PJD Custom Shop St John Elite in Original Burst

Andertons are pleased to offer this stunning PJD Custom Shop St John Elite electric guitar in Original Burst. Featuring a duo of articulate custom ‘57 humbucking pickups and a selection of tonewoods that tick every box, this beautiful offset semi-hollow electric guitar covers all ground!

Hand crafted in the PJD Custom Shop, this St John Elite looks as good as it sounds. Its Flamed Maple Top perfectly suits the Original Burst finish and the flame pattern dances at different angles. The semi-hollow Brazilian Mahogany body adds depth and warmth with an open and airy, well-balanced tone full of rich sustain and natural harmonics.

Key Features

• Choice Woods - The classic combination of a semi-hollow Mahogany body in partnership with a Flamed Maple Top provides not only stunning aesthetics but also a beautifully resonant and open-airy tone that captures the full range of frequencies and helps push the mids through any mix.
• PJD ’57 Humbuckers - PJD Guitars take in the famed PAF humbucking design. Hand-wound in the PJD Custom Shop from era-correct components these humbuckers provide the vintage, articulate, powerful full-range tones that this style of pickups is famous for.
• PLEK’d - Every PJD guitar is run through a PLEK Machine – A state of the art computer-controlled fret levelling machine providing the most precise setup imaginable!

Andertons own Ben on working With Leigh and PJD

“We have a unique and close working relationship with Leigh and the PJD team since we began stocking their guitars back in 2021, The process for specifying guitars, new models and concepts is often an open discussion and results in some exceptional instruments at a great price”

“My personal favourite model is “The York”; I’ve always loved the simplicity of a bolt-on fixed bridge guitar and the York is just that with great styling and a unique body shape”

PJD Guitars

Founded as a one-man operation in 2010 by Leigh Dovey, PJD has steadily grown into one of the largest British guitar manufacturers. Originally based in London from a small home workshop, Leigh inherited his love and passion for woodwork at an early age from his father, a prop maker for the Royal Opera House in Covent Gardens. 7 years later, the operation was moved to a larger facility in York where PJD has gone from strength to strength. Built using the finest materials and components and built with a level of care and attention that could only be achieved in this sort of workshop, PJD has grown a steady reputation as some of the finest guitars available. With standardised models and offerings to suit every type of player from their bare-bones Apprentice line-up to the full-bore Custom Shop range, there is a PJD for everyone.

Specifications

Body

• Body: Brazilian Mahogany
• Top: Flamed Maple
• Finish: Open-Grain Nitrocellulose Finish

Neck

• Frets: Jescar Nickel Medium Jumbo
• Number of Frets: 22
• Scale Length:25.5
• Neck Wood: Roasted Flame Maple
• Profile: Standard C
• Fretboard Radius: 10”
• Finish: Nitrocellulose
• Nut Width: 42mm
• Fretboard Wood: Indian Rosewood
• Nut: 42mm Bone

Hardware

• Bridge: Gotoh Hardtail
• Tuners: Gotoh 510

Electronics

• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop PJD ’57 Humbuckers
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop PJD ’57 Humbuckers
• Controls: Volume, Tone, 3-way

Miscellaneous

• Case: PJD Hiscox