the edge of the the hole the base of the arm is supposed to slot into, and puts the whole guitar out of tune... Useless.
So I had the awesome Robbie Gladwell (Dr Robert from Guitarist magazine) replace the thing with a double locking Floyd Rose. I'd recommend this mod to anyone, finally this guitar lives up to it's potential!

I have the standard hard-tail version, built in 1996. I bought it direct from Patrick Eggle at a guitar fair. It cost #1045. It has two seymour duncan humbuckers, (one of which is a Sd custom custom). This a a classy looking guitar in a cherry suburst finish. It has a classy sound as well ! The tuners are Sperzel locking tuners and they are very good. There are 22 frets and the quality of the frets is good - no overlapping on the side of the neck. The neck is fairly thick and has a "chunky" feel to it. The action, once set up properly is superb - VERY fast and very low if that's what you want (like me),

This for me is the strong point of this model. It produces a superb sound on virtually any combination of settings you can think of. Wether you are playing heavy rock, jazz, blues or whatever, you are sure to get the sound you want. I have been playing for 35 years and this is the best electric guitar I have played..and Iv'e played quite a few over the years! All in all this guitar produces quality sounds over the complete range of styles you might want to play.

The factory set was not to my liking, but then I always set up my own guitars as I know many other players do. The finish is lovely. this guitar looks as if it's come straight from the factory and this is after 5 years of hard playing.

This is a dependable guitar which is very well construced. The strap buttons are good and solid and after nearly 6 years it still looks and plays like a new guitar!

I find it impossible trak down anyone associated with Patrick Eggle guitars !! I believe that they were taken over by Musical exchanges in Birmingham (U.K.) but despite repeated attempts i have been unable to access their website .

I also own a Martin dm, an Epiphone Sheraton, fender musicmaster bass and a Yamaha RBX270l bass. IF I lost My Berlin pro i would be gutted ! No other electric guitar could replace it as far as I'm concerned. In my opinion the Berlin out classes both fender and gibson models and I prefer it to PRS as well.

2002. Made in the new factory in Birmingham, England, by a great bunch of chaps. It is a 24 fret mahogany beauty with a gorgeous maple cap. It has a mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard and real perl dot inlays-not Mother-of-Toilet Seat like a modern Les Paul! It has a natural finish that I love to bits. This kept the price down. I went for the hard tail version in the end because money was a little tight. It has Sperzel locking tuners, 2 SD split humbuckers a volume control and a 3 way selector which gives an excellent range of tones-the classic strat tone, the out of phase tele sound and the Brit blues grunt a la Clapton circa 1966. Lovely! The body style is PRS but here the analogy ends. This babe knocks spots of the competition. The chaps at Patrick Eggle made it to my exacting specifications and it feels like the intstument I have waited for all my playing life! It came with a fitted hard Hiscox case.

I play rock and roll and r and b in a London outfit and it complements my Gibson L4 CES and my Fender slide strat perfectly. I use the slide for swamp, the Gibbo for rockabilly and the Eggle for the odd slow or rocking blues. The sounds are various but I like the strat sounds-first class; kills a fender, and the Les Paul sound-great clean and beutiful slightlt distorted. I use it with a Marshall JCM 800 head and a Marshall JCM 900 2/12 box. Beutiful. We also carry 2 spare heads-JTM 45's and the Eggle sings throiugh both of them. It records well too. Our producer loves it! It is as quiet as can be. Awesome.

here is where a hand made axe slaughters the competition. No flaws, everything done perfectly. I did nag the chaps to death when it was being made but I think they put in a bit of extra effort for this one. The action was perfect-as I had requested it, the neck a beautiful piece of craftmanship, the wood chosen well. It has a natural finish so it is not covered up. All components are brill.

I have only had it for a short time and gigged with it a few times but ut stands up well. We always take out a load of gear but I would never gig without a backup! The hadware should last a fair while but hey! Nothing is infallible or free from wear and tear! Our guitar tech is always tinkering with my gear!

At Patrick Eggle they are very responsive. They asked me lots of questions and built an instrument that would fit the design purpose as closely as possible. Warranty until death!

