Goin' Steady™ Short Scale Unique Piece Black Mirror
Main Specs
• Custom77® "Single77" Pickups
• Graphtech® Ratio Locking Tuners (39:1)
• Gator® ABS Case
• Loxx® Strap Locks
• Maple Bolt-On Neck
• Short Scale 24" (610mm) (Identical to Fender® Jaguar and Mustang)
• Alder Body
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Jazzmaster Type Vibrato
• Tele Type Bridge with Aluminium Saddles
• 4 Positions Switch with Pickup in Series
• Black Mirror Pickguard
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Main Specs
• "Charlie Christian" and "Special T" Lollar® Pickups
• Customised Super-Vee® "Bladerunner" Tremolo
• Brass and Aluminium Mix Saddles
• Graphtech® Ratio Locking Tuners (39:1)
• Relicing on Body and Neck
• Red Mirror Pickguard
• 25.5" Scale (647mm)
• Maple Bolt-On Neck
• Alder Body
• Maple Fingerboard
• Dual-Action Truss Rod
• Custom77® Hardcase
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Each of the guitars from "My Collection" are one-of-a-kind pieces for which I have given myself no time or budget limits.
Whether it's the pickups, the hardware or the electronics, each element has been chosen to create an instrument that is out of the ordinary and comparable to no other.
Red Mirror
The idea behind this model was to take the characteristic sound from the 50s Telecaster® which is very meaty, unlike today's versions. But I also wanted to add a vibrato and change the neck pickup for something more versatile.
To keep the twang that comes partly from the bridge, I modified the vribrato to add brass type saddles. After various tests, I changed the E/A saddle for aluminum which offers better projection.
The choice of the neck pickup fell on a Charlie Christian from Lollar®, offering a very delicate jazzy approach but which above all, mixes extremely well with the "Special T" pickup in the bridge. Thus offering a middle position which retains the attack of the bridge and adds the chest of the neck.
Finally, extensive testing of potentiometer and capacitor values found what offered the most clarity and tonal control.