Crook Custom Guitars Owners Club

I couldn't find one specifically for all the Crook Guitars, so I decided to post. If there is one I didn't find, I apologize, please post a link.

Here's mine:

Here are my 2 Crooks. Glad to find a Crook owners thread finally!


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Finally a member of this club.

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Congrats golfnut! That Black Paisley is a thing of beauty. Welcome to the club!

Here is mine, based on Brad Paisley's buckocaster (I just changed the white pickguard for a clear one). Some more pics here: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/175411-my-crook-custom-tele.html and here (with my wife..girlfriend at the time:) http://www.tdpri.com/forum/bad-dog-cafe/176724-pictures-my-model-girlfriend-my-crook-custom-tele.htmlhttp://item.slide.com/r/1/189/i/tCBpIcbJzz_7ofYH2zX9bYMCpNaGBRHI/

Congrats, Golfnut - it is a beauty.

nice guitar Benbd. Looks similar to my red sparkle.

In 7 months, I will be joining this club!!!

Second one has arrived and so the first has to go...

First...
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Second...
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Here are mine....

Here are mine....

Those are beauties man, love the '68 look. If I got another Crook, it would definitely be a '68 replica. Kudos!

Well mines paid for, just kinda held up from everything that happened in nashville(flooding) over the summer, but mine is truly one of a kind thus far, candy true blue over silver base coat with medium metal flake, te60 voodoo bridge pup adder neck pup, 9 1/2 rad the color is the unique part on mine, hardware is pretty much a crook standard lol

Wow I guess this club has been dormant for a while, my bad. Dang I was lookin forward to hearin about some of bills work too. Oh well

I've got 4- 2 Teles, a Strat, and a Jazzmaster- no one does it like Bill.

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I love the look of #2- what is that called?

Mine is coming first week of Feb.. cant wait.. will post pics..

I just ordered mine! Its due before Christmas (its going to be hard to wait).
Blue metal flake. Can't wait.

I just ordered mine! Its due before Christmas (its going to be hard to wait).
Blue metal flake. Can't wait.

Sounds great! Welcome to the club!

Edit: figured that I would add the photo that my wife took. The great part about her practicing photography is that I get more pictures of my guitar :-)

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Mine is just about done!!! End of feb. Begining of march, I can't stand it, so close yet so far away, mine is a candy true blue with medium metal flake over silver.

The black one is a Crook with a McVay G-bender.
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*the white one is made by Gil Chavez in north east los angeles (NELA - highland park)

Thanks for the welcome. That is a great photo of a beautiful guitar. I really need to order another and another and another...

Sounds great! Welcome to the club!

Edit: figured that I would add the photo that my wife took. The great part about her practicing photography is that I get more pictures of my guitar :-)

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Must post pics when it comes!

Mine is just about done!!! End of feb. Begining of march, I can't stand it, so close yet so far away, mine is a candy true blue with medium metal flake over silver.

mine should be here in a month as well...

I have a favor to ask of you guys. I am supplying a graphic to be placed under a clear pickguard by Bill. I have tortured Bill with so many details, i thought I would spare him this one. Could you tell me the max width and height of the pickguard so that i can have the graphic printed the appropriate size (so as not to cut off more of the graphic than necessary to fit under the guard). Thanks!

Wanted to post a couple of better pics of my new Crook. I quit playing it long enough to take a picture of it.

Wanted to post a couple of better pics of my new Crook. I quit playing it long enough to take a picture of it.

Looking good man!

Never been much of a fan of paisley but I've always been a big fan of things beautifully done. These are all beautiful, I would be proud to own one. Another item added to my "...when I hit the lotto" list.

Hope to be a member of the club soon. Just sent in my first payment to get on the build list. Black and white paisley with matching headstock.

Well its getting closer, had I not had some issues it would be here, but im drooling. My candy true blue tele should be complete and in my hands within a month. Owning a house sucks the money from your wallet at times, that's a hold up too!!! Lol

Well its getting closer, had I not had some issues it would be here, but im drooling. My candy true blue tele should be complete and in my hands within a month. Owning a house sucks the money from your wallet at times, that's a hold up too!!! Lol

Owning a House/dog/vehicles are all a drain on the wallet. I feel for ya. It's worth every second of the wait though. You getting any benders on it?

