The PJD Carey Origin Apprentice is a modern single-cut guitar that delivers big tone with understated style. You still get PJD’s renowned build quality, but in a refined, more accessible package — complete with a super‑slick open‑grain satin finish and the solid, reassuring feel you’d expect from a brand born in the UK.

One ‘bucker that’s built to rock!

Who needs more than one pickup when it’s this good? The Carey Apprentice’s Alnico V bridge humbucker is a tone machine, offering medium output that nails the sweet spot between chiming cleans and punchy, driven tones. Back off the volume for sparkling crunch or roll down the tone control to mellow things out. It’s a simple but hugely musical setup.

A proper workhorse

This is a no‑nonsense player’s guitar you’ll keep reaching for. With its smooth satin finish all over, it’s the perfect axe to take on stage — providing fast playability no matter how sweaty things might get! The comfortable PJD Standard neck profile is a real treat too, while the rock‑solid hardtail bridge can take aggressive palm‑muting and keep on trucking night after night.

The PJD Origin Series

The Origin Series was created to bring the feel, balance and character of a PJD guitar to more players, without losing what makes the brand special. Built to PJD’s own designs and specs by carefully chosen manufacturing partners, these guitars reflect everything they’ve learned from years at the workbench. They’re not Custom Shop substitutes and they’re not retro reissues — just thoughtful, well‑made PJD instruments with the same DNA, at a more budget-friendly price point.

Specs: 

• Body Wood: Mahogany
• Body Finish: Satin Open Grain Poly
• Neck Wood: Maple
• Neck Profile: PJD Standard
• Neck Joint: Bolt-On
• Fingerboard Wood: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 10”
• Frets: 22 Medium
• Bridge: Hardtail
• Bridge Pickup: Alnico V Humbucker
• Controls: Volume, Tone
• Case: PJD Standard Gig Bag (Included)
• Country of Manufacture: Indonesia