Delaney Guitars
Tino Gonzales “ANGEL”
We built this guitar for the great blues artist Tino
Gonzales. We have been fans of Tino’s for many years
and when he contacted us to build a guitar, we jumped
at the chance.
The “Angel” is a variation on a Strat with a swamp ash
body tinted with our “Ocean Blue” aniline dye and
topped with nitro-cellulose lacquer. We cut a custom
birdseye maple pickguard for it and loaded it with
Amalfitano SP pickups. The electronics package
includes a master volume, master tone, and a blender
which gives this guitar amazing tonal versatility.
Hardare includes a Hipshot hardtail bridge, a five-way
switch, Schaller strap-locks, and chrome knobs.
The neck is birdseye maple with abalone face dots and
a Rory Gallagher neck profile (this wasn’t easy
because of the three Gallagher necks we measured,
none was the same.)
We mounted Hipshot locking tuners on it and Ernie Ball
regular Slinky strings.
On the back, we engraved a very subtle pair of angel
wings into the body.
We shipped it to Tino in Germany where he now
resides and we’re told he’s already recording with it
and it will be featured on his new CD.
www.tinogonzales.com
Tino Gonzales “ANGEL”
We built this guitar for the great blues artist Tino
Gonzales. We have been fans of Tino’s for many years
and when he contacted us to build a guitar, we jumped
at the chance.
The “Angel” is a variation on a Strat with a swamp ash
body tinted with our “Ocean Blue” aniline dye and
topped with nitro-cellulose lacquer. We cut a custom
birdseye maple pickguard for it and loaded it with
Amalfitano SP pickups. The electronics package
includes a master volume, master tone, and a blender
which gives this guitar amazing tonal versatility.
Hardare includes a Hipshot hardtail bridge, a five-way
switch, Schaller strap-locks, and chrome knobs.
The neck is birdseye maple with abalone face dots and
a Rory Gallagher neck profile (this wasn’t easy
because of the three Gallagher necks we measured,
none was the same.)
We mounted Hipshot locking tuners on it and Ernie Ball
regular Slinky strings.
On the back, we engraved a very subtle pair of angel
wings into the body.
We shipped it to Tino in Germany where he now
resides and we’re told he’s already recording with it
and it will be featured on his new CD.
www.tinogonzales.com
