Joe Doe Guitars 'Punkaster II' electric guitar, made in Engl...

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£1,000 - £2,000

Joe Doe Guitars 'Punkaster II' electric guitar, made in England; Body: custom designed nitro finished lightweight ash T-Type body with custom designed vinyl stickers; Neck: relic maple; Fretboard: relic maple; Frets: good; Electrics: working, Bare Knuckle Old Guard pickups with CTS pots and orange caps; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case with story sheet signed by the maker; Weight: 2.86kg; Overall condition: very good

*Joe Doe Guitars are the brain child of Ben Court, who designs and hand builds guitars that each have an interesting and fun story attached to them. The success of his concept led to him joining up with JHS Vintage to produce limited factory runs of his concepts and ideas.

In Joe Does's words: 'As soon as he learnt to walk, Brandon Hicks displayed a frightening talent for destruction; burning down the family condo aged five, breaking too many bones to keep count and even shattering his front teeth trying to catch a speeding baseball in his mouth. Having exhausted the patience of his parents and small town residents of Bone Lake, Wisconsin, teenager Hicks was exiled in 1977 and left to travel across America. Drifting from state to state, more wrecking ball than tumbleweed, Hicks eventually found his spiritual home in Times Square, New York, 1979. Hicks worked a ticket booth at the Wide Eye peepshow by day and played with his band Fist Meets Face at night. After only a few explosive shows, Fist Meets Face became the must-see act on the New York punk scene, where each performance would include a smashed guitar, a puddle of blood and, following the after-show party, another broken heart. (that's the story we're telling at Joe Doe Guitars...)'