'52 BLACKGUARD - BUTTERSCOTCH
- Hand shaped 2pc premium lightweight swamp ash body with rounded edges and period correct 50's routing
- Handmade 1pc flat sawn plain 'ish' (lightly figured) maple neck with early 50's contours
- Double acting single truss rod with vintage correct cross head adjuster at the heel of the neck
- 9.5' radius board
- Jescar '6125' fretwire
- .89C neck profile (0.890" - 0.990")
- Paper thin nitrocellulose finish from the wood up
- hand made unbleached bone nut
- Gotoh premium machine heads
- 50's round string tree
- '52 serial number neck plate
- Period correct slotted screws
- Premium painstakingly aged real nitro lacquered bakelite guard with correct rounded edges and 'grain' lines seen on original blackguards
- Callaham heavy knurled domed knobs for better volume and tone control
- Period correct round switch tip
- Pickups are handwound for MB GUITARS by ALAN DINGWALL and made to exact '52 spec
- Sozo Oil in paper capacitor
- CTS 250k pots with low 5% tolerance
- CRL 3 way switch
- Switchcraft jack
- Cloth wiring
- M.B. Stamped vintage premium bridge with Callaham compensated brass saddles for perfect intonation across all strings
- Comes with Gator vintage style hard case and signed M.B. spec card & M.B. guitar pick
- WEIGHT: 7.3lb
