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
  

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.

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!
  

As it often goes, when it rains it pours.
We've  received our build spot for April, which will include the Goliaths from run 4, run 5 shortly after, and then run 6 commencing as projected. From June we now have a monthly build spot at World Music, meaning runs should have production dates as set at the time of pre-order and our dealers can more readily get stock.
Hipshot have begun creating our new hardware (see photos) although this was a prototype to check everything prior to signing off. Minor changes to the intonation screw position but otherwise it's pretty close. Tightening up the front a little too so it's not so long. The tuning range and intonation range is massive to allow for you guys to really get crazy on string gauges. It's really comfortable and durable. The locking headpiece is also Hipshot now. If you've seen their usual pieces, they are really bulky. We've reduced weight and length by 75%. This also allows it to move back a tiny bit to make truss rod adjustment easier. We will have some spares of each Goliath model but not a huge amount so keep your eye out around here. We will do another Goliath run in the future but nothing is firm yet with when that will happen.
We will be updating our web store very soon with all our new merchandise (see below) which includes our awesome new custom straps. Vouchers from run 1 can be used on these and you'll also be able to add items like this when finalising your bill on new runs so you'll be rockin' the coolest in Ormsby goods.

Catch ya soon!

We're extremely proud to announce that we have signed on with new distribution networks for France, Germany (and other European countries TBA), and Japan! If you've been waiting to try an Ormsby out you'll soon be able to walk into dozens of shops in these regions to try out the latest in our GTR range, and in some cases, custom shop instruments too. We will begin stocking new distributors with guitars from Run 4 & 5, which include our the Goliath, Hype GTR, and TX GTR models. We will have a production update announcement very soon for these runs.

As if that's not enough, we are also about to release the long awaited SX GTR Shark Limited model through our dealer network and direct order from us. These guitars will have some absolutely premium specifications and are limited to only 250 units worldwide, so be sure to contact your local dealer or follow us here for more information later this week.

Before we close up on this hit of news make sure you check out 'The Whip' by The Stranger band.

Well, it's only been our second year at Winter NAMM but it was by far our busiest 4 days of big smiles, even bigger hugs, riffs and shred for days, and many new mates.

A bit less than a week out from NAMM we travelled over 18,000km from Perth, the world's most isolated capital city to Los Angeles and Anaheim. This year we once again shared our booth with ol' mate Sully from Texas, who brought some truly spectacular instruments with him again. We also brought along with us the team from The Guitar Strap Co. who are great friends of ours from Perth making waves in the custom guitar strap market; keep an eye on them!

Our display this year featured 14 handmade custom shop guitars and 12 GTR models from our first 3 runs, including the  SX GTR, TX GTR, and Hype GTR in a variety of finishes and string configurations.

One of the big hits of the show for us was the debut of the new Futura model, which features a unique split-top design that allows for some stunning  wood and alternate material combinations. We also added in our Hot-Rock and Hybrid pickups to the Futura models on display to see how folks liked our slightly hotter types of pickups. They did not disappoint! We'll bring the real hot stuff like the Master Blaster and Katana next time ;)

 Perhaps one of the most anticipated models of NAMM, we presented two custom shop Goliath headless models, one featuring a new fretboard material (we’ll talk about that soon) and an epic copper top. These two were certainly show stoppers with both the ziricote topped prototype 7 string and copper top 6 string getting regular play-throughs each day. You'd be amazed how many times we'd have to pry them outta people's hands before their partners or mates were about to leave them. Our GTR version should be underway very soon and we've saved a very special little surprise for everyone who's got one on order.

Something new we featured on two of our custom shop instruments is a material called Richlite. It's not a new product by any means but it's certainly something that's been underutilized by all but a handful of guitar companies, and you will be seeing its use by us a lot more in light of the continuing restrictions on many woods throughout the world. You can basically say goodbye to fretboard maintenance and the issues that can arise with poorly dried woods or guitars that are frequently traveling through extreme climates.

On top of using Richlite we also enjoyed utilizing some other unique materials like a full carbon-fiber top and a 24 carat goldleaf for two of our custom shop Hypemachines. Copper tops were very popular once again with 5 of our custom shop instruments featuring various patinas. Judging by the photo-taking attention they were getting from the big-guns of a certain big brand, I’d say we're doing something right and we’ll probably see them at other brands' stalls at NAMM 2018.

Winter NAMM 2017 enabled us to setup some new arrangements with dealers in Europe and Japan, new U.K. stores via our great friends and distributors at ZED Music, and you will also see Ormsby’s in a whole lot more stores throughout the USA! We’ve also begun a partnership with the great team at Premiere Guitar and Reverb that you’ll see very soon.

The whole Ormsby team (all 6 of us including our new junior assistant) would like to send our sincerest appreciations to everyone who welcomed us at NAMM and supported us in getting here. To the many great players and skilled artists who shared your talents with us, all the great industry folk and new dealers, and to all the cheeky mates who came by just to hang out for a yarn, thank you!

You can view a full album of NAMM photos here.