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CURRENT Altered States Guitar Collection
Here is how it began!
My name is Greg M Atkin and a while back I had a question.
What would a electric guitar sound like if I found a way to generate two pure & fundamental timbre effects and combine them in one guitar?
So I persued the idea and after much thought, I worked with master guitar builder Joe Donahue to make the first Altered States technology based guitar using the new AS 3D bridge design.
(see photo of the first ASG prototype we call the purple guitar)
Hear the new Altered States Guitar made by master builder Pavel Maslowiec.
Musical performance by Carl Verheyen (Supertramp & Carl Verheyen Band).
(Listen to the sound sample & video)
.jpeg "Special Ted Newman Jones inspired offset styling")
The first guitar ever built with the Altered States technology is what we call the purple guitar. The purple guitar features a unique offset body, custom head stock shape and C to soft V neck profile that was inspired by shapes developed in the 1970s by well known guitar tech and maker Ted Newman Jones (TNJ). TNJ was the guitar tech for Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones band for over five years in the early to mid 1970s.
Listen to the slide show video above to hear the Altered States Guitar built by Joe Donahue. This recording is played by guitarist Carl Verheyen (Supertramp & Carl Verheyen Band).
Built by Pavel Maslowiec Guitars
Buy Now!
This Pavel Maslowiec built guitar is available for purchase at the Reverb site link below.
https://reverb.com/item/33502860-altered-states-guitar-as-3d-100-pavel-2019-burst-2019-tobacco-burst
SPECIFICATIONS:
SCALE - 25.5"
BODY - Upper bout: Mahogany
BODY - Lower bout: Alder
NECK & FRET BOARD - One piece solid Mahogany
TRUSS - Traditional Fender
FB RADIUS - 12"
NECK SHAPE - C
NUT WIDTH - 1 5/8" (Bone)
AS BRIDGE - Altered States fixed: String through body
HEAD STOCK - Pavel 6 on a side
NECK PICKUP - Fred Stuart low impedance mini humbucker
BRIDGE PICKUP - Fred Stuart low impedance Std humbucker
FINISH - Hand painted burst with nitro
TUNERS - Schaller original F series
ELECTRONICS - 1 volume (CTS) & 1 tone - 22uf
SWITCH - 3 way
INLAY - Shell
Built by Joe Donahue (J Donahue Guitars)
CURRENT NEWS!!
This J Donahue Guitar built instrument is going on tour for four months with virtuoso guitarist Mike Keneally and the Zappa Band. Beginning in August 2021, the Zappa Band will be touring with King Crimson and the California Guitar Trio.
The first shows begin in early August in California.
Tickets on sale now!
SPECIFICATIONS:
SCALE - 25.5"
BODY - Upper bout: Mahogany
BODY - Lower bout: Swamp Ash
NECK - Rev. cut lamination: Roasted Maple/Mahogany center
TRUSS - Dual action
FRET BOARD - Ebony
FB RADIUS - Compound 10" to 12"
NECK SHAPE - C to soft V
NUT WIDTH - 1 11/16" (Bone)
AS BRIDGE - Altered States fixed 3D: String through body
HEAD STOCK - AS custom 3 on a side
PICKUPS - Fred Stuart low impedance humbuckers with split
FINISH - Hand oiled
TUNERS - Hip Shot locking
ELECTRONICS - 2 volume/push pull (CTS) & 2 tone (Bourns)
SWITCH - 3 way - 33uf
INLAY - Abalone