Wide Sky Guitars Tawa
The Wide Sky Guitars Tawa debut on the channel — and what a debut. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the Wide Sky Guitars Tawa takes center stage — the largest semi-hollow in Patch Rubin's lineup, fitted with a special set of Curtis Novak Humbuckers, into the Benson Amps Monarch 2x12" via the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander with the Echo Fix EF-X3 running in the TAE effects loop for analog tape delay, spring reverb, Echoplex-style preamp, and analog BBD chorus. Three Origin Effects pedals — DCX Boost, Deluxe '61, and Revival Drive Compact — feature in the second half.
Wide Sky Guitars is Patch Rubin, operating from Hawaii's Big Island. Patch trained at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles and worked for two years at Andy Brauer's legendary Studio Rentals business, servicing instruments for countless major-name artists. Ten years of touring followed, alongside work as a jeweler, carpenter and custom furniture maker, before he established Wide Sky Guitars in Taos, New Mexico in the mid-2010s — then relocated the business to Hawaii. His goal, in his own words: "I want to make sculptures that sing." Notable players associated with Wide Sky Guitars include Gary Clark Jr. and Thom Yorke.
The Tawa is Patch's largest semi-hollow model — a fully chambered body with genuine acoustic resonance and depth that behaves differently from a traditional thinline. The extra size means more air volume inside the body, which translates to fuller low-end projection, a slower attack bloom, and more wood character in the fundamental tone than smaller chambered guitars. With Curtis Novak Humbuckers installed — a pickup maker known for vintage-accurate winding and exceptional sensitivity to pickup height and volume knob position — the Tawa's natural acoustic complexity becomes the foundation for an extremely dynamic electric instrument.
This demo covers the full range: all pickup selections, volume and tone knob exploration, amp-derived gain cleanup, then Origin Effects pedals into the amp, then Echo Fix tape effects.
Learn more: https://www.wideskyguitars.com
Follow Wide Sky: https://www.instagram.com/wide_sky_guitars/
🎸 Curtis Novak Pickups: https://www.curtisnovak.com
🔊 Benson Amps: https://www.bensonamps.com/guitar-amplifiers
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🎸 Wide Sky Guitars Tawa | Curtis Novak Humbuckers | Handmade in Hawaii by Patch Rubin
🎛️ Origin Effects DCX Boost | Origin Effects Deluxe '61 | Origin Effects Revival Drive Compact
🎛️ Echo Fix EF-X3 | Analog Tape Delay / Spring Reverb / Echoplex Preamp / Analog BBD Chorus
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch 2x12" | Boss Waza TAE
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R10 & R121 | Sennheiser E906 | Ableton Live 11
