Joe Doe Original - The Apollocaster

You know what I do by now, right? Combine storytelling with guitar building to create unique, one of a kind guitars with a story built in!

The Original range are made by me here in the UK. I only make 3 to 4 a year, each one a labour of love. The Joe Doe by Vintage range is designed by me but manufactured in limited numbers by JHS, the people behind Vintage guitars.

So what's the story behind this, the Apollocaster? Read on!

As well as being the Chief Mechanical Engineer working on the construction of the Apollo 11 lunar Excursion Module, Ray Davenport Jnr also played rhythm guitar in the NASA house band, One Small Step. Davenport Jnr built the Apollocaster guitar during breaks between shifts, but was fired in 1972 after it was discovered he had been stealing vital metal parts in the construction of the Apollocaster guitar.

(That's the story we're telling at Joe Doe Guitars)

Specs;

2 Piece Alder Body finished in Moon White nitrocellulose finish with F-12 rocket decals
Unique 3D effect Apollo 11 blueprint pick guard
Replica of celebratory landing plaque, as found on Apollo lunar Module ladder 
Quartersawn, roasted maple neck, medium C profile, 10 inch radius
Tru Oil finished neck with Moon White nitrocellulose headstock and NASA pin
Two Bareknuckle Mule humbuckers with CTS switch and pots and SwitchCraft Jack
Revolutionary (in 1969) coil splitting technology
Gotoh hardtail bridge
Bone Nut
Gotoh Tuners

Hard Case