Ballaster: Solid Body

Dave’s Take: The walnut top on this guitar came from a remnant pile at the wood store, and the alder body was from a tree that had fallen and the wood was salvaged. The orange pickguard combined with the pink knobs is pretty unique.

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Materials

  • Top: Curly Walnut

  • Body: Alder

  • Neck: Curly Maple

  • Fretboard: Richlite 

  • Head Plate Veneers: Curly Walnut

  • Fretboard Binding: Curly Maple

Dimensions

  • Overall Length: 38 inches

  • Scale Length: 24.625 inches

  • Nut Width: 1.625 inches

  • 16 Frets to the Body

Parts

  • Pickups: Lollar Wide Range

  • Tuners: Gotoh Locking

  • Bridge: Mastery M1

  • Vibrato: Mastery OMV

  • Electronics: 3-way Switch with Stacked Volume and Tone

  • Knobs: Custom Stained Curly Maple

  • Pickguard: Custom Plexiglass

  • Inlay: Walnut, Brass, and Black Mother of Pearl

  • Side Dots: Brass