Not on this one. Im seriously thinking of having a burple colored tele made with a g and a b bender on it though. I haven't been able to put ny hands on a bender guitar, so I wasn't sure if id like it or even make very good use of it, if that makes any sense. I just didn't want to have the guitar set up for something I wasn't experienced with I guess. Do you use benders? I can easily hear when brad uses his, but I've never played a bender equiped guitar. How is it for u?

Sorry for takin so long to reply, this forum app on my droid is sorts tempermental. So benders, im not getting any on this guitar, im thinking of doing a burple, that's not a typo, house of colors burple, tele, and having it equiped with a b and g bender. How do the benders work? I've never had the opportunity to play a guitar with benders.

Sorry for takin so long to reply, this forum app on my droid is sorts tempermental. So benders, im not getting any on this guitar, im thinking of doing a burple, that's not a typo, house of colors burple, tele, and having it equiped with a b and g bender. How do the benders work? I've never had the opportunity to play a guitar with benders.

They're really great. The "Throw," or the arm that controls the bender is on the neck plate on the back. You connect your strap via a strap-lock onto the throw so that you have a good secure connections so you won't rip the strap off when bending. I have a G-Bender on both of my Crooks, for 2 reasons: 1) Brad has it, and uses it a ton, and I enjoy playing his songs 2) I love little trick things that people are thinking "How'd he do that?"

So the way it works (in a completely non-mechanical explaination, because I suck at techno-speak) is the throw is connected inside of the body that's been routed to a series of levers, and they work their way towards the bridge, where more levers are connected under the G-string (or B string if B-Bender). The end result is a small lever that acts like a saddle under the G-string. When you play a note, you PUSH down (or pull down, either way you want to say it, the neck goes toward the floor) and the strap does the work of pulling the bender upwards. This causes the levers to do their magic, and it actually moves that small saddle under the G-string just enough to increase the tension on the string, thus raising it 1 whole step. Release the tension on throw, it comes back down to normal pitch. That's the gist of it. Hope I wrote that in a non-confusing manner.

I understand perfectly. I too like to play brass material as well as sing it. Had to sound proof the house so the neighbors dogs would stop howling. Seriously I get paid to sing and play. Departure is one of my favorite instrumentals, as is munster rag. Nervous breakdown is fun too. It took me a day to get that down just so, and a few days to be able to do it error free. But I still goof every now and then.
So I talked to bill today and my tele is done except my back pup is yet to be installed. Its beautiful he says. The silver base had to be cleared before the candy blue could be applied. But its on there now and I can't wait to get pics, and play it, and love it, and call it..... ok I've gone too far. Can you tell im excited? I will have the check in the mail next payday. Dang house is killing me, and its only 3 years old!!!!!!! Im having dreams of teles and stuff at night. I gotta get this thing quick, my wife said I was playing her arm like a guitar lastnight in my sleep. This could get serious lol

Omg this phone is killing me, sorry I meant brads material. Motorola droid predictive text is causing typos all over. Sorry.

It's all good man. I'm excited for ya, and I'm just the dude waiting for pictures. I guess I'm like a Crook Custom voyeur, haha. I just love seeing the different creations that Bill can make. I've been playing my Dad's Red/Silver Paisley Crook and it's been like getting a new one. Before long you'll be imagining yourself playing it while you're at work. They're like drugs.

Well the tele u see in my name area is a pic of the blue sparkle tele. Im sure every one who's been on bills site sees that, its a cobalt blue. I sent this to bill and apparently the guitar turned out about this color, its a pic of a car, but the paint type and color are the same, the dupont hot hues candy true blue

Imho that color is beautiful. Ut I like blue. Im like a bird is to shiny things, wanna get my attention, put it in blue. Lmao that's how I met my wife roflmfao. But that's another story lol.

Just talked to bill, my tele will be shipped the 9th of may, so Idk what the shipping time is from wv to tx, but I should have it thursday or friday of that week I think. Now im really getting excited. I can't wait.

Awesome man! Can't wait for the pics! I played my Red/Silver Paisley yesterday at church. The carpet was red before the remodeling (and my Crook matched), but now the carpet is blue. I immediately thought of your guitar, and my GAS for a Blue Crook :-)

Lol I hear ya. Everything I see now seems to be metallic blue. I keep thinking, there want this much blue before was there? Lol, bill is still trying to get a decent pic for me, as soon as I have his pic I'll post it. And as soon as I get it I'll take a few pics and put them up too. I feel like a kid on christmas eve. Its like time is slowing down, reminds me of an episode of south park I saw lastnight. Yep that's right, im still kinda immature lmao.

