On the back of the Doc's thread and the bemoaning of what F & G are doing these days I thought I post some pics of my Shergold Masquarader, handmade in London in this case in 1976
Jack Golding and Norm Houlder were craftsmen of the highest order and were were associated with Hayman, Baldwin & Burns guitars of the same period, the Shergold logo shows a woodworker using traditional tools to form a guitar body.
The pickups are split coil humbuckers that can be set as HB, SC or out of phase at the flick of a switch so the tonal palate is very broad, the Re-An pickups could be thought of as being a bit on the weak side but that also reflects the time they were made and also the sounds of the time.
They are also renowned for cracking in the nitro finish.
Safe to say they don't make many like this anymore and definitely not for the price ~$360.00 in 1976 and probably around a grand today if you can find one on fleabay.
( sad to say I swapped a 59 Tele for this when it was hanging on the shop wall )
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