Ormsby Guitars’ Genesis multiscale delivers a new dawn on contemporary guitars
Forging the beauty of timeless electric guitars with modern appointments

The Genesis is the Ormsby approach to the classic double-cut super shredder with the edge required for the 21st century. It features our new fretting system allowing for tremolos and any pickup combination to be used without compromise on a multiscale guitar. Exotic timbers and classic relic’d nitro finishes are just some of the options that can be paired with your choice of pickup arrangements using the custom pickguard system. With uncompromising classic style and modern features, the Genesis is made for every player from classic blues right through to the most technical of metal!
The Ormsby Guitars Genesis is the next chapter in vintage modern guitars.
 
 
Genesis custom shop highlights include:

• 25.5-26.5” multiscale for improved ergonomics and intonation
• Deep contoured bolt-on neck for unhindered upper fret access
• Boundless finish options from Ormsby’s global wood library and finishing
• Custom wound Ormsby pickups to suit any guitarist’s needs
• Stainless steel frets and your choice of bridge and hardware style
  

5 years since the inception of the coveted Hypemachine custom shop model, Ormsby Guitars is proud to present this unique set of hand-made Exhibition models for Winter NAMM 2018. Covering a range of materials and exotic finishes that are synonymous with Ormsby Guitars’ innovative approach to modern extended range guitars, these instruments pay tribute to the Hypemachine’s 5 years of head-turning looks and sound. 

Ormsby Guitars channels the middle ages and death through a truly unique 6 string multiscale guitar.
Modern luthiery forges with artistic inspiration from the past

Inspired by great artistic works of the late middle ages, the custom made SX Dance of Death 2 revives ancient wood carving techniques in a modern multiscale instrument.
Further inspiration is derived from the great cathedrals of the world with a unique stained-glass effect over the laser-etched flame maple top, which has then been sealed, aged and cracked in nitrocellulose. Designed to focus your playing down to the bare essentials with a single Ormsby custom pickup and Hipshot USA hardware, this guitar will take your playing beyond this lifetime.
 
Dance of Death 2 custom highlights include:

• Laser-etched 14th century style ‘Danse Macabre’ artwork into flame maple top
• Stained glass coloured top with aged and relic’d nitro-cellulous finish
• 3-piece flame maple neck
• Single custom Ormsby Nunchucker A8 pickup
• Deep contoured set-neck design with 25.5-27.5” Multiscale
• Ormsby ‘semi-scallops’ from the 12th-24th frets for effortless solo action
  

It’s back to the Futura at Winter NAMM 2018

After a massive reception from its launch at Winter NAMM 2017, the Futura custom shop is back. Focusing on some of the Ormsby team’s favourite tonewoods this multiscale 6 string is made with a swamp ash body and black limba top.  A 5-piece black limba and Tasmanian blackwood bolt-on neck paired with an ebony fretboard completes the tonewood configuration of this Futura. As with all our custom shop instruments at NAMM, hand wound Ormsby pickups provide the player with a wide variety of tonal options.

10 years after the original SX 8 string multiscale, the legend lives on.
A tribute to the decade of multiscale at Ormsby Guitars

As part of Ormsby Guitars’ celebrations for ‘A Decade of Multiscale’ this sterling piece was created in the Australian custom shop, paying tribute to the original SX8 Multiscale from 2008.
Featuring a full-thickness figured maple top in purple berry finish, we went all-out and matched it with a purple pearl finish over the chambered Tasmanian blackwood body. A 1-piece figured maple neck with deep access contour provides unhindered fret access to all 29 stainless steel frets. An ivoroid bound ebony fretboard with Z-pattern abalone inlays completes the tonewoods on this custom along with custom hand wound Ormsby pickups.
Be sure to keep an eye out as we ramp up our celebrations with A Decade of Multiscale.

There’s more than meets the eye with Ormsby Guitars’ battle-worn custom shop Metal 6 string multiscale.
When all hell’s breaking loose, reach for this guitar

Born from chaos and powered by an imploding star, this battle-worn ‘metal’ model from the Ormsby custom shop is every 80s-kid’s dream. Crafted around a 6 string Mulitscale bolt-on construction, this guitar has endured galactic warfare and has lived to tell its tales. Utilizing numerous relicing techniques and custom electronics, this guitar is a true testament to master luthier Perry Ormsby's broad skill-set and creativity.

BATTLE-WORN METAL COMBATANT custom highlights include:

• Intricate custom ‘battle-worn’ detailing
• Exposed parts and computer processors
• NEW Ormsby ‘MFP’ pickup featuring a balanced ~11k output and A8 magnet on rails
• LED side-dot lighting with multiple colour controls
  
• Electronic lighting systems and displays within carbon fibre cavities
• Satin pearl and chameleon colour shift finishing coat

 
Australian Custom Shop factory direct only pricing on inquiry.