Lol I hear ya. Everything I see now seems to be metallic blue. I keep thinking, there want this much blue before was there? Lol, bill is still trying to get a decent pic for me, as soon as I have his pic I'll post it. And as soon as I get it I'll take a few pics and put them up too. I feel like a kid on christmas eve. Its like time is slowing down, reminds me of an episode of south park I saw lastnight. Yep that's right, im still kinda immature lmao.

Don't feel bad, I ordered a new pedal board that came in today. I was running late already, but I just HAD to open the box and look at it. I'm like an 8 year old trapped in a 25 year old body (but I feel 40).

Lol I hear that, what kind of pedal board did u get? I run an rp1000. Sounds good on my rig. Especially the new nashville 1000 that I just picked up, for 20$ lol. Had a cold solder joint in it lmao

Got a Gator Mega-Bone. Had the small Gator and loved it, but it didn't allow room for my 8 pedals. I will definitely be uploading a pic in the next 48 hours. I felt naked because I always use pedals, and haven't had a board in 2 weeks. Played at church with the Crook straight into my Dr. Z RxJr. Sounded amazing, but I missed my tuner.

How do those amps sound? I haven't gotten one on account of my primary amp being a pre cbs fender super reverb that was hot rodded and has a 15 inch lancing in place of the oxfords. Great guitar amp. The lancing is a d130. But that amp is great. Now I have the nashville 1000 that I picked up for 20$. And the hernia 500 I have is also a great amp. I can't wait to see which amp sings with the tele. I feel another night of playing coming on, I'll warn my beautiful and forgiving wife before I go to bed lmao.

The Z's are great. I got a Celestion Blue put in there and it really jangles. I always dug the Vox style amps, but I've played Fenders for most of my life (Stage 160, the a HRDx). I had a chance to play with a Z (Maz Jr.) at Richmond Music Center and fell in love with them. They didn't stock the RxJr, so I had to order it. It just has great response to pick attack and the bass response isn't too boomy when I get to higher levels. I play everything from country to jazz to punk rock, and it covers all of them with ease. It takes pedals really well too. The natural OD is EXACTLY what I was hearing in my mind that I wanted to sound like, so it had to be mine.

Side note: having a loving and understanding wife makes a huge difference. I found the perfect one that likes my playing and loves music, and supports most any musical endeavor I take on (except ordering another Crook...hazards of being an adult and paying the bills). I have my sights on a '68 replica...maybe not in the too distant future :-)

I completely agree with your statement about the importance of finding the right woman. Mine is very much like yours, in the liking my music and understanding my dreams and pushing me to go after my dreams, also in keeping me in check on the bills lol, but I have another anouncement, the burple tele is becoming a reality. Soon after getting my candy true blue crook, she is allowing me to have bill start the burple guitar. Now I have a billion other colors in my mind though. And this one is getting benders. So shoot me some ideas. Im actually kinda thinking I'll get a copy of old pink. Idk yet. Im spoiled I guess lol. What do u think?

Finally got my pedal board together (sorry for not responding to your last post, kinda running around like crazy tonight).

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Hey its cool, so am I correct in the assumption that your in va? If im wrong I appologize, but I thought u said richmond. So your not far from bill, im all the way in southeast texas. I keep seeing all the weather around between me and my tele, it makes me nervous...... know what I mean? Lol

Yep, you're right. We're about an 8 hour drive from Bill. My dad and I did a little bonding trip to go get ours. His shop is smaller than most would expect.

