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Top quality components, as used in ChickenboneJohn guitars. Pickups, electrical components, bridges, cigar boxes, machineheads, guitar strings, guitar necks and fretboards.
We source many of our parts direct from the manufacturer, so there's no middleman, and we pride ourselves in bringing you the best components at the best prices. Many of these are made exclusively for Chickenbone John Ltd. to our specifications, and they are not generic "off the shelf" parts. Our stainless steel adjustable bridges and other components are made right here in the UK and available only from us.
Guitar Parts
Bill Lawrence FT-145 Acoustic Pickup

Bill Lawrence FT-145 Acoustic Pickup
£54.50
The Original Bill Lawrence FT-145 magnetic soundhole pickup installs quickly and easily on a standard 6 or 12 string steel string acoustic guitar. The FT-145 is simple to install with a unique spring-loaded quick-mount and does not require any drilling, soldering or modifications to your guitar. This high output, low noise pickup does not requir...
Bill Lawrence XL -500 Dimebag Darrel Humbucker pickup - LEAD / BRIDGE position
£54.25
HOT blade pickup by Bill Lawrence USA. 11.7kOhm resistance. 5 wire conductor so you can wire this as a straight humbucker or coil split it, phase switch etc. as you please with the addition of a DPDT or SPDT switch (not supplied). Comes with deep mounting ring for bridge position mounting . Available in black or cream. As used by Dimebag Darrel ...
Bill Lawrence L -500R Humbucker pickup NECK / RHYTHM position
£54.25
The original blade humbucker pickup by Bill Lawrence USA. 7.9kOhm resistance. 5 wire conductor so you can wire this as a straight humbucker or coil split it, phase switch etc. as you please with the addition of a DPDT or SPDT switch (not supplied). Comes with shallow mounting ring for neck position mounting . Available in black or cream. Made in...
Bridge - Cherrywood Plain
Bridge - Cherrywood Plain
£3.50
Plain cherrywood bridge for 3 or 4 string cigar box guitars. Size 90x 10mm Height 12mm to 20mm tall, available in 1mm increments The height can be reduced by cutting or sanding the bottom of the bridge to suit your guitar. These are also available as a full 9 piece set, which is really useful for setting-up cigar box guitars to determine the opt...

Bridge - Walnut Fretwire for 3 or 4 string
£5.50
Simple solid black walnut bridge with a fretwire saddle. The nickel silver saddle ensures clear tone and good sustain, and has the added benefit of ensuring earth continuity - all you need to do is earth one string at the tailpiece and you've got all 3 strings grounded. The height can be reduced by cutting or sanding the bottom of the bridge to...

Bridge - Maple Fretwire for 3 or 4 string
£5.50
Simple solid Maplewood bridge with a fretwire saddle. The nickel silver saddle ensures clear tone and good sustain, and has the added benefit of ensuring earth continuity - all you need to do is earth one string at the tailpiece and you've got all 3 strings grounded. The height can be reduced by cutting or sanding the bottom of the bridge to su...

Bridge - Cherry Fretwire for 3 or 4 string
£5.50
Simple solid cherrywood bridges with a fretwire saddle. The nickel silver saddle ensures clear tone and good sustain, and has the added benefit of ensuring earth continuity - all you need to do is earth one string at the tailpiece and you've got all 3 strings grounded. The height can be reduced by cutting or sanding the bottom of the bridge to s...

Bridge - Cherry Fretwire/ String Spacer for 3 string.
£7.50
Simple solid cherry bridge with the neat addition of a fretwire saddle and my string spacer feature. The design is inspired by parlour guitars of the 1930 - the raised ridge behind the saddle is slotted to ensure the strings can't slide or skip about across the saddle. The nickel silver saddle ensures clear tone and good sustain, and has the add...

Bridge - Machine Screw / bolt saddle 3 or 4 string
£4.75
Simple walnut bridge with a 6mm machine screw saddle. The steel saddle ensures clear tone and good sustain, and has the added benefit of ensuring earth continuity - all you need to do is earth one string at the tailpiece and you've got all 3 strings grounded. The screw thread allows you to space the strings to your own choice. The height can be ...

Steel Hardtail adjustable bridge for 3 + 4 string.
£8.95
Unique to ChickenboneJohn - made in UK. As well as the "toploader" stringing option, we've added string holes in the baseplate so you can also use this as a string thru' body mounting. Solid polished steel baseplate, chrome plated cast saddles adjustable for intonation and height. Comes complete with steel fixing screws. These are manufactured t...

Epiphone DeLuxe Machineheads 2 + 1
£7.50
Classic Kluson style vintage-pattern enclosed tuners, chrome plated, onyx green buttons and double line "Epiphone DeLuxe" stamping on the backs. Very nice quality, supplied complete with bushings and fixing screws. Supplied in 2L + 1R sets.

Epiphone DeLuxe Machineheads 2 + 2
£9.50
Classic Kluson style vintage-pattern enclosed tuners, chrome plated, onyx green buttons and double line "Epiphone DeLuxe" stamping on the backs. Very nice quality, supplied complete with bushings and fixing screws. Supplied in 2L + 2R sets.