PJD ST JOHN STANDARD FROM £1,299
Starting at just £1,299, the St John Standard from PJD represents great value from a UK builder. Ordering is easy, too, thanks to a configurator on the PJD website where you can choose your neck (maple/roasted flamed maple), fingerboard (rosewood, maple) and headstock (natural/painted), plus pickups (P-90/humbuckers), tuners (Gotoh vintage/locking) and finish. Talking of which, PJD will apply a ‘spray-over’, with a three-tone ’burst applied under your top finish, which is then revealed with some light ageing. www.pjdguitars.com