To tell u the truth im worried sick about all the tornadoes, and the guitar having to make that trip. I know that my guitar is insured for the trip, but I can't stand the thought off something happening to my tele. Im thinking of seeing if I can have it overnighted for an additional fee. But I don't know if that's a good idea, the paint could react baddly, the truss rod... I guess I should just ask bill huh? Lol.
So his shop is on the top floor of another shop if I recall correctly. But that's what makes a crook a crook. You know when you buy the guitar that you get Bills attention to detail, and that almost is not good enough.
How did it feel the first time you laid hands on your crook? I've got a 59 paul, a 68, and a 76 paul deluxe. An 09 american standard Strat that I bought brand new. Let me tell u, I've never put my hands on a guitar and instantly felt "IT". You know what I mean? The Strat needed alot alot alot of work right from the get go. Fret leveling, tlhad the trem locked, I use more neck bends, truss adjustments, and just now am I liking the guitar. Just had to become friends with it lol

When I first laid hands on my Crook, I was nervous about scratching it or playing it to hard..after a month or so.. WIDE OPEN..I play a few other Tele style brands but the Crook is one of a kind..sustain for days..Esquire on order form Mr Bill but my Tele will do fine till then.. Congrats on your incoming.

When I first laid hands on my Crook, I was nervous about scratching it or playing it to hard..after a month or so.. WIDE OPEN..I play a few other Tele style brands but the Crook is one of a kind..sustain for days..Esquire on order form Mr Bill but my Tele will do fine till then.. Congrats on your incoming.

Thanx, I've heard they are like playing that certain guitar right out of the box. I can't wait to get my hands on it. And yeah im sitting here thinking about the paint now lol. But I will ask bill all of the important questions as far as that. He said to me once, treat the paint like you would a car. So I use meguires products on all of my guitars, hand rubbed each and every one with each and every step of the 9 step system, and wow, even my sweat stained pauls, they were that way when I got them, look like a million bucks. The sweat stains are gone, I used a dremmel and polishing wheels on the nickel, and well I just need to post a pic lol

Not a great pic, dang lighting lol. Now I know what bill meant lmao. That guitar had sweat stains and all sorts of crudd in the finish. Now its clear and only has the little nicks and dents that it had before I got it. Poor guitar wasn't treated very well.

Sorry to post pics of les pails in the crook owners forum, but it shows my point, sort of. I wish I had taken before pics.

I'm with lum, I was afraid of touching it at first because it was so perfect. After a few days of looking at it and holding it, I let loose, and it's been wide open ever since. No other guitar has compared to it, and I don't think any will. My dad's Red/Silver Paisley Crook is great, but there's nothing like your first Crook. It'll ruin your other guitars. I sold all my other guitars because I didn't need them anymore.

Bill will do the best he can, just because he put so much work and dedication into it. Trust in his wisdom, haha.

Hey Hybrid, no Wampler 65 OD on that board, I think its the best pedal he has made. I run two of them on mine, one a little less grit and the other one a little more maxed. Makes a Twin Reverb most enjoyable at a lower volume.

I'm with lum, I was afraid of touching it at first because it was so perfect. After a few days of looking at it and holding it, I let loose, and it's been wide open ever since. No other guitar has compared to it, and I don't think any will. My dad's Red/Silver Paisley Crook is great, but there's nothing like your first Crook. It'll ruin your other guitars. I sold all my other guitars because I didn't need them anymore.

Bill will do the best he can, just because he put so much work and dedication into it. Trust in his wisdom, haha.

Oh believe me, I have nothing but faith in bills abilities. I've seen some of his work. Can't wait to have mine. Roughly two more weeks, im jonesing lol

I started a rack, I have a pic of brads old rack before the flood. I have a zen drive and the compressor, workin on the aqua and a few others, but I do have a 24 band eq on tap for when its done as well. But for now im really liking the rp1000, its a bit of a pain at first, but after u get to know it and tweek it, its quite versatile

So I have the check written and in the envelope, just making sure that everything is out of the way and no suprises, then im overnighting the check to bill. Then he'll ship the guitar monday of next week I think. And then I will have my crook. Im getting more excited by the day. Lol

FINALLY EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that means its paid for and bill said it will ship Monday!!!!!! I can't wait. I know this is going to be the best guitar I own, And if you look at my profile you can see I own some pretty good axes lol.
So now I'm going out to buy a case of strings in the morning. I always play ernie ball stainless 9's, but I'm contemplating nickels. But on my Strat when I tried nickels they didn't sound as good to me. Some say stainless sounds to glassy, but to me the nickels sounded terrible like they had no midrange? Idk, I think alot of it has to do with a persons rig and personal preference. I've seen guitars sound like junk on one amp, and like a million bucks on another amp. That being said, this is my first tele, so Idk. If I don't like how they sound on the tele I will just have more strings for the Strat and one of the pauls.
Im not going to be able to sleep this weekend, or next week. God im immature, probably be checking the shipping status every 5 hours lol.

