Burntaxe

The idea:
I’ve been playing guitar in bands since 2002, I also run my own design company. I’ve learnt what it means to have a reliable guitar, the importance of good communication and what makes a quality instrument that you want to play and is fun to play.

I've fixed up and built many guitars. My co-founder from This Is Pod loves startups. She and I decided to combine our start-up energy, our design skills and my guitar building expertise to launch burntaxe. We're a company like no other, a company that brings fun and art back into music.

We want to give musicians access to totally custom guitars, give you the chance to brand your guitars with your band artwork or just something awesome.

I prefer non-standard, I always choose to customise to ensure I get what I want, the look and sound I need, and a guitar I will always want to play and that will stand out from the rest.


More services & new techniques:
We love talking guitars and etching, we want to help you create your perfect tone blending the infinite range of guitars, amps, pedals, leads, pics, mics and DIY recording techniques without breaking the bank.

I've always fixed, tweaked, upgraded, improved, tightened and customised all of my guitars. Since doing these processes many, many times I’ve designed new ways to wire up electronics and importantly, better ways to ground guitars. It’s a process that should be done to all guitars but aren’t, by any mainstream brands.

Grounding a guitar our way is aimed at music extremists, who love nothing more than outrageous levels of gain and volume. A properly grounded guitar will allow the player to control feedback, peaks and squeals. Get loose and make it sing buddy!


Setting up an axe:
We give advice on setting up guitars. It's not just a new set of strings, but we'll be blogging about how replace strings, how to set them properly for gigs, adjust intonation and the importance of string gauges vs neck relief.

We cover everything from attaching scratch plates, to setting a neck for maximum tone and connection between neck and body. How to adjust a neck, pinning the relief exactly to the tension and gauge of the strings for perfect liquid action. We also check out intonation for perfect pitch all over the fret board.

Fret re-crowning, pot and output replacements, upgrading pick ups, strap locks, top nut adjustment for larger string gauges, guitar / speaker lead repair and upgrading grounding. The list of services is endless, we want to do the heavy lifting so you can relax and focus on your performance not that crackle from the rusty output or sketchy lead you never got fixed. Pretty much, if your guitar has an issue, we can sort it out.