24.5" scale 4-string Electric
Single-coil pickup with master volume and tone controls
Meranti neck w/ carbon-fiber rod reinforcement
Rosewood fingerboard
Hand-carved Rosewood floating bridge
with 'Tru-Grit' bolt saddle
1958 Kluson Deluxe sealed tuners
25" scale 4-string Electric-Acoustic
'DAdd' tuning
Gold chromatic and nickel diatonic frets
Dual beer bottle cap-potted piezo pickups
with master volume control
Meranti neck with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement
Rosewood fingerboard
Hand-carved rosewood tailpiece
Meranti floating bridge with rosewood or bone saddles
Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners
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24" scale 4-string
Diatonically fretted (major scale)
Cedar top with tapered X-bracing
Mahogany veneer double-back
Meranti neck
Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge
Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners
25" scale 3-string Electric
P90-style pick-up
High-flame maple neck
with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement
Indian rosewood fingerboard
Open-gear tuners
23" scale 4-string Tenor Electric-Acoustic
Steel string ukelele tuning (GCEA)
Dual beer bottle cap-potted piezo pickups
Independent "stealth" thumb-wheel volume controls
Player's sound port
Scalloped X-braced top
3-piece Honduran mahogany neck with
carbon-fiber rod reinforcement
Indian rosewood fingerboard
Hand-carved rosewood tailpiece
Floating bridge with compensated bone saddle
Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners
25" scale 4-string Electric-Acoustic
Piezo wax-potted disc pick-up
3-piece Honduran mahogany neck
with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement
Indian rosewood fingerboard
Floating hand-carved rosewood bridge
Compensated saddle
Sealed-gear tuners
25" scale 3-string Electric-Acoustic
Diatonic dulcimer-tuned frets with 6-1/2 and 13-1/2 fret positions
Dual beer bottle cap-potted piezo pickups
Independent "stealth" thumb-wheel volume controls
Sitka spruce top with scalloped X-bracing
Highly-figured flame maple neck
with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement
Maple fingerboard
Hand-carved hardwood tailpiece
Height-adjustable floating bridge
with compensated bone saddle
Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners
23" Tenor-scale 4-string
Tackhead natural goat skin head
Block-style walnut pot with
top & back rosewood tone rings
3-piece highly-flamed maple-walnut-maple neck
with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement
Birdseye maple fingerboard
Planetary-gear banjo tuners
Click for demo - 'Jazz' tuning CGDA
Click for demo - "Irish" tuning GDAE
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25" scale 3-string Electric
2 Mini-humbucker pickups with three-way switch
Master volume and tone controls
3-piece Meranti neck w/ carbon-fiber
rod reinforcement
Rosewood fingerboard
Hard-tail bridge with adjustable saddles and
ebony tone plate
Sealed-gear tuners
24.5" scale 3-string Fretless
Electric-Acoustic
Piezo wax-potted disc pick-up
Poplar neck
Macassar fingerboard
Open-gear tuners
24.5" scale 3-string Electric-Acoustic
Convertible string height for fretted or slide playing
Piezo rod pick-up with master volume control
3-piece Meranti neck
Indian rosewood fingerboard
Open-gear tuners
24.5" scale 3-string Electric-acoustic
Piezo rod pick-up under brass saddle
Master volume control
Player's sound port
Meranti neck with carbon-fiber rod reinforcement and Indian rosewood cap
Indian rosewood fingerboard
Vintage-style sealed-gear tuners