Fantastic value for #!! It is the best geetar I have ever had and I have had them all-you name it I have had it. The chaps did a great deal for me and I cannot speak too highly of them. A parting shot..a well known London session chap I know played it last week and went utterly potty over it.

My guitar was made in March 1992, here in England. It has 24 frets in an ebony board, with a mahogany neck, mahogany body and a carved flame maple front; a similar construction to my Les Paul, but much lighter for some reason. It has an 'aqua' finish to the body which brings out the grain beautifully, with the entire body and neck covered in a high gloss laquer. The neck has no binding.

The hardware is all in gold; the wilkinson trem, the sperzel locking machine heads, the output jack and it's mounting plate, and the pickup surrounds for the two Seymour Duncan humbuckers. A truly beautiful guitar.

I hated the sound of this guitar! It had a Seymour Duncan JB and a '59 (I can't remember in which positions . . .) with the rotary switch. I could use both pickups together in single coil mode clean (very funky) and I could use the bridge humbucker with loads of gain for lead (loads of pinched harmonics) and that was it.

Now, it has a Seymour Duncan Custom Custom at the bridge and an Alnico Pro II at the neck. The rotary switch has been replaced by a tone pot with a push / pull coil tap for both pickups. I can use every sound now, it's so very versatile. It has all the tone of my Les Paul, at half the weight. Absolutely incredible.

By the way, it's used through a MESA/Boogie Triaxis, Rocktron Intellifex, MESA Simul-Class 2:Ninety, and a couple of Marshall 4 x 12"s, loaded with Celestion Greenbacks. I use this with a Jim Dunlop Crybaby, which is no longer stock.

So I'll have to put 'No Opinion' for this category, as I used to hate it; now, after a lot of work, I love it!

This guitar was secondhand when I bought it, from a spoiled 11 year old brat whos' parents also bought him a MESA/Boogie Mark IV (as well as the biggest grand piano I've ever seen, in case he wanted to learn that instead . . .)

The guitar really was in bad shape; there was a film of muck all over it, the gold had worn off the pickup surrounds (easily replaced) more importantly the corroded strings had cut grooves into the frets and the nut had been replaced with a big plastic one off a classical guitar!

NOW, it sports a full fret dress, as well as a Graphtech nut and saddles (to fit the Wilkinson trem). I've changed the trem springs too as these can affect the responsiveness of a Wilkinson. It's now set up with a fast action, using 10-52 strings.

I also routed away some wood from under the trem so I could use it a lot more. It stays in tune!

This is now my main guitar. My Les Paul is always there on stage too, but hasn't been used for ages!

The finish is durable. It has to be! It polishes up nicely too, when the mood takes me . . .

I can't find Patrick Eggle. Apparently, they're now run by a music store in Birmingham whos' name escapes me. I contacted them to find out about this guitar, but they didn't want to know.

I've been playing for most of my 34 years (since I was 9!) and this is my main guitar now. I play in a rock covers band, a function band, as well as sessions (local radio adverts, etc) and I just take this guitar now. Name a style, this guitar (and the rest of my rig) can cover it easily.

If this guitar was stolen, I'd hunt the ****ers down, as now it's irreplaceable. It's so much better now, with the Graphtech saddles and nut. As for the electronics, I've changed the pickups like I said, with the usual 3 way selector, and a tone pot with a coil tap. And I've made submissions for what I think of the pickups in the respective categories.

I bought this secondhand, at a fantastic price as the sellers had no concept of its' value. It was a dog when I bought it, but with potential. That potential has now been realised.

My gorgeous Eggle is a 94 Berlin Pro Hardtail model. No trem for me. It's got 24 frets, placed on the most amazing Ebony fretboard I've ever played. It's got a 3-way switch, and the tone control can be pulled for coil switching on the bridge pu. Seymour Duncan PU's, all mahogany body, maple top with natural finish (YES!!!) and locking tuners. I do miss coil switching on the neck pu. I bought it last year, and one of the earlier owners had given it a rough time. But with the natural finish, its quite charming!

