Eric Daw Pin-Up Custom "Heather" #271 S-Style Electric Guitar – Lake Placid Blue | No Limit Guitar Co, Idaho Falls
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The Eric Daw Pin-Up Custom Guitar "Heather" #271 is a handcrafted S-style electric guitar built one-at-a-time by local Idaho Falls artist, guitar engineer, and business owner Eric Daw. Serial number 271 in his celebrated Pin-Up Custom Guitar series, "Heather" delivers clear, articulate highs and a warm, balanced midrange suited to intermediate and advanced players who demand boutique quality with authentic vintage-voiced tone. Every component on this guitar reflects the standard of a builder who makes no compromises — from the hand-wound pickups to the hand-shaped bone nut.
Product Overview
"Heather" #271 is finished in Lake Placid Blue over a solid alder body — the same tonewood and color combination that defined American electric guitar design for decades. Alder contributes a tight, balanced frequency response with even dynamics and resonant sustain. One of the most visually captivating details of this guitar's finish is something you have to see up close: subtle horizontal lines that run across the body of the guitar, barely visible at a distance but beautifully present when the light hits the surface at the right angle. This phenomenon is known as grain telegraphing — the natural wood grain of the alder body showing through the lacquer finish from beneath. On "Heather," it gives the Lake Placid Blue an organic depth and dimension that changes with every shift in lighting, making this guitar as visually alive as it is sonically expressive.
The neck is a maple and rosewood combination with a Standard C profile — one of the most universally comfortable neck shapes across all playing styles and hand sizes. The rosewood fretboard carries a vintage-correct 7.25" radius with medium frets (.080" x .040"), delivering that classic slightly rounded feel underhand that rewards both rhythm playing and expressive lead work. True-Tune tuners provide precise, stable tuning, and Eric's signature detail — an unbleached bone nut shaped entirely by hand — ensures clean string break angle and exceptional open-string tone that prefabricated plastic or synthetic nuts simply cannot match.
"Heather" is equipped with Alnico II single-coil pickups wound by hand by Eric Daw to vintage specifications. Using top-quality, vintage-correct, made-in-the-USA magnet wire, flatwork, and magnets, and feeding the wire by hand rather than by machine, Daw produces pickups with the nuanced, complex tonal character that mass-produced alternatives consistently miss. Standard wiring (1 volume, 2 tone controls) keeps everything intuitive. The guitar weighs in at a comfortable 7 lbs. 10 oz. — light enough for long gigs, substantial enough to resonate fully.
Ideal For
- Blues, classic rock, country, and surf players seeking expressive single-coil articulation with authentic vintage tone
- Experienced players ready to step into a boutique, hand-built instrument with genuine character and craftsmanship
- Collectors and enthusiasts who appreciate individually numbered, limited-run guitars made by a single luthier
- Studio and recording players demanding consistent, nuanced tone from hand-wound pickups and precision setup
- Idaho Falls musicians who want to own a piece of locally made guitar history, handcrafted right here in the Gem State
Key Features
Hand-Wound Alnico II Pickups — Built for Vintage Tone Eric Daw winds every pickup by hand to vintage specifications using top-quality American-made magnet wire and Alnico II magnets. He feeds the wire on by hand — unlike many so-called "boutique" builders who use machines to guide the winding process. This time-intensive method produces the subtle coil variations responsible for that sought-after "edge of feedback" vintage character that production pickups reliably miss.
Hand-Shaped Unbleached Bone Nut Every Pin-Up Custom Guitar receives a bone nut shaped entirely by hand — no prefabricated plastic, no Tusq substitutes. The unbleached bone delivers superior string-to-nut contact, improved open-string sustain, and smoother tuning stability. As Eric says: "If you are paying over a grand for a guitar that doesn't have a handmade bone nut, then something is wrong."
Lake Placid Blue Finish with Grain Telegraphing "Heather" wears a vintage-aged Lake Placid Blue lacquer finish that reveals a stunning visual detail up close: the natural horizontal grain lines of the alder body telegraph through the finish beneath the color, creating a living, organic texture that shifts subtly with light and viewing angle. It is a hallmark of real solid wood construction and genuine handcraft — not a flaw, but a feature.
Maple/Rosewood Neck — Standard C Profile, 7.25" Radius The maple neck with rosewood fretboard plays exactly as a vintage-spec S-style should. The 7.25" fingerboard radius is slightly rounded underhand for comfortable chord playing, while the Standard C profile accommodates a wide range of hand sizes. Medium frets (.080" x .040") provide a classic feel with confident playability across the full range of the neck.
True-Tune Tuners and Performance-First Hardware True-Tune tuners deliver stable, accurate tuning. Eric is deliberate about not aging hardware in ways that compromise performance — a problem common with lesser relic guitars, where over-aged tuners fail and saddles lock up. Every component on "Heather" is selected for tone and reliability first, aesthetics second.
What's Included
- Eric Daw Pin-Up Custom Guitar "Heather" #271 — S-Style, Lake Placid Blue
- Signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity from Eric Daw (2024)
- Serial Number: #271
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Builder | Eric Daw — Pin-Up Custom Guitars, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA |
| Serial Number | #271 ("Heather") |
| Style | S-Style |
| Body | Solid Alder |
| Finish | Lake Placid Blue — Vintage Aged |
| Neck Wood | Maple |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Fingerboard Radius | 7.25" |
| Fret Size | .080" x .040" |
| Neck Profile | Standard C |
| Pickguard | 3-Ply Mint |
| Pickups | Alnico II — Hand-wound by Eric Daw to vintage specs |
| Wiring | Standard (1 Volume, 2 Tone) |
| Tuners | True-Tune |
| Nut | Unbleached Bone — Hand-shaped |
| Degree of Aging | Vintage Aged |
| Weight | 7 lbs. 10 oz. |
| Year Built | 2024 |
| Origin | Handmade in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA |
Why a Pin-Up Custom Guitar?
Eric Daw answers it directly: "Tone! My guitars don't just look vintage, they sound right too. The utmost care and attention to detail is given to the making of these guitars. I am one man making guitars one at a time. The other guys mass produce guitars that have 'the look,' but they miss the point because they don't go the extra mile with the sound and the details."
On his pickups: "My own pickups that I make and wind by hand to vintage specs using top quality, vintage correct, made in the USA magnet wire, flatwork, and magnets. I feed the wire on by hand unlike many new 'boutique' pickup makers that are actually using machines to guide the wire."
Built one at a time, right here at 645 Lincoln Drive in Idaho Falls, Idaho — this is what a handmade guitar is supposed to be.
Get Your Hands on This S-Style Guitar Today
"Heather" #271 is a one-of-a-kind, individually numbered instrument — when she's gone, she's gone. Stop by No Limit Guitar Co in Idaho Falls to play her in person and hear the difference that hand-wound pickups and a genuine bone nut make. Contact us today or visit our website to learn more.
