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KAHLER TREMS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE UK
We can supply New Guitar & Bass Kahler Trems and
a Retro-fitting/Installation service
We also have a
limited stock of
Original Kahler Spares
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Royale Swordstress Custom
Review on
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November 2007
The Royale 'Andy Powell
Pickup Set' is available to custom order...
Please contact us using the email link below
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LAST UPDATED
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November
2007
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Email : - kev_royale@yahoo.co.uk
October 2007
Andy Powell's three Royale Angel Guitars
Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash) picked up his third Royale Angel Guitar this month.
His new Angel V is
"Warrior"
(Right) along with "Chamille"
(Left), and his Ist one "PC"
(Centre).
Warrior is finished in 'Black
Zodiac', Chamille in 'Cherry' and PC in 'Champagne'.
More info and details on all three are in the
PC,
Chamille and Warrior links...
Please click on the highlights above.
Andy now has a
specially designed set of Royale
Pickups in both
"Warrior"
and "Chamille",
two of his Royale Angel Vs.
These pickups are now generally available to order through this site.
Please mail : -
kev_royale@yahoo.co.uk
ANGEL WARRIOR
There are some more pix and info if you click on
WARRIOR
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May 2007
New Royale Models
Royale
Swordstress Special III
Other Swordstress models available to
order:
Swordstress Junior
Swordstress Special II
Swordstress Deluxe
Swordstress Standard II
Swordstress Standard III
Swordstress XS I, II & III
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Speaker
Cabinets
We are now producing a range of
custom built speaker cabinets.
Initially 1x10, 1x12, 2x10 & 2x12.
Pix and info to come
* * * * *
December 2006
SHOP
Soon there will be a
small online shop on this site for Royale Pickups,
Kahlers,
Vibrolas and other
'bits and pieces' of hardware. Click on links above.
If what you want is not listed - drop us a line anyway because we can probably
get it within
a couple of weeks !
* * * * *
NOVEMBER 2006
KAHLER TREMS
We can supply New Guitar & Bass Kahlers and
a Retro-fitting service.
(Also
Kahler fixed bridges)
We are stocking the new
Kahler trem units from
this month...
Initially the new 7300 flat mount & 7200 stud mount
Hybrids which we currently have in stock,
along with Standard Arms,
Pro "finger tip" Control Arms
and Palm Handles and both
Standard and Pro
Quick Release string locks.
We will also be stocking the 2200
Stud Mount Series and and 2300 Flat Mount
Pro Unit Series.
All parts will be available in Chrome,
Black and Gold.
If you want any Kahler units or info about
them.....
.....please drop us a line by clicking the e-mail link at the top of the page.
We also have a limited stock of Original Kahler Spares.
Kahler 7200 Hybrid
stud-mount.
CLICK FOR THE NEW KAHLER TREM SHOP
We will be arranging pix of all the Kahler
products we will stock as they come in and will have a
special Kahler section on this site as well
as on the new "Royale Guitars" website :
This will include Kahler
Guitar & Bass Tremolo units, Guitar &
Bass Fixed Bridges & Accessories.
If you do have any
questions or requests... Please drop us a line using the "Contact"
Email link above.
If we haven't got it - we'll try our best to get it for you as soon as we can.
* * * * *
August 2006
ROYALE PICKUPS by GEMINI
Royale Guitars are launching a new range of
pickups this month:
We are bringing out a range of Pickups that are custom hand-wound for us by
Gemini
There's a link to Gemini in the "Links"
section.
These include Single coils,
'Fat' Single coils and
Humbuckers.
Currently the range
is:
VP-54 Kite,
VP-54H Red Kite,
VP-54B
White Kite &
VP-54R Black Kite - "S-type" Single coils.
VP-52 Falcon and
VP-52H Fire Falcon - "Fat" Single coils.
VP-36 CC
& VP-36 TB
- Specialist Jazz "Fat" single coils.
VP-57 Merlin, VP-59
Kestrel, VP-60 Raven, CP-86 Eagle, CP-87 Buzzard,
MP-97
Vulture,
MP-97 King Vulture &
MP-98 Vulturine - Humbuckers.
