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After two years of research and development, evaluation and planning, we officially launched The Raw Guitar Co. at the 2012 Frankfurt Musikmesse Trade Fair. Read More
Many thanks to everyone who follows our development on Facebook and Twitter or through our website – your comments and support are greatly appreciated. Read More
Bob G. Harrison has been hard at work developing our “Breuer” conceptual pickup including a humbucker variant we think would look very cool on a much-loved classic. Simon explains why. Read More
Simon and Bob have been hard at work creating their latest conceptual pickup and they have gone to 1930s Germany to find inspiration. Simon takes up the story. Read More
For his birthday last year Simon’s wife, Jo, bought him Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin’s live recording of their 2007 London O2 Arena Concert. Little did she know that her present would inspire him to design a guitar he calls “Zoso”. Simon takes up the story. Read More
It’s no secret that Simon loves old Harmony guitars. Last year he created “The Prowler”, a guitar influenced by the H-44 Stratotone. His latest Harmony inspired concept, “Saturn”, has hit all the right notes judging by your Facebook and Twitter comments. Simon takes up the story. Read More
Inspired by Alain Bernard’s “Norley” Cafe Racer motorcycle, Simon’s latest concept blends German with American guitar design. Intrigued? Simon takes up the story. Read More
Inspired by Mitch Laddie’s forthcoming gig with Johnny Winter at The Sage in Gateshead, Simon’s latest concept blends Mr Winter’s Blues roots with his beloved Gibson Firebird. Simon takes up the story. Read More
I’ve been playing nothing but slide on “The Prowler” since I came off tour and she’s really come to life”. That was the opinion of Mitch Laddie when we recently met up at the Bishop FM Blues Show studio for an interview with Gary Grainger and live session. Read More
We have just given “The Skinny” added Jimmy Reed sex appeal in preparation for the forthcoming Mississippi Mudbloods, Candy Store Kid, European tour. Simon explains why. Read More
Working with pickup guru, Bob G. Harrison, we have now completed the first prototype in our series of 1950s retro-vintage, “revival” pickups, that complement not only our guitar designs, but would be ideal replacements, or preference for makes of other guitars too. Read More
Here is a little experiment that Simon has been working on for quite a while, “fifty-three years” to be precise! She is called “92831”, she is orange with Blues overtones and after one or two modifications she is ready to go. Read More
When Simon Raw was putting together Something Old, New, Borrowed & Blue, pickup considerations and design were never too far from his thoughts. He explains why. Read More
Recently, Simon took the opportunity to meet up again with “The Skinny”, a guitar he designed for British Blues great, Ian Siegal. Ian has been playing the guitar on his European tour with the Blues supergroup, The Mississippi Mudbloods. Read More
"Your guitar makes me want to play more Bluesy". That was the opinion of Mitch Laddie when we gave him "The Prowler" to play after he had completed his sound check at The Durham Blues Festival. Read More
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr Jimmie Vaughan after he had played an amazing headlining set at the 24th Burnley International Rock & Blues Festival. After the show Simon and Gary were invited back to his dressing room, where they had a little chat about guitars. Read More
Blues Matters magazine have just published (Edition No. 66) a very informative article on us, explaining how we gelled together our love of the Blues with guitar design. Written by Christine Moore, with contributions by Gary Grainger and our very own, Simon Raw. For those of you who do not subscribe to Blues Matters we have reproduced the article here. Read More
Gary Grainger from The Blues Show recently invited Simon Raw onto his radio show where he talked about Something Old, New, Borrowed & Blue. You can hear the interview here.
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