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Berly Guitars (New Guitar Day)


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I finally have a Jazzmaster in my collection. Made to my specs. Daphne Blue with matching headstock. (Nitro paint) Mastery bridge and Tremolo. Novak pickups. Maple neck. Interesting process getting this one. There are several of the local Blues cats playing Berly guitars so I asked one of my friends about Berly since I could find no website. He said you have to contact him via Instagram. I reached out to him on Instagram about building a Jazzmaster for me and he emailed me his list of conditions and if I agreed, he would get started. There were about 8 items on his list but basically it said this is something he does for the fun of it. He would build what I wanted in his own time and ship the guitar to me when it was complete and, if I liked the guitar, I would send him payment. If I didn't like it, I could simply ship it back. Lastly, all of the profits are donated to Wounded Warriors which is pretty cool. It took about 8 weeks to get it but it was worth the wait. This thing feels like a 40 year old guitar and it ridiculously light. Only downside is that it came in a gig bag instead of a hard case. Anyhow, here it is. 

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1 hour ago, mrjamiam said:

Way cool!  Congrats and enjoy!  New name for me, but if Texas blues cats are into it, there might be something to it.  Is he a JM specialist, Fender types in general, or...?

He builds all kinds of guitars. Most of what I see are Fender style guitars and Basses but I have seen him do some SG's and Firebirds. Don't know that I have seen any LP's.

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1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said:

That bridge is interesting. :huh:

The Mastery Bridge is the solution for the inherent problem with tuning stability and strings popping off the saddle on Jazzmasters. 

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