Robert Fripp Slim

We are incredibly proud to build Robert Fripps signature guitar.  Where we differ from most guitar builders who are associated with such a luminary of the music world is that we very rarely build the same thing twice, even Roberts personal instruments have varied in spec over the years with the current version set to include the Ghost piezo and MIDI system built into a custom tremolo that we build in house at Crimson Guitars.  Instead we use the as many of Roberts spec choices as our clients want and build them into a frame that is utterly bespoke, the neck shape, number of frets, type of hardware and electronics and even materials used are all customisable.

The body style tends to stay firmly in the Les Paul arena but even here there are changes made to accommodate different numbers of frets and the physique of the client.  Roberts personal choice is the Hollowbody, a completely hollow Les Paul type guitar built along the lines of a traditional acoustic but keeping the carved top and feel he has grown used to in his long career, The second basic option we work from is a more modern ergonomic design with complete access to all the frets and a carved body to make for a supremely comfortable guitar that seems to fit like you were born with it.

 

body	neck	hardware	electronics
farmed pearwood body	Sapele/pau rosa, multi-laminate neck	sperzel locking tuners	bespoke wizard humbucker at the bridge position
english elm top	deep set neck tenon design	kahler 2320, brass on brass	single coil in the middle position
natural oil and wax finish	ebony fretboard	dual action truss rod	fernandes sustainer at the neck position
all access neck to body carve	22 small frets	black hardware	magnetic volume, tone and three way toggle and a master kill switch
ergonomic body shaping	compound fretboard radius		middle pickup separate volume and on/off toggle
	24.75″ scale length		sustainer on/off, three-way mode selection toggle
	side dots only		roland GK-3 MIDI pickup next to bridge
	slimfast carve		MIDI up/down buttons, MIDI/mix/magnetic toggle and MIDI volume