Custom S-Style HH Superstrat, Quilt Maple & Ash w/ Callaham, Bigsby, Kuwabara PAFs
Up for sale, a circa 2020 Custom-Built HH Strat-style guitar in near-mint condition and in perfect working order, complete with a hardshell case. With premium tonewoods and componentry utilized throughout, this Strat features a Bigsby B5 vibrato, Callaham bridge, and Kuwabara PAF-style humbuckers wired to a five-way "superswitch."
Tonewoods comprise an ash body and a heavily figured, bookmatched quilt maple top, paired with a birdseye maple neck and thick slab rosewood fretboard. The resulting tone is bold and broad, with excellent note attack and midrange heft. The Kuwabara 1959 PAF-style humbuckers were made by Sayoko Kuwabara, hand-wound and made to order, assembled with vintage-correct materials including the bobbins, baseplates, covers, slugs and keepers for optimal accuracy. The full-yet-articulate PAF sound has spongy, defined lows, growling trebles, and great midrange clarity. Additionally, the 5-way “superswitch” pickup selector coil taps the pickups for single coil sparkle and shimmer at positions 2 and 4. This guitar weighs 7lbs 13oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 11-49 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Birdseye maple
-Shape: "Boat Neck" (between U and Soft V) measuring .985” 1st fret, .975” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood slab, 12-16” compound radius
-Frets: Medium Jumbo, no wear
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 1 11/16, aluminum
-Headstock: Quilted Maple veneer
-Tuners: Kluson-style
Body Specs:
-Wood: Quilted Maple, Ash
-Pickups: Kuwabara 1959 PAF-style humbucker x2
-Controls: Volume, Tone, Five-way superswitch
-Harness: 500k CTS pots, Sprague Orange Drop tone cap
-Hardware: Callaham bridge with compensated brass saddles, Bigsby B5, Vibramate String Spoiler
The gloss nitro lacquer finish highlights the deep, three-dimensional figuring in the quilted maple top, and exhibits a subtle “closet classic”-style relic with light lacquer checking across the body and a few tiny nicks along the edges and perimeter. Beyond the synthesized wear, this guitar shows virtually no wear. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is immaculate.
An AE-brand red alligator teardrop hardshell case with red plush interior is included.
Tonewoods comprise an ash body and a heavily figured, bookmatched quilt maple top, paired with a birdseye maple neck and thick slab rosewood fretboard. The resulting tone is bold and broad, with excellent note attack and midrange heft. The Kuwabara 1959 PAF-style humbuckers were made by Sayoko Kuwabara, hand-wound and made to order, assembled with vintage-correct materials including the bobbins, baseplates, covers, slugs and keepers for optimal accuracy. The full-yet-articulate PAF sound has spongy, defined lows, growling trebles, and great midrange clarity. Additionally, the 5-way “superswitch” pickup selector coil taps the pickups for single coil sparkle and shimmer at positions 2 and 4. This guitar weighs 7lbs 13oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 11-49 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Birdseye maple
-Shape: "Boat Neck" (between U and Soft V) measuring .985” 1st fret, .975” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood slab, 12-16” compound radius
-Frets: Medium Jumbo, no wear
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 1 11/16, aluminum
-Headstock: Quilted Maple veneer
-Tuners: Kluson-style
Body Specs:
-Wood: Quilted Maple, Ash
-Pickups: Kuwabara 1959 PAF-style humbucker x2
-Controls: Volume, Tone, Five-way superswitch
-Harness: 500k CTS pots, Sprague Orange Drop tone cap
-Hardware: Callaham bridge with compensated brass saddles, Bigsby B5, Vibramate String Spoiler
The gloss nitro lacquer finish highlights the deep, three-dimensional figuring in the quilted maple top, and exhibits a subtle “closet classic”-style relic with light lacquer checking across the body and a few tiny nicks along the edges and perimeter. Beyond the synthesized wear, this guitar shows virtually no wear. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is immaculate.
An AE-brand red alligator teardrop hardshell case with red plush interior is included.