Additionally the VP-47 Hawk &
VP-48 Harrier single coils are
'in the pipeline'
along with the VP-58 Condor, CP-86 Screaming Eagle &
CP-86 Imperial Eagle - Humbuckers.
Later in the year we are also reintroducing the Classic
Cream Dream & Dirt Box
Humbuckers that
we originally made back in the mid 1980s.
We will have more information up about all these pickups as soon as we can.
If you do have any questions - please drop us an e-mail.
* * * * *
March 2006
BENTLEY MOTORS
Kev & Lyn had the honour of being invited
to Bentley Motors in Crewe, UK to have a tour
around the factory.
It's a long story, but we're hoping to get write-up about the visit up on the
website a bit later.
It was an awe-inspiring experience including a drive in the New
Bentley Flying Spur ! AMAZING!!!
* * * * *
MUDDY MANNINEN
Muddy on stage at The Limelight in Crewe. Photo by Lyn Chilcott 13.03.06
Muddy from
Wishbone Ash is now using a 'vintage'
Royal 'SCS' Junior on their UK tours
through Matamps alongside his Gibson Les Paul and
Fender Strat.
Below: A Royal on the
left with Muddy and A Royale
on the right with Andy - In Harmony.
February 2006
KAHLER TREM
UNITS
We have been in contact with
Kahler USA since NAMM:
The really good news is that New Kahler units are
finally now available and spares for old units
likewise.
We are not currently keeping any in stock, but they are available on request and
we can get them.
We are hoping that this will change in time if there is a big enough demand.
These are stunningly good units and are the best trem
system in our opinion.
We do have a few spares we acquired ourselves - so,
if you do have any requirements please drop us a line.
* * * * *
January 2006
The Custom Royal Medusa Deluxe from 1989
Click the pic above for some more pix and info.
* * * * *
A recent picture of a Royal 'Quilted' Electra made in 1988
Click the pic above for some more pix and info.
* * * * *
Pix and News from The
Wishbone Ash Convention on 29th October 2005
ASHCON 2005
~ Click Above ~
Photograph by Bob Greaves ©2005
A collection of Royal Guitars displayed at
Ashcon 2005.
We now have a selection of merchandise available including the T-Shirts as seen in the
picture.
To see details of these please click on the 'Merch' link above which will take
you to the new
Royale Guitars website.
* * * * *
New Pic of an Electra
Bass as seen in :
Bass Guitar Magazine Issue 18
- May / June 05
Click above for a Bigger
Pic.
* * * * *
A New Royale Guitar Model for 2005:
The Swordstress
There is more information and pix (to come) in the Royale Guitars Section.
* * * * *
Specialist Custom Inlay Work
We're planning a special
section on Custom Inlay work and to extend
the "Inlay" Section.
I've had quite a few enquiries now from both sides of The
Atlantic and also other parts
of The World regarding having Custom
Inlays done, including Custom Designed Inlays
for different types of instruments and using different materials:
Mother-of -Pearl, Abalone,
Paua plus other Shells and Metals
like Brass.
Please Note
I'm afraid that All Inlay work at this level is very
time consuming indeed,
so I am only able to take on a limited number of projects
each year !
* * * * *
Royal Razorback Guitar & Bass
Apart from a Razorback
Guitar , a Razorback Bass from 1989 has
recently 'turned up'.
We're hoping to get some pix soon.
* * * * *
Hardware
Kahler
2300 Tremolo Units !
Plus 'limited'
spares.
Please email
for availability.
If you have any Specific Hardware Requirements 'in general'..... Please email.
* * * * *
Original Model Electra & New Model Elektra
There has recently been a great deal of
interest in the
Original Electra
Guitars and Electra
Bass Guitars from the 1980s...
...therefore,
New Royale
Elektra models of both Guitar
and Bass are
being planned
and are currently on the 'drawing board' for final 'tweaks'.