I play everything. It goes from the screaming solos of led zeppelin to the clean heaven of Mark Knpfler. No noise at all, the PU's are just perfect. I play it trough a Zoom GFX-8 board into a Peavey Classic 30. Tone, tone and more tone!

I bought it used from my guitar teacher who bought it used in a store half a year earlier. It's frets were beaten up, but after a trip to a guitar builder, its better than new. Nows its perfect.

Two words: No backup.

Been playing for 4 years, and I been lucky to find this guitar! I never play my modded Epi LP anymore. It is was stolen, I would break down, cause I've only seen one other like it in Denmark. I compared it to my teachers Paul Reed Smith, and this baby shines in comparison. I love it to death

Made in the uk i have 2 of these beauties 1st made in coventry and 2nd made in new birmingham factory.
1st 24 2nd 22 frets
1st 5 way selector 2nd 3 way toggle.
1st 2*hb with coil tap 2nd 2*p90's
1st passive 2nd passive
1st manogany back and neck mapel top on both
1st 5a quilt cherry sun burst 2nd gold top
Both berlin shape carved top
1st stop tail 2nd wilkinson vintage trem
both came with hard case

wicked sounds from both, they are the same model of guitar the 1st has more sound due to the humbuckers splittin gin to may different combination the 2nd no so many sounds due to only 3 positions for the p 90's

i brought both guitars direct from the factories, i brought the first in 95 i think when i was 14 and the 2nd last year 2001. from the very fisrt time i saw the berlins i knew i wated one so i did with a loan from my dad. i have always kliked them. I took my guitar to the eggle facory for a set up and then asked if they had any already made with p90's they did i saw it and fell in love once more. the guitar is acctually the first one they made with p90s and a gold top and i believe it is the one pictured on the www.patrickeggleguitars.co.uk web site. No flaws on these babies there perfect

th ereason for me taking my 1 st in to the factory was a faulty switch on the guitar but i later found that it was just some dust in there so cant blame them for that. the tuning is great on both guitars and never have to re tune when in live situations. i woul dgig with no back up for these but i always take a spare guitar in case a string breaks

very good lads, all work i have ever had don eon my guitars has been free of charge they even put a couple of nrew stings on once for me.

i have been playing guitar for about 8 years and i love it. If any of my patrick eggles were stolen i would get a load of money from the insurance company and go stratight down to the factory and order another two straight away custom jobs. Patrick eggle have been lying low the past couple of years but i have been told they are almost redy for a big come back.if u want a guitar that is different to every one else and would like some thing that can be made to your spec go for it you will not be dissapointed (same price as a les paul but twice as good and twice the " what the f*u^ is that - i like it what is it, i want one" if you know what i mean). By the way i do not work for patrick eggle guitars if you think i like these so much but i am just giving an honest opinion. i have other guitars gibson sg-x, a warwick corvette strandard bass and washburn mg74 all of which are good but i always use my eggles when i want to play a quality guitar. My next purchase is going to be a New york broadway made by you guessed it patrick eggle. i might go down next week. If u like eggles to drop me a line an dtell me what u have got.

My Berlin Pro was made in 1992 and comes from england. It has a mahogany body and 24 frets.It also has 2 seymour duncan humbuckers.I hope you know the rest of the other submits.
I really miss a tone control

Really great for blues, jazz, rock, hard rock, or what ever you like.I think it is an allround guitat.

I had no problems neither the guitar is 9 years old. There are still all original parts.

It is a great guitar for all kinds of music. I have been playing for 5 years and it is the best guitar i ever heard.

My Berlin pro has a mahogany body with a bird's eye maple top,mahogany neck and african ebony fingerboard.The pickups are two Seymour Duncan humbuckers(I don't know the model,If someone knows that can write me ane mail,thank you).The machine heads are sperzel locking and the bridge is a wilkinson VS 100 CV.There are 2 knobs:one is a master volume and one is a 3 way rotary knob to select the coils (inner,outer,or humbucker).There's a 3 way toggle switch to select the pickups.The finish is blue and violet with a few burst(I think it's called "artic burst" finish.Magnificent look.The guitar has a small binding on the body.I bought in 1997,but I don't know when it was made.

