Collection: Rick Turner Guitars

It gives us great pleasure to announce that we are Rick Turner Guitars' new exclusive UK dealer.

Sadly, the pioneering Rick Turner left us in 2022, but he left his company in the very capable hands of a talented team of luthiers who are continuing Rick's legacy.

A former Alembic co-owner, Rick started Rick Turner Guitars in 1979 following the design of the Model 1 as a response to the needs of a certain Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, who wanted a guitar that gave him the elements he liked from a Stratocaster and a Les Paul so that he didn't have to tour with both.

The Model 1

The Model 1 is the greatest legacy of Rick Turner's impressive career.

A guitar built to satisfy the requirements of Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham in 1979 after a conversation ensued when Rick was servicing John McVie's Alembic basses, the Model 1 has undergone very few revisions from the guitar that Rick delivered to Lindsey in 1979.

Lindsey was looking for a guitar to combine what he liked about the Stratocaster and Les Paul so that he didn't have to tour with both. What has become synonymous with Lindsey's tone ever since is what is now known as the Model 1 C Deluxe, with full body binding, the Turner signature humbucker with active electronics and a semi-parametric EQ.

Today, the Model 1 is offered as three different versions, from the most modestly priced Special, through to the 'bells and whistles' Deluxe and the Standard in between. While the Deluxe version features a five-piece laminate maple and purpleheart neck rather than a solid mahogany neck, the differences between the three versions are mostly decorative.

Model 1 Demo Videos

Renaissance

The Renaissance is a shallow, thinline semi-hollow guitar, but can cover both acoustic and electric guitar bases when a humbucker is added to the piezo pickup.

A hugely versatile instrument that is built like an acoustic guitar with bent sides, and strung with acoustic guitar strings, but with a cedar centre block to avoid feedback, the Renaissance is another Rick Turner model often found in the hands of Lindsey Buckingham.

Model 1, Electroline & Renaissance Basses

White we are focusing on instruments with six strings, you can also order a Rick Turner bass guitar through us as a custom order.

Rick Turner Guitars offers electric basses in the form of the Model 1 and Electroline, while the Renaissance bass adds an acoustic bass guitar to the line up.

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