FINALLY EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that means its paid for and bill said it will ship Monday!!!!!! I can't wait. I know this is going to be the best guitar I own, And if you look at my profile you can see I own some pretty good axes lol.
So now I'm going out to buy a case of strings in the morning. I always play ernie ball stainless 9's, but I'm contemplating nickels. But on my Strat when I tried nickels they didn't sound as good to me. Some say stainless sounds to glassy, but to me the nickels sounded terrible like they had no midrange? Idk, I think alot of it has to do with a persons rig and personal preference. I've seen guitars sound like junk on one amp, and like a million bucks on another amp. That being said, this is my first tele, so Idk. If I don't like how they sound on the tele I will just have more strings for the Strat and one of the pauls.
Im not going to be able to sleep this weekend, or next week. God im immature, probably be checking the shipping status every 5 hours lol.

Glad to hear it brother! I know you'll enjoy it man, and I know the feeling of hating to wait that long. As far as strings, I use Ernie Ball Regular Slinky's. That's what Bill and Brad uses, so I just stuck with them. On a Brad note, see if you can guess what tele this is I'm holding (hint: it's EXACTLY the one you're thinking it is!):
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Not fair.. did he let you play it?

Not fair.. did he let you play it?

Unfortunately nothing more than a G Major chord. We had a friend of a friend who could put us in the right spot and we caught one of the guys in the band (who I had spoken to several months back at an event my wife and I went to). All names and locations are protected for the innocent :-) It was unbelievable. We did the fan club thing and ended up front row. We were arms length from him 75% of the night. I'll share more pics later, but here's one told hold everybody on:
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Wow, that's old pink. So u got to meet brad ? Or was bill doing something to old pink?

Wow, that's old pink. So u got to meet brad ? Or was bill doing something to old pink?

We were let backstage and given the VIP tour. Told them that holding Ol' Pink was on my bucket list, so Zac said "Here ya go."

Wow, I can't believe that brads tech let u bold old pink lol. I just sent bill an email saying " of all the questions I've asked about my tele, I've never asked how it sounds. Knowing of course that sound is subjective to the person. " so it ships monday, all of this heat around here is my only worry. Today its 100+ down here. Man its hot.

Unfortunately nothing more than a G Major chord. We had a friend of a friend who could put us in the right spot and we caught one of the guys in the band (who I had spoken to several months back at an event my wife and I went to). All names and locations are protected for the innocent :-) It was unbelievable. We did the fan club thing and ended up front row. We were arms length from him 75% of the night. I'll share more pics later, but here's one told hold everybody on:


Man my wife and I did the fanclub thing, and we got terrible seats. We were close but the problem was we had a stupid support pole right infront of us. I was ticked. There was people with far better seats than us, and we bought our tickets as soon as the sale opened, I had it done like 30 seconds after the opening of fanclub tix. It wasn't a great day.

Man my wife and I did the fanclub thing, and we got terrible seats. We were close but the problem was we had a stupid support pole right infront of us. I was ticked. There was people with far better seats than us, and we bought our tickets as soon as the sale opened, I had it done like 30 seconds after the opening of fanclub fix. It wasn't a great day.

My point is it did us no good to have fan club seats when people that had just bought their ticket at the door that day had better seats than we did when we bought our tix sorry, just noticed al my tix are reading fix. We bought ours in june, the concert happened in September, and tickets at the door were better than advanced fan Club tickets.

So my tele is coming now. It shipped yesterday morning. It should be here friday. I'll post pics as soon as it adjusts to room temp and I can open it up

Finally here it is, after life got in the way, thank you Bill, its absolutely breath taking, your truly an artist!! But the problem is that it doesn't sound like I had hoped...... it sounds WAY WAY BETTER! plays like a dream, I seriously don't need to touch it, it plays its self!!!

Update: man what un the heck did I do without this guitar???? Im so over my other guitars, thank you bill, you single handedly ruined all of my other guitars. Lol. Hmmm for sale 59,69,76 Gibson les pauls, 09 american standard Strat??? Naaaah but I was thinking about it lmao

Easily my favorite guitar now

Man, that's a sharp guitar! But get your arms off it so we can see it all!!

Man, that's a sharp guitar! But get your arms off it so we can see it all!!

