Still one of my favourite builds...and what a classic...’57 style S type in the classic two tone sunburst, it’s a difficult look to improve on, maple neck, one ply pickguard and a worn sunburst finish..!!
Completely hand made in the Bravewood workshop, the three piece alder body is lightweight and made to exacting vintage spec., with deep contours, the maple one piece neck is also has the usual vintage appointments and construction, but with a slightly updated radius and fret size, these being 9.5” radius, 6105 size frets. Neck depth at the first fret (not including fret) is 21mm, 24.4mm at the 12th...The nut is bone for enhanced tone, the string tree is the butterfly type, tuners are vintage style Gotohs. The neck is a comfortable C shaped profile with lightly rolled edges and a gorgeous smooth played in feel...
The hardware is vintage style throughout, vintage style trem with stamped saddles and a steel block for the best possible tone. The neckplate and jack cup are also vintage correct, as are the strap buttons.
The hand made pickguard is the thin one ply white vinyl, 8 hole as would have been seen at the time, it has the correct small aluminium shielding plate beneath it. Plastics are also aged to suit the distressing on the guitar.
The pickups are Fender Fat ‘50’s, these sound great in all positions, all the classic S type sounds are here. The pickups are wired through a CRL 5 way switch to take advantage of the classic out of phase sounds, the pots are vintage style CTS, the jack socket is a Switchcraft for years of trouble free service and the capacitor is a new old stock 0.022 Sprague. The tone pots are wired so that the bottom one operates on the bridge pickup, the other tone controls the middle and neck pickup.
The guitar weighs in at a very pleasing 7lbs 5ozs, great for long gigs. It plays beautifully and is resonant and lively in the hands with a harmonically complex tone.
The distressing as ever with a Bravewood instrument is authentic and detailed, meticulously done and in my opinion...looks real.
The guitar is supplied in an ABS hard case, any further questions, please ask...(sales@bravewoodguitars.com)
‘57 style S type in two
tone sunburst...
£2,495
