Rat Bait Guitars Reimagined - Quote The Raven

A Dirge for the Discarded: Rat Bait Guitars Reimagined

In the dim recesses of North Devon, where the mist clings to the moor like sorrow to memory, there lies a sanctum—a shed, humble and haunted, wherein the dead wood sings again. Rat Bait Guitars, born not of sterile precision but of resurrection and rebellion, crafts its relics from the remnants of lives once lived. Each body—be it of shattered Strat or splintered fencepost—is a revenant, a revenant with strings.

Lo! The Barnwood Hybrid Telecaster—what fiendish alchemy hath wrought this chimera? A Jedson’s ghost entwined with Stratocaster sinew, its form hewn from roofing timber that once braved the storm. It weighs heavy, not merely in mass but in memory, its 22 frets a ladder to some infernal heaven. The finish? A scarred testament to imperfection, like the pallor of a corpse kissed by time.

And the Hardtail Strat—red as blood, black as despair—assembled from the bones of a bookcase and the cadaver of a broken Strat. Routed for single coils, it hums not with harmony but with defiance. It is not pristine. It is punk. It is Poe’s raven, croaking “Nevermore” to the polished pretense of mass production.

Each guitar is a tale, stitched not with silk but solder, its body a reliquary of ruin. The scent of glue and sawdust lingers like the perfume of decay. These are not instruments—they are incantations. They do not sing; they summon.

Rat Bait Guitars does not chase perfection—it flees it, as one flees the light. It builds relics with soul, with scars, with stories. These are outsider artifacts, forged in rebellion and reverie. To play one is to commune with the forgotten, to channel the sublime madness of creation.

So enter, if you dare, this chapel of charred timber and trembling tone. But know this: once you strum, you are no longer merely a player. You are a witness.

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Have you heard the the cries...

“Lovely Telecaster copy in scavenged wood, looks great and plays beautifully! Rat Bait are great luthiers!”
“Arrived on time—very good guitar, best I’ve ever had. Sound is deep, all perfectly set up.”
“Item was very well packed, as described and arrived very quickly. Excellent comms all round. Very happy—thanks! :)”
“A really nice guitar, unique and obviously made with great care. Exceptional value. A great addition to my collection!”
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“Perfect little Telecaster body.”
“Lovely Telecaster copy in scavenged wood, looks great and plays beautifully! Rat Bait are great luthiers!” 
“Arrived on time—very good guitar, best I’ve ever had. Sound is deep, all perfectly set up.”
“Item was very well packed, as described and arrived very quickly. Excellent comms all round. Very happy—thanks! :)”