Shergold Custom Masquerader

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Step into the world of precision and craftsmanship with the Shergold Custom Masquerader, a stunning entry in the realm of solid body electric guitars. Shergold, a name synonymous with quality, offers a guitar that seamlessly blends vintage aesthetics with modern performance. Designed for both the stage and the studio, the Custom Masquerader is your ticket to an extraordinary sonic journey.

The guitar's body is crafted from solid tonewoods, ensuring robustness and excellent resonance, which is crucial for achieving that rich, full sound. Its neck, a hallmark of Shergold's attention to detail, provides a comfortable playing experience ideal for both beginners and seasoned musicians. The fretboard is engineered for smooth navigation, making complex chord transitions feel effortless.

Equipped with versatile pickup configurations, the Custom Masquerader adapts to any genre, whether you are channeling classic rock vibes or crafting contemporary indie tracks. The precision-engineered bridge and tuning pegs maintain excellent intonation and sustain, ensuring your performance remains flawless from start to finish.

Key Features:

Solid tonewood body for enhanced resonance
Comfortable neck design for easy playability
Versatile pickup configurations for a range of musical styles
Precision-engineered bridge and tuning pegs for excellent intonation
Smooth fretboard ideal for complex chord transitions

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Setup and maintenance

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The Shergold's frets are intentionally very flat, allowing for a super low action combined with a dual end adjustable truss rod.
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Owners recommend using alligator clips for temporary wiring connections and an ammeter for continuity testing during trial-and-error wiring.
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It's crucial to separate certain pickup wires for correct installation, avoiding phase issues with existing pickups.
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Early models from 1976 did not originally come with string trees; any added ones are aftermarket modifications.
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Features and functionality

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The guitar features a unique switching system, which makes the low output pickups enjoyable to experiment with.
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The guitar's pickup selectors include options for coil splitting and an out of phase switch, although some users prefer a straightforward bridge pickup setup.
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User experience

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Owners appreciate the Shergold for its nice neck and unique tonal potential, despite its low output pickups.
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The guitar can develop a hum if the bridge ground wire isn't soldered properly, emphasizing the importance of correct grounding.
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An Iron Gear Rolling Mill pickup was used to replace a missing bridge pickup, highlighting its compatibility with the Shergold.
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One owner nostalgically recalled owning a Shergold Masquerader as their first electric guitar until the late 1980s, indicating its lasting impression.
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Build quality

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The finish checking is a common issue, particularly with black models, due to the subpar lacquer finish used by Jim Burns.
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The neck is compared to that of Mosrite guitars, noted for a similar feel and favored by some players.
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happymattress

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about 10 years ago

British Gold

My father told me stories of his Custom Masquerader and how he regretted ever selling it. To see if the legends were true, i bought one for myself. When i received it, it had missing knobs and all the moisture had been sucked out of it, I was beginning to lose hope... But I pursued its restoration and eventually I had a mostly working and mostly stock guitar, and it appears the legends were no mere myth. The neck felt great and the action was amazingly low for an old, unloved British guitar. it's a shame that it has never gained much of a following but this is definitely a guitar I shall keep treasured.

jimmarchi1

40997

10 years ago about 10 years ago

awesome looking axe, so ghetto its cool!

happymattress

200

10 years ago about 10 years ago

They really do have a charm of their own, they look even better in a 'Apple Green' sunburst finish: http://www.shergold.co.uk/images/gallery/hpc_custmasq6_4.jpg

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Roland Orzabal

Singer, Guitarist

Tears for Fears

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The band Graduate formed in 1978, in Bath, England. They were only very mildly successful, and broke up by 1981 On this tv show you can see the white guitar SHERGOLD Custom Masquerader (zoom on 1:52)

The same guitar: https://www.shergold.co.uk/collection.html?detail=CustomMasquerader6_3

Gary Marx

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The Sisters of Mercy

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Gary wrote: "It's a Shergold Masquerader (not unlike the one favoured by Bernard in his Joy Division days.)

I got it soon after the Sisters became a gigging unit buying it off a mate of Craig's. Pretty much all the pre Warners era gigs would have seen me using it for some or all of the gig. It also features on a good many recordings and official releases (certainly there on Heartland and Floorshow, probably on Adrenochrome and Body Electric as well).

As I said it bit the dust at Rock City - I snapped the head clean off and despite a valiant attempt to glue it back together it was never played again. If you check out the back of the body you can see an early attempt in white paint at the Anaconda snake-skin pattern.

As if that weren't enough I dare say I wrote all the stuff on FAALA on it (never went in for that acoustic guitar approach.)"

https://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=227440#227440