* * * * *
Chilkev
'Bitocaster'©
Guitars
Section
Andy Powell with his S-Type Chilkev Bitocaster
Bitocasters© are 'variations' on the more "Standard" Type Bolt on neck Guitars
* * * * *
The New
Royale
Blue Angel Flying V Guitar
should be up and running later in the year.
* * * * *
Old Pictures of
The Original
Angel V
and
The Crystal
X-plorer
New Pix
of a
1988 Pink Royal Electra
Bass
Live Video-Clips
of Andy Powell's Royale Angel
Flying V Guitar on www.4x12.com
4x12.com has a brilliant Links Section
as well - definitely worth a visit for 'Gear-heads' !
Pix of
Royal SFV Custom 1987
Quilted Maple top with Rosewood fingerboard,
'SF' inlays and 'drooped' headstock.
( Alternatively
known as an "Ultra V".)
Pix of
"PC"
Royale
"Angel V" Serial Number 001 on the Left
"Chamille" Royale "Angel V" Serial Number 002 on the Right
The Andy Powell Signature Angel 'V' Models
WISHBONE
ASH SECTION
The White Angel
Flying V
Mitch Harris
NAPALM
DEATH SECTION
The Blue Junior
Eddie
Allen
The Wildcats
Pink Electra Bass and Pink Electra Guitar
Pepsi Tate & Jay Pepper
Tigertailz
Pictures...
All
Royal Guitar
models from 1986 to 1989 (apart from some Custom
requests) were fitted with...
... Kahler Pro 2300 Tremolo units, (the Washburn
2001 the other option).
Royal and some Seymour
Duncan pickups were fitted on Royal
Guitar models in 1986
& 1987...
... but from 1987 to 1989
- EMG
81 and 85 Active
Pickups were standard.
* * * * *
Pix of
'88
Royal 'Thru-neck' Custom Guitar
Repair Section :
-
Replacing Mother-of-Pearl Dots.
Repairing 'nail gouges' in a
fingerboard.
Coming Soon.....
.....Refretting a Standard Rosewood
Fingerboard.
On Stage
New... Royal
Guitars On Stage Page...
...including
a Pink Electra
Guitar
and Pink Electra
Bass.
Guitars
Pix of...
The '89 Medusa Junior Custom
, The '89 Medusa Custom ,
an '88 Pink Electra Mk II
, The Medusa
Special '88 .
Pix of
The 'Guitarist' Mk I Electra
'87 & '88 Yellow Electra Mk II ,
Pictures of The Medusa Junior
Prototype Guitar + The Razorback Guitar
& Magenta Guitar Pix.
Please also see the Reviews and Comments sections.
* * * * *
.....with underlined Hyperlinks below to Specific Sections
ADVICE
If you need any help or
advice on anything guitar related...
Set up, hardware, tools, repairs or restorations etc.
... drop me a line on - kev_royale@yahoo.co.uk
& I'll try to help you out.
I can get most things.
Alphabetical
Site Index
(Under
Construction - so don't go there yet
;0)
Design & Construction
. Care and Set-up
. Repair & Restoration
A few fundamentals of
the process. Taking care of your
charge. Damage limitation - Minor to Major.
Retro-Fitting
and Customisation
This is potentially a
huge section covering Inlay,
Hardware,
Pickups, Finishing
and Electronics
etc.
Designing
and Building a Guitar from Scratch
Essentially, all
the steps required from
the 'drawing board' to
the finished instrument.
Initially, making an Angel Flying V
and a Huntress. Later - a Bass, an Acoustic and a
Semi Acoustic.
Making a
'Shaped' Guitar Case
Initially, I'm
looking at a shaped
"Flying V" case
in this section.
M-O-P,
Abalone & Brass Inlay work
The 'Fiddly'
Bits... and Mother-of-Pearl is pretty 'fiddly' stuff to cut and inlay !
Royal
Guitar Pictures
This link will take you to all the Royal
Guitar Models over the years...
...from Standard Types
to Custom Stuff.
ROYAL
GUITARS ON STAGE
Pix of a few guys..... havin'
a great time !
COMMENTS ON - ROYAL GUITARS AND THIS SITE
Please feel free to 'drop
us a line' on our email address below...
