Ellis Guitars
Ellis Guitars is a company based in Perth, Western Australia producing handmade acoustic guitars and acoustic stompboxes. In recent years the company has produced variants upon a resonator design.
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| Private | |
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Headquarters | Perth, Western Australia |
Area served | Global |
| Products | Custom guitars and equipment |
| Website | ellisguitars.com |
Seven-string resonator guitar
The seven-string resonator guitar is a single-cone design with an added harp string, and can be on a bass or baritone scale length. This guitar was first demonstrated in Melbourne Australia 2005. It is currently owned and played by Jeff Martin formerly of The Tea Party.
Jeff Martin played this guitar on his album Exile and the Kingdom (2006) on the songs "Black Snake Blues", "Lament" and "Good Times". Jeff Martin also played the 7 string as recorded on Live at the Enmore Theatre (DVD) in Sydney, Australia on 7 September 2006 during his Australian Tour.
Other instruments
Ellis Guitars also builds traditional acoustic instruments such as Martin-style OOO, OM, Dreadnought and Jumbo acoustic guitars. Also built are Weissenborn-style guitars.
Ellis Stomp Box
The Ellis stomp box sounds like a kick-drum and can be used as a trigger. The stompboxes built by Ellis Guitars are small in size. Traditionally stomp boxes have been large wooden boxes with a microphone underneath which produce a tap/boom sound usually to accompany a solo guitarist. The Ellis model is about the size of a CD case and plugs directly into an amplifier or P.A.
References
- AUSTRALIAN GUITAR MAGAZINE issue 55 page 44,45
BIOGRAPHY on ELLIS GUITARS - 2006
- AUSTRALIAN GUITAR MAGAZINE issue 50 page 16,17
Review of ELLIS STOMPBOX - 2006
- GROOVE MAGAZINE issue 10
BIOGRAPHY on ELLIS GUITARS - 2006