This guitar sounds great!!!I like to play mainly blues and jazz,and my Eggle has great clean tones to smooth overdriven sounds.I think this axe gives its best in clean and crunch tones,but maybe i'm sayin' that because i connect it to a Fender Twin Reverb and I play with heavy gauges (0.11-0.49).Maybe if you plug this guitar to a loud amp like a Marshall mark II,or a JCM 800 you could play rage against the machine too!But this is not what I want to play,anyway.The instrument and the pickups "feels" the touch of the musician,and react to it,great!The single coil sounds are OK for funky rhythms,but don't turn the Eggle into the Strat.If you want to play jazz you can get good clean warm tones,but it's a solid body guitar,not a Gibson ES 175.Nothin' is perfect.The neck picup is very warm and smooth,the center position of the switch produces a sweet sound with a lot of pops,especially if you play with the fingers,the bridge pickup is a bit louder and compressed

The set up at the factory was really bad made.Especially the bridge.Set up a wilkinson is harder than build a Jumbo jet!!!I set it up but myself,and now it works great,but it took me a month!!!One suggestion:take more seriously factory set up.The finish is good,but the craftsmanship is not as good as a PRS or a Gibson.

Tis guitar is surely very soild.The harware is good,except the volume control(I had to change it after 2 months from the purchase).The guitar is good for live plaing,it's less heavy than a les paul,has a good tuning stability and great versatile sounds.The strap buttons are the best I've ever seen.I don't think that I would use my Eggle on a Gig without a backup.

I don't know anything about that.

I,ve been playing from 8 years,and I do the musician as a job since 3 years(what a bad life,guys).I own the Eggle ,a Maton acoustic guitar,and a Warmoth Strat.I,ve got a Fender twin Reverb amp,but sometimes i play with a VOC AC 30(It's an incerdible amp!)I,ve recorded a lot of differnt stuff with the Eggle,and I'm really impressed by its versatility and by the sound that it can produce.Great guitar!

Made in England, 22 frets, solid quilted maple top, solid mahogany back, ebony fretboard, maple neck. Red to yellow transparent sunburst. 2 single coils, 1 humbucker - all Seymour Duncan. 1 volume control, 1 tone control, a 5-way pickup selector. No coil tap, but I will fit one soon. Sperzel locking machine heads, locking Wilkinson trem. The neck is lacquered and feels good. Feels chunkier than a Strat, but I'm not sure if it is.

Haven't had it too long, so can't comment too much. A lot brighter than my strat on the neck and middle, warmer on the bridge (but my strat has a SD humbucker there). I miss the coil tap on the humbucker, so I'll have to add one at some point. It's not perfectly set up yet because I changed from 10s to 9s when I brought it, but even badly set up I like it so far! But I won't rate its sound just yet.

The guitar had been in the shop for 18 months and then I changed from 10s to 9s which messed the setup, so I can't comment on that. It took around half an hour to get the trem to float again, but now it works really well, and always returns to pitch. The finish is just about perfect. The quilted maple top isn't perfectly smooth - it is slightly rippled - but I don't like an inch thick layer of laquer anyway. The neck join is very neat. The frets I'm not so sure about - they're not as wide as the neck and don't look as if they've been done quite right, but they still play perfectly.

I don't know if this guitar will last. I hope so. It's such a nice guitar that I'll have to look after it. It seems pretty solid to me. The strap buttons in particular are very firm - unlike my last guitar where they fell off. But I'll change them for locking lugs at some point. The pickups should last, being SDs. I wouldn't use this guitar without a backup - only because I wouldn't go anywhere without my Strat.

Support is excellent. I emailed them yesterday to ask what size allen keys I need - received a reply today saying they've posted me some!!

I've been playing for about 13 years now. I also own a Fender Strat, a Cry Baby, an E-Bow, a Boss GT-5 and a Takamine acoustic. I play though a Carlsbro GLX80 amp. I chose this guitar because they'd reduced it from 1300 pounds to 500, and then I part exchanged my old bass and electric guitars as well. 280 quid for a 1300 pound guitar can't be bad!