HISTORY
How Royal
Guitars came about - from the First
Guitar... to
the Last Exhibition.
REVIEWS
...Various
opinions and references
over the years.
THANKS
...To
all those people
who made
'it'
all
possible.
Amplification
.
Hardware
.
Effects
Pedals
Royal Amps
and Cabs Some of the
'stuff' used on Royals Some really
nice Pedals
Personal
.
Humour
. Feedback
An
'odd' bit of
History
;0)
Feedback email link
Royal Guitars
"TIMELINE"
...Tracing Royal Guitars
from 1981 when the first one
was finished...
Where have they been &
Where are they Now ?
The end of 2005
marks the 25th Anniversary
of Kev starting making guitars !
A small number celebratory guitars are being planned for
2006 - if time allows.
* * * * *
A
Few 'Tasty' Pieces
...some
nice 'sexy' gear through the
years - Guitarwise !
Tasty
Amps
...just
a few from the '50s through to Now.
GEAR
NOTICEBOARD
Second-hand Equipment both Wanted
and For Sale.
THE BIG
PIX PAGE
Large Pictures
of Royal Guitars.
LINKS
...To other sites of interest - from Amplification
to Weirdology !
"Royale
Guitars"
From 2002
onwards
Chilkev
'Bitocaster' Guitars
Bolt on neck Type
Guitars Section
* * * * *
Wanted
: Pictures
of Royal Guitars Please.
Any pix would be great thanks
- If you have a Royal... it would be really nice to hear from you.
* * * * *
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2002 (02.15.02)...
...this site was designed and constructed by K and L Chilcott : - kev_royale@yahoo.co.uk
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designs,
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G-Type
also J-Type, P-Type, S-Type, & T-Type (1985),
Angel & Electra (1986), Medusa & Warbird
(1987), Magenta (1988),
Razorback & Chimera (1989).
Also... the "Royale"
Guitar & Bass model names : -
Angel, Archangel, Desperado, Elektra, Huntress, Katalina,
Khymera, Majenta, Meduza, Phoenix, Razorback, Renegade,
Swordstress, Vigilante, Vixen, Warbird, Widowmaker, Zepher & Zodiak, also M-Type,
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& Basses
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P-Type, J-Type, I-Type, M-Type, Jag-Type, Jazz-Type & Junior-Type
Guitars & Basses.
Copyright © Kevin & Linda Chilcott
2003.
and
Royale
Pickup range and model names:
Cream Dream
&
Dirtbox
- Humbuckers...
Copyright © Kevin & Linda Chilcott
1986.
VP-47 Hawk, VP-48 Harrier,
VP-54 Kite,
VP-54B White Kite, VP-54H Red Kite,
VP-54R Black Kite & VP-54F Kite Imperial - Single coils.
VP-52 Falcon & VP-52H Fire Falcon
- "Fat" Single coils.
VP-36 CC & VP-36 TB - Specialist Jazz "Fat"
single coils.
VP-57 Merlin, VP-58 Condor, VP-59 Kestrel, VP-60 Raven, CP-86 Eagle, CP-86
Screaming Eagle, CP-86 Eagle Imperial,
CP-87 Buzzard,
MP-97 Vulture,
MP-97 King Vulture
& MP-98 Vulturine
- Humbuckers...
Copyright © Kevin & Linda Chilcott
2006.
Royale Guitars
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This Website is dedicated to
the memory my parents Peter &
Irene Chilcott
without whom, obviously, I wouldn't be here...
...but also for their support of me going off in a direction that was highly unpredictable,
unstable and 'high risk',
that they wouldn't have chosen for me, but none the less I was 'stupid' enough to go
down.
I reckon that they'd be pretty pleased at how things have turned out... so far.
This website is also dedicated to Lyn's
parents John
& Pat Bristow,
who, over 20 years ago, let their daughter go off with this
"weirdo guitar maker"
from London, for them to just let us get on with it and give us their eternal
support, somewhere to
get a shower & a sleep on occasion, always having loads of food available
when we were about and for their
on-going support and encouragement for our goals as a family. We couldn't have
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