Time Guitars

One off custom. This was designed as an experiment in pointy design. I did the design by looking at a Guitar Player magazine ad with a magnifying glass! It inspired the PrimeTime series. What can I say! This was the eighties! Also, this was the 1st Time with a Floyd Rose. Notice this is the original...

This is a bright yellow with lime green polka dot Time Caster. It has a maple fingerboard. This was our 1st attempt a coloring the fretboard. It led the way for more experiments with graphics covering the whole guitar. This guitar never left the factory and was lost in the fire. http://www.timeguita...

In 1986, Time took the plunge and went to a agency for help with this piece. This brochure folded out to a almost full size picture of the guitars. The work was produced with the help of Designer David Spiedel & Mellisa of Versatile Graphics,, and photographers Barb Leslie and famed photographer...

I found this picture on the intertubes and have no idea who posted this. This is a bolt-on 1 piece neck with the fender style flat headstock. [no tilt] You can always spot a bolt-on by seeing the pickguard between the neck pickup and fretboard. http://www.timeguitars.com/images/36.jpg The body looks...

Tom, Over the years hundreds of the GS style guitars were built. Serials numbers were sequential. Early numbers can be found by lowering the neck pickup. The number is penciled on the end of the neck. Before about 1984...Time Guitars was robbed. I need to check So. Burlington police records for deta...

Tom, I'll down in my basement looking up all my old documents from Time. It was along time ago and I need to refresh my memory on this stuff. I'm thinking this is early 80's. If I find receipts for part purchases, I can really start doing an accurate history. Hopefully this forum will help! I just p...

This has a Gibson truss rod cover, Time starting making their own covers later that year. These guitars normally had brass nuts during this period. But this may have been a special request from Advance Music. Peter Wilder, of Advance, liked Graphite nuts. Most likely built in the early 80's
Chris

I remember building this guitar for I believe a guy in Plattsburg New York. He had a bar band and played very well. The Kahlers were installed at the factory. Early on, Floyd Rose wasn't allowing us to buy their tremolos, so for awhile we bought them from local music stores $$$$ Chris EDIT: Recent g...

Here's a mini caster. This is from around 1985-7. The switch is a 3 position. Normal, Coil drop, & series/parallel. This has a massive, honking pickup, intended to give this guitar some presence. http://www.timeguitars.com/images/13.jpg The mini Caster was built using the templates first created...

Here's a quick stab at explaining the models. I've included more photos on the early Time shop. These were provided by SollyDad. Thank you! All early models used a 2 letter 2 digit combination. The letters refer to the body style and scale length and the 2 numbers represent the 'TRIM' & wiring ...

http://www.timeguitars.com/images/7.jpg This has a very rare center pickup. custom inlay and 'Flight Strip' binding. Notice the 2 selector switches. The lower horn switch controls the center pickup. It's positions are: Center only, Center off, and center with bridge & neck pickups. This is how ...

I know there's quite a few of the acoustics in the wild. Got photos? http://www.timeguitars.com/images/Mahogony_Acoustic_1976_Web.jpg Here's a factory fresh 1976 Mahogany Acoustic. I'll let SollyDad comment on this one. He built it! http://www.timeguitars.com/images/Mahogony_Acoustic_1976_Detail.jp...

Tom Plunket submitted these photos of his MINT GS. Tom has taken great care of this GS. :) This is one of the 1st Guitars built in the Barn in South Burlington. How do I know? Pickup Selector is a Les Paul type. Pickups are modified Might-Mite with the chrome covers. The stop tailpiece from Schaller...

Ad for the Prime Time. It ran in Guitar Player and Musician magazines. I'm not sure whats new. This guitar was advertised starting in 1984.

Welcome to the Time Guitar Site. updated 09aug09. If you have additions or corrections to this history, please let me know. Thanks, Chris http://www.timeguitars.com/images/LogoTimePearl.gif The Time Logo Time Guitars was started by Alan Stack. The Company was located in several Vermont locations du...