Shergold Guitars Unveils New Provocateur Single-Cut Electric

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Collaboration with British luthier Patrick Jame Eggle is available in two different pickup configurations.

Provocateur SP01SD Thru-Dirty Blonde

Provocateur SP01SD Thru-Dirty Blonde

Shergold has unveiled the new Provocateur electric guitar, designed in conjunction with British luthier Patrick James Eggle. The new model boasts a solid mahogany body, a roasted mahogany neck and a Macassan ebony fingerboard.

The guitar is available with two different pickup sets. The SP01SD features a USA-made Seymour Duncan P-90 in the neck and Pearly Gates in the bridge, and the SP02SD sports two ’59 humbuckers. Both models have coil-splits on the bridge humbuckers.

The Shergold is available in three finishes: Solid Battleship Grey, Thru-Black and Thru-Dirty Blonde.

For more information, head to Shergold Guitars.

Shergold Provocateur SP02SD Thru-Black

Shergold Provocateur SP02SD Thru-Black
Richard Bienstock
Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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