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Glass

Concept

Charvel-style high-performance Stratocaster

Geometry/Materials

• Swamp ash Fender Strat-style body
• bolt-on maple neck with rosewood fretboard - Jackon-style headstock, extra-chunky neck profile, 6050 jumbo stainless-steel frets, side position-markers only
• finished by hand in clear, water-based polyeurethane (extra-thin coat)

Electronics

• three Carvin AP11 single-coil pickups, individually copper-shielded
• five-position Fender-style pickup selector switch
• mini toggle-switch for overriding bridge pickup
• volume control
• master tone control
• copper-shielded pickup- and control cavities

Hardware

• Wilkinson VSVG vintage-style vibrato bridge (bent steel saddles)- set up with three springs
• Schaller locking tuners
• Earvana compensating nut
• matte-black single-layer pickguard

Description

Very smooth feel - the stainless steel frets are positively slippery - and natural strat sound.

Sound

Great roots-rock instrument. Thin, bright, biting, toneful, delicate sounds. Typical strat - not terribly powerful; noise rejection not good.

Pictures

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