verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message tym guitars type private industry musical instruments founded 1997 headquarters brisbane australia area served global website official website tym guitars is a manufacturer of custom guitars and bass guitar based in brisbane australia as well as custom instruments the company also repairs restores refinishes vintage instruments . the line of custom guitars and basses built by tym guitars are influenced by manufacturers such as mosrite rickenbacker epiphone danelectro fender and other models from the 1950s and 1960s with several replicas and hybrids between different models being built to fit customer demand . tym guitars also has a retail shop that sells new and secondhand instruments and accessories from their own line of products and other manufacturers . contents 1 guitars and basses 2 signature models 3 effect pedals 4 external links 5 references guitars and basses edit the wosrites series the wosrite is based on the design of the famous mosrite ventures model from the 1960s and features a german carved basswood body and angled neck pickup much like the original . the series includes ten different models not counting signature models of guitars and basses with many different setups with different pickups bridges finishes etc. to choose from . the vibratone series design based on a flipped jagstang body available with a wide range of options such as with or without the german carv different pickups bridges tremeloes finishes and even perspex bodies with aluminum necks . also available as the versonic a mosriteshaped acoustic guitar . the mosrongs series another mosrite influenced instrument designed by tym guitars . as with other models this is also available with different setups regarding pickups bridges tremeloes finishes etc. also available as a semiacoustic medel . signature models edit nick royale model designed with nick royale from the hellacopters and built in a limited run . based on a mahogany versatone body with a maple neck a single humbucker in the bridge position . all guitars come with a certificate and a signature on the back of the headstock from nick himself . johnny ramone model a guitar based on johnny ramone of the ramones own arsenal of guitars . based on a wosrite body and available in four different models with different setups of pickups bridges and tuners based on johnny ramones s own guitar collection . effect pedals edit this machine kills fascists handmade distortion and fuzz pedals based on the mxr distortion and the classic 1960s two knob fuzz part of the name of the pedals are borrowed from folk musician woody guthrie and part of the profit is donated to charity work . the overdrive a handmade medium to high gain overdrive pedal with adjustable volume and gain . the distortion handmade pedal based on several vintage distortion pedals with improved circuitry full bypass switching and a wide range of sounds available . the fuzz a classic fuzz based on several fuzz pedals made in the 1960s with more modern day attributes like led and 9v power adapters . the buzzrite another product inspired by mosrite the buzzrite is a close copy of the late 1960s fuzzrite pedal also available with more moder applications just like the fuzz . the shen ei dlx fuzz also a replica of a vintage pedal by shen ei fuzz which also was the original univox superfuzz available as an exact replica or with more modern applications . external links edit official website official myspace references edit tym article retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tym guitars & oldid 741266673 categories guitar manufacturing companiesprivately held companies of australiamanufacturing companies based in brisbanecompanies established in 1997australian brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2008all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 12 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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