Time Machine Guitars
TM Les Paul Junior Heather Poly
A meticulous vintage-specification guitar built to exacting tolerances. Every detail — from the long-tenon neck joint to the hand-wound pickups — reflects the original 1950s instruments.
One piece Honduran Mahogany neck and body — Heather Poly aged finish
Hot hide glue construction throughout; neck set, truss rod filler strip, and fingerboard
Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard
Celluloid nitrate dot inlays — hand punched from celluloid sheet
1950's correct 17 degree angled headstock
1950's style single action 3/16 steel truss rod with brass nut
Period correct nylon 6/6 nut
Hand made truss-rod cover — high polished polyvinyl chloride
Kluson supreme vintage style tuners
Cellulose Acetate pick-guard with matching jack-plate and control cavity cover. Hand made in house
Mojoaxe, 33 gram aluminum wraparound bridge — machined from 7075 aircraft grade lightweight aluminum bar stock
Vintage correct long bridge studs with long bushings
Sanford Magnetics custom wound “SS90” dogear
1956 neck profile
1959 spec nickel-silver medium/high fretwire
Silkscreen done in matching Heather Poly ink
Metered 500k ViPots vintage torque and taper spec potentiometers
Luxe PIO bumble-bee capacitor
Luxe #8 gauge black PVC tubing inside wiring cavity — which even smells old
Switchcraft jack
Vintage correct #19 AWG Tinned Copper Ground Wire
Unplasticized nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Weather checking is real.
Time Machine Guitars
TM Les Paul Goldtop
A meticulous vintage-specification guitar built to exacting tolerances. Every detail — from the long-tenon neck joint to the hand-wound pickups — reflects the original 1950s instruments.
One piece Honduran mahogany neck & body; hot hide glue throughout — neck set, truss rod filler strip (eastern maple), fingerboard
Eastern hard-rock maple, adhered with UF adhesive
Holly veneer; MOP inlaid logo; 1950s correct 17° angle
Brazilian rosewood; cellulose nitrate Sorokin Pluma Model inlays — raw sheet stock by Mazzucchelli, Italy
1950s single action 3/16 steel, polished washer & brass nut; hand made 2-ply cover with roll-markings
Period correct nylon 6/6
1959 style C
1959 spec nickel-silver medium/high
Kluson keystone button, single ring/single line, aged in house
Custom Mojoaxe/Joey Landreth open-C gauge-compensated wraparound; 32g aircraft-grade 7075 aluminum, hand-ground softened edges; vintage correct long studs & extra-long bushings
Ron Ellis LRP PAF style; Bartlett Guitar Parts replica M69 cream pickup rings
Metered & matched 500k audio-taper ViPots (Centralab taper & torque spec); speed knobs with period correct numeric font, softened edges & aged in house; period correct volume indicator washers
Luxe Paper In Oil (PIO) "Bumble Bee"
Luxe #8 gauge black PVC tubing (wiring cavity); Luxe braided #22 AWG orange cloth 7-strand tinned copper hook-up wire; #19 AWG tinned copper ground wire; orange spaghetti cloth insulation for grounds; ABS black rear control cavity covers
Switchcraft jack; Switchcraft toggle switch with early 1950s flat nut, fine knurl; Catalin toggle tip turned from vintage rod samples, UV aged in house
1950s aniline dyed brown pore filler; period correct bronze flake gold; unplasticized nitrocellulose lacquer — weather checking is real
Time Machine Guitars
TM Les Paul Junior Sunburst
A meticulous vintage-specification guitar built to exacting tolerances. Every detail — from the long-tenon neck joint to the hand-wound pickups — reflects the original 1950s instruments.
One piece Honduran Mahogany neck and body
Hot hide glue construction; neck set, truss rod filler strip (eastern maple), and fingerboard
Custom art gold ink headstock silk screen applied with 50's era thread count mesh
Mother of Pearl inlaid logo
Cocobolo fingerboard
Celluloid nitrate dot inlays, hand punched and installed to slightly shrink back into inlay cavity
1950's correct 17 degree angled headstock
1950's style single action 3/16 steel truss rod with polished washer & brass nut
Period correct nylon 6/6 nut (nut radius and surrounding frets working away from a 16” radius to facilitate slide playing)
Strung 17–56 Stringjoy custom string — tuned to open C
Kluson 6-inline strip button tuners, in-house replaced ivroid buttons — aged in house
Pigtail vintage replica, 32 gram aluminum wraparound bridge — grooved back without counter bores, just like the originals
Vintage correct long bridge studs with extra long bushings
1956 vintage P90 sitting in until Ron Ellis dogear is ready
1956 style medium full “C” neck profile
1959 spec nickel-silver medium/high fret-wire
ViPots — metered and matched audio taper Centralab inspired pots
Speed knobs with period correct numeric font; aged in house
Period correct volume indicator washers, with a soft rounded over point
Luxe Paper In Oil (PIO) “Bumble Bee” capacitor
Luxe #8 gauge black PVC tubing inside wiring cavity — which even smells old
Custom order Luxe braided metal shield #22 AWG orange cloth 7-strand tinned copper hook-up wire
Celluloid 4 ply rear control cavity cover, in tort pattern
Switchcraft jack
Vintage correct #19 AWG Tinned Copper Ground Wire
1950's accurate aniline dyed brown pore filler and period correct opaque yellow with aniline dye tobacco brown burst
Unplasticized nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Weather checking is real.
Main Stage custom made flight case