A little while ago I did a blog about Peter Malinoski Art Guitars, well as fortune would have it I mentioned them to a friend of mine who runs the online music company called Funkymonkmusic and before you could say Peter Malinoski Art Guitars he had imported one from the US and I was lucky enough to get my mits on it.
Plugging into a Fender Twin I played this unique guitar. I was struck at just how immensely playable and comfortable the instrument was and as for the sounds wow! I guess the best description would be a demonic cross between a Strat and a Telecaster the array of sounds obtainable from Peter's hand wound pick-ups and the Piezo was astonishing. From thick growling Tele's to rasping funky out of phase Strat tones, it was all there and switching in the piezo was very pleasing indeed. Whether with clean or distorted tones it sounded great and was very hard to put down.
My only very minor grumble (I have to have one) is the plastic selector switch, considering all the effort and work that went into the rest of the guitar this seemed an oversight. So if you want to be different have a unique sound (who doesn't) and own the only one of these remarkable hand made guitars (or pieces of art) in Europe head on over pronto to the Funky Monks it's here
Here are the specs:
25 -1/2" scale
24 large frets @ 14" radius
Bone nut @ 1-11/16"
Neck thickness @ 7/8"
Push-pull truss rod & carbon fiber rods
Gotoh tuners
Hipshot SS bridge @ 2-1/8", thru-body strings
Oiled curly Maple and Goncalo Alves neck w/ Padauk fretboard
Oiled & acrylic painted Spanish Cedar body w/ oiled Maple pickup plate
Malinoski Type 2 single coil pick-ups w/ bridge transducer
Single volume pot
Single tone pot with push/pull piezo activation
5-way selector
Weight - 5lbs 15oz
