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  • 4 or 5 strings.

  • 34 inch fingerboard (20 or 24 fret postions).

  • Bolt-on neck construction

  • 2- or 3- piece laminated body on Marupá or Freijó.

  • Pickguard options of 3-ply tortoise or black, or 5-ply wooden pickguard.

  • Neck contsrtuction consists of 1-piece or laminated. Quarter sawn wood available.

  • Several options of finish colors available, or natural wood color. PU finish, high gloss or satin.

  • Tauari, with an optional choice for Ipê or other woods for the neck, depending on availability.

  • Ipê or Garapa wood for the figerboard.

  • Fret styles include 20 or 24, jumbo style, highly polished, or fretless.

  • One 2-piece expansion-type truss rod.

  • Sidedots always included. Fingerboard markers are optional: mother-of-Pearl dots, abalone dots, diamond inlays (MOP), block inlays (MOP).

  • Passive: 2 volume controls and 1 tone control

    Active/passive: ToneChaser TC-3B Preamp, 9V supply. High headroom/low impedance output can feed line level inputs. Bass and Treble controls with pickups blender and volume. Push/pull switch for active/passive selection. Quick-release battery box.

    Option of mini-switches for coil tapping: selection between humbucking (dual coil) and single coil modes for each pickup.


  • 2 EMG-HZ soapbar pickups.

  • Real bone nut.

  • Grover or Gotoh sealed tuners (optional: Hipshot Ultralites).

  • Gotoh, Monorail or Hipshot Style B bridges (all quick-release).

  • 19mm pitch for 4 strings; option between 18mm or 19mm for 5 strings.

  • Chrome or black knobs, bridges and machine heads.

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