Lol here ya go

Yeah, that's nice....

Yeah, that's nice....

Thanx, bill did a screaming job

Just talked to Bill. It will be ready before Christmas as promised. I cant wait!

Picked mine up Friday but the wife wouldnt let me have it until Christmas morning. Now that I have this beauty I sustained a nasty laceration with soft tissue loss (thank God its not particularly deep) to the tip of my left index finger. Yes Im a right handed player. It really bums me out. Guess I will just keep tweaking my tone until the finger is healed. I will post pics as soon as I can (if I can figure out how to do that) so you guys can tell me how great it looks and pacify me as I wait to be able to play it again. I must say that the time I did spend playing it, it was like an old worn pair of shoes. It just felt right, like I have owned it forever-like it was made just for me (well it was, but it still feels much more special than I expected). My goals (in order) heal finger, dial in that tone in my head, do some recording with this awesome 6 string.

I'm looking to join this club sometime this year. Bill received my deposit just before Christmas. I was already excited, but based on what everyone else is saying, I can't wait!

Anyone selling a Crook? so I can become a member of the club?

My two Crooks...

I like blue....

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My two Crooks...

I like blue....



Very cool. That Tele-Paul doesn't bring you bad luck like it did BP does it? :grin: He fell on stage with it, then the flood happened. It's a shame, it's a very cool looking axe. Is it just me, or is it easy just to stare at Crooks in amazement? They're like works of art. I've had mine for almost 7 years and I still just look at them in awe.

Very cool. That Tele-Paul doesn't bring you bad luck like it did BP does it? :grin: He fell on stage with it, then the flood happened. It's a shame, it's a very cool looking axe. Is it just me, or is it easy just to stare at Crooks in amazement? They're like works of art. I've had mine for almost 7 years and I still just look at them in awe.



And pictures don't do them justice... Gotta see Em' up close to get the full effect

And pictures don't do them justice... Gotta see Em' up close to get the full effect

Exactly. The sparkle finish on both of mine are next to impossible to capture in a picture. Those are beauties man! What kinda specs/pups you got on 'em?

Exactly. The sparkle finish on both of mine are next to impossible to capture in a picture. Those are beauties man! What kinda specs/pups you got on 'em?

Both are 9.5 radius and have Adder neck pickps. The light blue T- style has a Voodoo T-59 bridge pickup. The Lesquier has a Dimarzio Fast Track T bridge..

I didn't add this here yet.. so... number 2 has been ordered. And its going to have a few slight differences from the first one. Nothing big, same pups, bridge setup, even color.... just going darker on this one.

Kicking around the idea of changing the neck radius to 12in. But I doubt it. #1 is my war horse.. but I will be sending it along to my father.... and taking #2 into my stable.

Already planing #3. A red sparkle... over gold and silver flake, or either or. And the color of red isn't nailed down yet either. I'm spoiled......

Spoke to Mr Crook today and he confirmed delivery is only about 7 days away. My Second Crook is a Silver Sparkle Esquire. Pics will follow as soon as I get in my possesion. My First one is special and love playing it, but he promised me this one coming is ( the One)..he would know.

My new Crook Sparkle Esquire..

New (to me) Crook in the household! 2011 Holoflake Jazz-Tele with Kinman P90's. Loving it!
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Here are my two Crooks. The Pink Paisley is the 1st production of Bill's Vintage Pink Paisley and the other is the prototype of the carbon fiber "corvette" guitar Brad Paisley played on the 2012 CMA Awards show. Absolutely flawless workmanship on both. These won't be my last from Bill.



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On the right, a crook pink relic and on the left, an Allparts I built this year.
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Here are some of my Crooks... I love Bill Crook's work. He is definitely my favorite builder. I am saving up for another custom order Crook.


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I am a 3 Crook Custom guitars owner!!! I have two of them posted below!!!! Greatest guitar builder Bill Crook!!!!

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Meh, I'd rather have a Nash.

...kidding :lol:. Some beautiful guitars in this thread. Makes me wonder why I don't own one yet.

man

only ten more months to go for mine!

Update...my second has seen some changes in the order, less winds on the back pup, kandy burple over medium silver flake for color...the neck will have SS 6105 frets...and will be along on the next few months...I can't wait.

I think it'll be pretty soon, and my second Crook guitar will be on its way. I can't wait...:)