Guitarist (Digital)

Guitarist (Digital)

1 Issue, January 2019

Mixed And Maxed

Are we doomed to a future of the same old classic designs? Not if Smitty Guitars has anything to do with it – these originals mix up their influences
Mixed And Maxed
Eric ‘Smitty’ Smid started playing guitar in his teens during the mid-70s, inspired by discovering the late Jimi Hendrix. He started his nickname-based custom guitar company nearly a decade ago: based in Nieuw-Vennep, a few kilometres south west of Amsterdam, Eric builds primarily bolt-ons with the occasional set-neck design, with the help of his son. “I’m more of a ‘Fender’ guy,” he tells us. “It’s always been Strats and Teles that were my first guitars. Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan…” Unsurprisingly, the Strat- and Tele-based Smitty Classics are very popular. “I could build those forever,” he tells us, “but I always have my own creations – I like to put my own creativity into my own models.” Along with those Classics, Eric currently offers four original outlines, which can be…
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