Models

PJD Carey

Single-cut electric guitar

United Kingdom

The Carey is a core PJD Guitars model, a single-cutaway electric hand-built in York, England by luthier Leigh Dovey. It has a flat-top single-cut body and is often fitted with a humbucker/P-90 pairing, offered in Standard, Elite and Limited editions.

D'Angelico Excel EXL-1

Hollow-body archtop guitar model

South Korea

The Excel EXL-1 is a 17-inch single-cutaway hollow-body archtop electric guitar inspired by John D'Angelico's original Excel introduced in 1947. It pairs a laminated spruce top with laminated flame maple back and sides, a set three-piece neck with a C-shaped profile, an ebony fingerboard, and a 25.5-inch scale. A single floating Seymour Duncan Johnny Smith mini-humbucker, a floating ebony bridge, and the brand's stairstep tailpiece give it a woody, articulate tone for jazz rhythm and lead.

Duesenberg 49er

Single-cutaway maple-capped electric guitar

Electric guitar · Germany

A single-cutaway electric guitar from the German maker Duesenberg, with a maple cap on a mahogany body and a string-through fixed bridge rather than a tremolo. Like other Duesenbergs it uses a slightly longer scale than a typical single-cut and the brand's vintage-flavoured styling.

Reverend Six Gun

Three-single-coil bolt-on electric guitar

Electric guitar · South Korea

A sleek single-cutaway electric guitar from the American maker Reverend. The Six Gun III carries three Reverend Salnico single-coils with alnico-5 rod magnets for a traditional, articulate tone, on a korina body with a bolt-on neck, 25.5-inch scale and Bass Contour Control.

Reverend Charger

Retro single-cutaway bolt-on electric guitar

Electric guitar · South Korea

A retro-styled single-cutaway electric guitar from the American maker Reverend, offered as the humbucker-equipped Charger HB or the twin-P90 Charger 290. It uses a korina body, bolt-on neck, 25.5-inch scale and Reverend's Bass Contour Control.

Chapman ML2

Single-cutaway electric guitar

The ML2 is Chapman Guitars' take on the classic single-cut, with a modified body shape and the brand's angled pennant headstock. The ML2 Pro pairs a flamed maple top on a mahogany body with a roasted maple neck and Seymour Duncan Sentient and Pegasus humbuckers.

Paoletti Nancy

Chestnut-bodied single-cut electric guitar

Italy

The Nancy is a single-cutaway Paoletti electric guitar with a solid aged-chestnut body reclaimed from old wine barrels, handcrafted in Italy. Known for a warm, clear voice, it is built in several pickup layouts and the natural Wine Series finishes that define the Paoletti range.

Macmull Heartbreaker

Single-cutaway electric guitar

The Heartbreaker is a Macmull Custom Guitars single-cutaway electric with a bound one-piece alder body, bolt-on hard maple neck and Madagascar rosewood 9.5-inch radius fingerboard with 21 Dunlop 6105 frets. The Heartbreaker Custom variant is fitted with two of Macmull's matched RVT P-90 pickups.

Friedman Metro-D

USA-built set-neck single-cutaway electric guitar with humbuckers

United States

The Friedman Metro-D is Friedman's set-neck, single-cutaway solidbody electric guitar, designed by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson and built in the USA. It uses a mahogany body with a figured maple top and a long-tenon mahogany neck, carrying two Friedman humbuckers (a Classic in the neck and a hotter Classic+ in the bridge) with coil-splitting, routed to a TonePros tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar. A compound-radius fingerboard, 25.5-inch scale, and full Plek setup make it a modern take on the classic set-neck single-cut.

Duesenberg Caribou

Chambered single-cutaway electric guitar

Electric guitar · Germany

A single-cutaway electric guitar from the German maker Duesenberg, built from solid alder with large internal sound chambers for a direct yet open voice. It pairs a creamy Domino P90 in the neck with a GrandVintage humbucker at the bridge and Duesenberg's signature tremolo and art-deco styling.

Reverend Buckshot

Single-cutaway bolt-on electric guitar

Electric guitar · South Korea

A single-cutaway electric guitar from the American maker Reverend, with a roasted-maple bolt-on neck, 25.5-inch scale and the brand's Bass Contour Control. A Tele-style single-coil at the bridge and a Revtron mini-humbucker at the neck give it both twang and warmer, fuller tones.

Ernie Ball Music Man Armada

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A more traditional rock electric from Ernie Ball Music Man introduced in 2014, built with a mahogany body, a carved figured-maple top, a set neck, and humbucking pickups. It paired the company's modern build quality with a classic single-cutaway-style voice.