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One of our first, truly custom guitars. It's a bit of a throwback -- LP Junior double cuataway style, wraparound bridge, kerf dogear P90 pickup. The Zebrawood top is bookmatched and set at an angle for a bit of a Big Cat in the Foothills look.
Like any custom guitar, there are extras not immediately visible.
The neck was hand-crafted of Far East Maple and Indian Rosewood. The frets are shaped and shined and the thing "plays like buttah" as they say.
The Volume control is a push-pull potentiometer that taps the coil in the P90 pickup so you can toggle between a vintage output and one with more of a modern, overwound growl.
The Tone control is a Fender TBX (Treble-Bass eXpander). In the center position (you can feel a slight detente at 5), this is a "no load" position and essentially takes the Tone control out of the circuit -- full bypass. Almost like a normal Tone control set on 10. From 1-5, it acts like a normal Tone control, reducing the high-end. From 5-10, it's the reverse of a typical Tone control, reducing the low-end. Depending on your ears, this can be a nice little tweak when in the Overwound mode if you want to clean up the low-end a bit.
The wraparound bridge is fully intonatable. No "close enough for rock and roll" tuning accepted here. Get the note you meant to play every time.
The exotic Zebrawood top is finished with a highly polished lacquer with a bit of an organic feel.
With padded gig bag for $555 (currently on display at The Rhett Gallery in Beaufort, SC).
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