Technical Details

There are several technical details that make my custom electric guitars stand out from others on the market. These include the through bolted bridge/string retainer, the seven piece neck with it’s six layers of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforcement, the flush jack plate, and the quality of electronic parts I use.

The bridge, neck fabrication method, and the jack plate are my own inventions, and have patents pending on them. I came up with these designs to counteract what I viewed as engineering faults in most of the electric guitars available today.

The through bolted bridge/string retainer adds greatly to the sustain of the guitar and makes for a clean aesthetic appearance. To complement my bridges, I use Graph Tech String-Saver saddles for long string life.

The seven piece neck construction, with it’s six layers of unidirectional carbon fiber, makes for a very stiff, exceptionally strong neck that is unaffected by changes in humidity. This strength allows for a thinner than normal neck for better playability. The mahogany/carbon fiber construction gives you the benefit of the silky feel of a wood neck with the durability and unchanging nature of a composite neck. The best of both worlds.

I designed my flush jack plate in response to the age-old problem of bent jacks. These jack plates are CNC machined so that the Switchcraft jack is threaded into a stop shouldered hole from the back. In addition to never bending a jack again, you will also never again scratch another guitar, or piece of furniture, with a protruding jack.

The quality of the electronic parts I use sets my guitars far apart from anything else on the market. The electronic parts I use are the same as those used on high-end audio equipment. Instead of cheap carbon potentiometers for the volume and tone controls, I use Clarostat sealed, conductive plastic potentiometers. Never again will you have scratchy or uneven tone and volume controls. I use the highest quality Switchcraft and Alco switches for pickup and phase selection. A 630V Panasonic polypropylene film capacitor is used in my tone circuit. I take the time to change all my pickup leads to Alpha Xtra-guard 1 Supershield cable. This cable is the highest-grade multi-shielded cable available. All of my internal wiring is done with Kimber Cable low oxygen copper wire. I take the time to copper-shield both the pickup and control cavities. Lastly, I run all of my ground wires to a star-ground. This eliminates the ground loops that are common in most guitars that use a single wire ground. The cumulative affect of these parts and wiring methods is the quietest guitar that you will ever play… and it will stay that way.

Intelligent engineering is every bit as much a part of a great guitar as is exceptional playability and tone.