Welcome Kanto into your guitar world and discover how things can be different.
You could be forgiven for thinking you’ve met before, but if you look closer, you’ll find a custom built guitar with a new attitude and a number of solutions to old problems.
The solid ash (standard) body is contoured on the top and back for comfort. The upper frets are easily reached thanks to the gentle contouring on the upper bout and a carved neck heel.
Scratch plate-loaded electrics, complete with custom hand wound pickups, are standard on the Kanto, make it possible to have multiple scratch plates with different options. Or go for direct mounted pickups for a modern, clean look.
The easy-access output jack makes sure that you’ll never unplug accidentally by standing on your cord.
The stainless steel frets, with the rolled edge fingerboard, help make a very comfortable playing experience.
Make your Kanto truly yours with a set of custom wound pickups that do what you need them to do, to make the music only you can make.
Kanto comes in three flavours:
KANTO ORIGINAL
25 ½ ” scale
Ash/Alder body
Solid finish
Maple neck, your choice of fingerboard
Custom hand wound single coil pickups
Pickguard mounted pickups
Wilkinson by Gotoh VG 300 tremolo
Gotoh SG381 Magnum tuners
Stainless steel frets
CTS pots
1 5/8″ (41mm) nut width
£2100
KANTO STANDARD
25 ½ ” scale
Ash / Alder body
Solid or transparent finish
Maple neck, your choice of fingerboard
Custom hand wound pickups
Direct mounted pickups
Wilkinson by Gotoh VG 300 tremolo
Gotoh SG381 Magnum tuners
Stainless steel frets
CTS pots
1 5/8″ (41mm) nut width
£2250
KANTO PLUS
25 ½ ” scale
Ash or mahogany chambered body
Built to a target weight
Maple neck, your choice of fingerboard
Your choice of custom hand wound pickups
Direct mounted pickups
Maple top and faux binding
Carbon fibre rod reinforced neck
Gotoh 510T tremolo
Gotoh SG381 Magnum tuners
Stainless steel frets
CTS pots
1 5/8″ (41mm) nut width
£2650
OPTIONS
Multiscale neck + £150
Hardtail bridge – £50
Solid finish – £150
Ask about other options.
Here are examples of Kanto to whet your appetite.
Don’t forget that there are many options available when ordering a custom built guitar. Visit the Shop page for more.
KANTO ORIGINAL Serial no. 70001
- Ash body
- Maple neck
- Rosewood fingerboard
- 25 ½” scale
- Sunbear Sweet 59 Transition pickups
- Three way switch (bridge, bridge + neck, neck)
- Volume, tone, middle pickup volume to allow you to blend in the middle pickup
- Gotoh VG-300 floating tremolo
- Schaller tuners
KANTO PLUS Serial no. 70002
- Wenge top, Ash back
- Maple neck, wenge fingerboard with stainless steel frets
- Multiscale neck (25″ – 25 ½”)
- Gotoh Magnum locking staggered tuners
- Sunbear Bear Bucker and Fat AV pickups (Alnico V)
- ADDITIONAL OPTION: Multiscale neck.
KANTO ORIGINAL Serial no. 70003
- Ash body, maple neck
- Rosewood fingerboard
- 25 ½” scale
- Sunbear Sweet 59 Transition pickups
- Three way switch (bridge, bridge + neck, neck)
- Volume, tone, middle pickup volume
- Gotoh VG-300 floating tremolo Schaller tuners
- OPTION: Dripped (Art) finish
PRICE from £2100
Get in touch to learn more about building your Kanto.