Bonham Guitars: "1883" and "Cargo" models. Made in Australia from repurposed hardwoods. Fantastic! @BrettKingman

Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

https://www.bonhamguitars.com.au

Christopher Bonham is an Australian builder making superb guitars, largely from repurposed hardwoods found in vintage pianos, fireplaces and even his own 19th century home. Chris winds his own pickups and they're pretty darned amazing too. I was lucky to have Chris over today to show me a couple of his latest creations, one of which will be staying here. Ladies and gents, I present to you the Christopher Bonham Guitars "1883" and "Cargo" (which I call the Tiramisu). I hope you enjoy our show and tell.

Visit Christopher Bonham Guitars @ https://www.bonhamguitars.com.au

Today's tools:

Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running FW 32.06. Various models.
Cables: Various
IEMs: 64 Audio A6t - 64audio.com/products/a6t
Strings: Ernie Ball Paradigm 10-46
Pick: Signature Honey Pick honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman
Mic: Audix USA A231 - audixusa.com/products/a231
Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - presonus.com
Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/
Headphones: Audix A152 - audixusa.com/products/a152
All Stands: Gravity Stands - gravitystands.com/en
Computer: 2025 Apple M3 Ultra.
All backing tracks courtesy of, written and recorded by Elevated Jam Tracks unless otherwise noted. See: youtube.com/elevatedjamtracks

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Bonham Guitars: 1883 and Cargo models. Made in Australia from repurposed hardwoods. Fantastic!

Thorn Soundlabs: BLACK SWAMP Flexible Fuzz / Overdrive

Fender: American Professional Classic JAGUAR®

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$Fender 75th Anniversary American Professional Classic Cabronita Telecaster® https://au.fender.com/products/75th-anniversary-american-professional-classic-cabronita-telecaster Heres a quick and dirty look at the recently released Fender 75th Anniversary American Professional Classic Cabronita Telecaster®, a guitar that for me has all the right bits in all the right places and no frills. I love that. The TV Jones Classic Pickups are clear, articulate and most unforgiving (a good thing - keeps me on my toes). Its a joy to play and easy on the eye too. Winner. The patch for this demo can be downloaded from Fractal Audios Forum: https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/new-stage-patch-written-in-12b3-fender-cabronita-demo-as-well.220710/ Todays tools: Guitar: 2026 Fender 75th Anniversary American Professional Classic Cabronita Telecaster® Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running FW 32.04. Various models. Cables: Various IEMs: 64 Audio A6t Strings: Ernie Ball Paradigm 10-46 Pick: Signature Honey Pick https://www.honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman Mic: Audix USA A231 - https://audixusa.com/products/a231/ Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2 Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32 Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - https://www.presonus.com Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/ Headphones: Audix A152 - https://audixusa.com/products/a152/ All Stands: Gravity Stands - https://www.gravitystands.com/en/ Computer: 2025 Apple M3 Ultra$

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