$490.00
Original: $1,399.99
-65%Custom S-Style HH Superstrat, Quilt Maple & Ash w/ Callaham, Bigsby, Kuwabara PAFs—
$1,399.99
$490.00
Description
Up for sale, a circa 2020 Custom-Built HH Strat-style guitar in near-mint condition and in perfect working order, complete with a hardshell case. With premium tonewoods and componentry utilized throughout, this Strat features a Bigsby B5 vibrato, Callaham bridge, and Kuwabara PAF-style humbuckers wired to a five-way "superswitch."
Tonewoods comprise an ash body and a heavily figured, bookmatched quilt maple top, paired with a birdseye maple neck and thick slab rosewood fretboard. The resulting tone is bold and broad, with excellent note attack and midrange heft. The Kuwabara 1959 PAF-style humbuckers were made by Sayoko Kuwabara, hand-wound and made to order, assembled with vintage-correct materials including the bobbins, baseplates, covers, slugs and keepers for optimal accuracy. The full-yet-articulate PAF sound has spongy, defined lows, growling trebles, and great midrange clarity. Additionally, the 5-way “superswitch” pickup selector coil taps the pickups for single coil sparkle and shimmer at positions 2 and 4. This guitar weighs 7lbs 13oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 11-49 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Birdseye maple
-Shape: "Boat Neck" (between U and Soft V) measuring .985” 1st fret, .975” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood slab, 12-16” compound radius
-Frets: Medium Jumbo, no wear
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 1 11/16, aluminum
-Headstock: Quilted Maple veneer
-Tuners: Kluson-style
Body Specs:
-Wood: Quilted Maple, Ash
-Pickups: Kuwabara 1959 PAF-style humbucker x2
-Controls: Volume, Tone, Five-way superswitch
-Harness: 500k CTS pots, Sprague Orange Drop tone cap
-Hardware: Callaham bridge with compensated brass saddles, Bigsby B5, Vibramate String Spoiler
The gloss nitro lacquer finish highlights the deep, three-dimensional figuring in the quilted maple top, and exhibits a subtle “closet classic”-style relic with light lacquer checking across the body and a few tiny nicks along the edges and perimeter. Beyond the synthesized wear, this guitar shows virtually no wear. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is immaculate.
An AE-brand red alligator teardrop hardshell case with red plush interior is included.
Tonewoods comprise an ash body and a heavily figured, bookmatched quilt maple top, paired with a birdseye maple neck and thick slab rosewood fretboard. The resulting tone is bold and broad, with excellent note attack and midrange heft. The Kuwabara 1959 PAF-style humbuckers were made by Sayoko Kuwabara, hand-wound and made to order, assembled with vintage-correct materials including the bobbins, baseplates, covers, slugs and keepers for optimal accuracy. The full-yet-articulate PAF sound has spongy, defined lows, growling trebles, and great midrange clarity. Additionally, the 5-way “superswitch” pickup selector coil taps the pickups for single coil sparkle and shimmer at positions 2 and 4. This guitar weighs 7lbs 13oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 11-49 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Birdseye maple
-Shape: "Boat Neck" (between U and Soft V) measuring .985” 1st fret, .975” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood slab, 12-16” compound radius
-Frets: Medium Jumbo, no wear
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 1 11/16, aluminum
-Headstock: Quilted Maple veneer
-Tuners: Kluson-style
Body Specs:
-Wood: Quilted Maple, Ash
-Pickups: Kuwabara 1959 PAF-style humbucker x2
-Controls: Volume, Tone, Five-way superswitch
-Harness: 500k CTS pots, Sprague Orange Drop tone cap
-Hardware: Callaham bridge with compensated brass saddles, Bigsby B5, Vibramate String Spoiler
The gloss nitro lacquer finish highlights the deep, three-dimensional figuring in the quilted maple top, and exhibits a subtle “closet classic”-style relic with light lacquer checking across the body and a few tiny nicks along the edges and perimeter. Beyond the synthesized wear, this guitar shows virtually no wear. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is immaculate.
An AE-brand red alligator teardrop hardshell case with red plush interior is included.
