Von Drat Surf Guitar from Sparrow Guitars

April 6, 2009 | Posted by Surf Llama

Music Gear

Sparrow Guitars has come up with a line of surf guitars, announced at NAMM 2009.

The Von Drat Continental surf guitar is named after Canadian surf band “the Von Drats.”

It’s got a cool green color, a big pick guard, and a slanted pickup.  Apparently it’s available in black as well.

The pickups are Burns Tri-Sonic and the tremolo is Wilkinson tremolo. According to Sparrow it has maple neck, and rosewood fingerboard as well as a volume knob and a tone knob.

Picture below for your enjoyment:

Sparrow Von Drat Surf Guitar

Sparrow Von Drat Surf Guitar

Anyone own one of these? Tell us what you think with a comment below.

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4 Responses to “Von Drat Surf Guitar from Sparrow Guitars”

  1. Mack Says:

    The green is sweet

  2. Dave von Drat Says:

    Hey there,

    Thought I’d leave a quick comment about this guitar. Sparrow is currently building 4 of these for the von Drats.

    These guitars play like a dream!! Can’t wait until we have these on stage with us!!!

  3. Surf Llama Says:

    Thanks for the comment, Dave!

    That’s very cool, let us know how they work out. Are all 4 guitars identical?

  4. Steve von Drat Says:

    They are full custom models. Individually tailored for each member

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