The Goliath GTR is built for the modern guitarist who wants a road and studio worthy instrument loaded with features. Most notably, it has a headless design that reduces the weight and length of the guitar, making it perfect for traveling with, and is complemented with body contours that flow naturally with however you play.
Further underpinning these modern elements is our Multiscale fret system as standard for improved ergonomics and intonation, and a chambered body that adds a pleasant upper mid-range, weight relief, and acoustic resonance.
The Goliath GTR is available in a wide range of colours and finishes, including our highly sought after copper top look, colour shift paints, and numerous exotic woods. As with all Ormsby GTR range guitars it’s made with custom Hipshot USA hardware and Ormsby pickups, and comes standard with a high quality fitted travel bag.
No matter your style or genre the Goliath GTR has the tones and playability you desire.

Goliath GTR highlights include:

• Custom headless hardware by Hipshot
• Multiscale fretboard for improved ergonomics and intonation
• A world of finishes including classic Ormsby copper
• Chambered body for weight-relief and added resonance
• Stainless steel frets and quality custom gig bag to keep you playing for years to come

 
Street prices starting from:
$1295 USD 6 string
$1345 USD 7 string
$1399 USD 8 string

Contact an Ormsby Dealer today!

Ormsby Guitars has returned to its roots with a modern take on the carved top single-cut style guitar. Featuring a stunning recurved top and deep belly carve, the Scarab has curves in all the right places.
A new semi-multiscale fret arrangement has been adapted for this model, allowing for more natural ergonomics, and greater tone through increased and more even string tension, as well as allowing traditional hardware like floating tremolo systems to be used without compromise.
Designed for players of all genres, the Scarab will renew your creative passion.
 
Scarab custom shop highlights include:

• A recurved carve top with full-thickness 55mm/2.16” body
• 25.5-26.5” multiscale for improved ergonomics and intonation
• Deep tenon set-neck for improved sustain and stability
• AA All-Access 24 fret neck
• Available in tune-o-matic, Hipshot fixed, and floating tremolo bridge options
• Customisable control layouts including custom rhythm/treble switches with unique labeling like heaven & hell
• Innumerable choices of exotic timbers and unique finishes, including relic'd nitrocellulose for classic character, feel, and road-worn looks!
  

Run 4 Goliath update:
Neck laminations were cut last week. They were being glued today.
Fretboards are scheduled in nine days, after another company changed specifications on their fretboards. Standard scale fret slots are generally cut with a gang saw: all slots cut in one go, about 3 seconds per fretboard. Ours are cut on Cnc to facilitate a blind fret slot (the channel for the fret slot finishes 2mm short of the fretboard edge, its a channel, not a slot). Blind fret slots on a Cnc take about 11 minutes. This other companies change of specs have pushed back all jobs that go through the fretboard Cnc's, which are reserved purely for inlays that aren't dots (dots are done differently), and blind fret slots.
Body samples were made a few weeks ago to check the Hipshot bridges, confirmed, and feedback given to Hipshot. I used this period to suggest a small design change that speeds up manufacturing, but also ties the headless bridges aesthetically to the hardtail multiscale bridges we do. Bridges are scheduled to arrive as finishing (lacquer) of necks and bodies start.
Gig bags are in production right now. Scheduled to arrive in Korea as bodies and necks are sprayed.
Either late this week or early next week, everyone who chose plan 1, will get their shipping form email. This email instructs you how to confirm your shipping address and any setups requests, merch, etc. We are going to trial a pickup upgrade for plan 1 subscribers, and depending on the volume of people who do choose a pickup upgrade, we will roll this out to plans 2/3/4/spares list. If we do decide the volumes of upgrades are too high, only repeat clients in plans 2/3/4 will be offered the pickup upgrade. What is too much? More than one full day per week. Eg; we are adding saturdays to the QC schedule to allow pickup upgrades, and if more than one in four people choose to upgrade, then we say 'no more'. Setups to your spec of strings are timings will be offered to everyone.

About a week or two after plan 1 clients get their shipping form email, plan 2, then 3+4 people will get theirs. The form you get can be filled in immediately, but you won't be billed for anything until the guitars are ready to ship from Korea to Australia. We will email again prior to billing anyone.
If you ordered via a store in the U.K. or Europe, your guitars are shipping direct from Korea to the local distributors, then to your store. Jett and I are doing final QC in the factory in Korea to save transit times.

Great news! We have a date for production of Run 4, followed by other outstanding runs as well.

Run 4 has a production commencement date of October 31st, which is just over 8 weeks away. We did get a date last week but I wasn't happy with it (end of November, and even that was pushing us before most brands effected by the CITES thing). WMI have pushed other brands back to bring us forward.
I'm sure they will start earlier than this. But that's the date they've agreed to.

Jett and I will visit the factory to start QC as guitars are assembled. This means we will save time when guitars arrive here in Australia. We are currently in talks with DHL to see if we can ship direct from Korea to a number of clients to save even more time. I'm not promising this. But it's an option we are trying to make work.
Get excited!!!!
Basses will be built with run 4.

Run 5 will be started to ensure completion is four weeks after run 4. Run 6 a month after, but we are trying to get them built at the same time. It might work that run 5 and 6 SPARES are built last, to bring run 6 per-orders forward.

Stay tuned for further updates!