EGP 'Status Quo Tribute Guitars'

This pair took a lot of research but were well worth the work. Like any heavily gigged guitar, Rick Parfitt's beloved and heavily modified guitar was constantly evolving as the finish wore off and parts were upgraded and replaced. The actual history is a little murky but it seems that the guitar started life as a mid-‘60s veneer ‘board model with an ash body painted dark blue with a three-ply white pickguard. At some point the body was painted over in white and the original three-saddle ashtray bridge was chopped down to make way for a sturdier wrap-over tailpiece. The original pickguard was also painted black at around the same time. It appears that Rick was fond of changing the bridge pickup – it has at various times sported an original ‘60s bridge pickup, a Duncan Quarter Pounder and at least one screw pole model. In our quest to recreate the right sound as well as aesthetics, we finished the body as the original had been and wound a special set of Hot Rod pickups using ¼” poles for the bridge unit. We also sourced a very tricky to find brass neck pickup cover and brass control knobs (they’re not gold plated as many assume) and the rubber Lego toy tyre for the volume control.
Francis Rossi’s well worn, heavily modified (and now retired) guitar has been through several guises over the years. It started life as a three-piece bodied Tele with a two-piece maple neck, so there’s no skunk stripe. In common with Parfitt’s, the bridge was changed early on – Rossi going for a tune-a-matic style bridge with tailpiece, rather than a wrapover – but while Parfitt’s has stayed pretty much the same except for wear and maybe the odd pickup change, Rossi has been far more open to experimentation. At some point he changed to a three-pickup layout using Lace Sensors with a G&L bridge and even had a 22nd fret squeezed on to the end of the fingerboard, but for me it looked best in the mid-80s and it’s this look that we’ve recreated here.

‘PARFITT’ SPECS
Body: Ash
Neck: Maple and rosewood
Hardware: Kluson tuners, Gotoh wrap-over bridge with cut-down ashtray bridge.
Pickups: Eternal Turbo-T in bridge with Tele-Tweed in neck.
Electrics: CTS pots and CRL switch with Switchcraft jack.

‘ROSSI’ SPECS
Body: Ash
Neck: Maple with maple fingerboard (no skunk stripe)
Hardware: Kluson tuners, Gotoh tune-a-matic bridge with bespoke made tailpiece and cut-down ashtray bridge.
Pickups: Eternal Guitars & Pickups ‘Country’ set.
Electrics: CTS pots and CRL switch with Switchcraft jack.

These guitars are available to buy or custom order through our website where you'll also find links to purchase the entire range of our pickups including the ones used on these guitars: www.eternal-guitars.com