We're excited to now be carrying OOPEGG Guitars at SSGB. The Trailbreaker Mark I is an extremally well built guitar; not even just at this reasonable price point. OOPEGG Guitars are hand crafted in Japan by a small team of guitar builders with an eye for design. Upon picking up this instrument, it's clear that they take their craft very seriously. The feel, playability, tones and build quality are all top-notch. There are many guitars out there that demand much higher prices and don't feel as well crafted as the Trailbreaker Mark I.
This particular Mark I features three pickups by Magneto Design Lab in North Carolina; 2 Humbuckers and a mildly hot Single-Coil middle pickup. This guitar is super quiet in all positions. You also have some of the best hardware around, a bridge by Halon in Greece and a vibrato by Descendant in the US. This pairing makes for a responsive, touch sensitive experience without the downfall of falling out of the bridge's saddles, like on many vintage offset guitars of yesteryear. This is due to the grooved bridge design and the grooves in the Descendant that allow the strings to go beneath it's plate for a larger break angle than vintage-style units. See pics.
Many tonal possibilities are at your disposal, with the options to use any two or three pickups together or any pickup you choose by itself. The mini-toggle 3-way switch on the control plate has these options: 1st position middle pickup off, 2nd position middle pickup on, 3rd position middle pickup alone. Then you also have a standard three way pickup selector for the two humbuckers in the neck and bridge positions. The phase switches can be left alone for normal pickup operation, or you can choose to make the bridge or neck pickup out of phase with the other pickups.
This guitar also has a comfortable and beautiful 5-ply neck made of Maple and American Walnut adding further stability and stiffness. You'll also notice the unique neck plate area, that allows you to have easy access to the higher registers of the fingerboard. This instrument is also light weight and very well balanced by design at only 7lbs 6oz
Specs:
Model Supreme Collection Trailbreaker Mark I
Body American Alder
Neck Canadian Hard Maple / American Walnut 5 Ply
Neck Profile
Modern D .83" - .95"
Fretboard Canadian Hard Maple
Headstock Veneer Canadian Hard Maple Veneer
Binding Canadian Flamed Maple Natural
Thin Urethane
Scale Length 24.75”
Radius
12”
Nut Width 1.66" (wider than 1 5/8")
22 Medium Jumbo
Luminlay Sidemarkers / Mother of Pearl Dots Fingerboard
Halon #1060 Steel Bridge & Descendant Vibrato
Magneto Design Lab Custom Humbucker, Neck / Magneto Design Single Coil 2-5 SC Hot, Middle / Magneto Design Lab Custom Humbucker, Bridge
Tone with Push / Pull Switch (Passive Capacitor Filter Off/ On)
3 Way Pickup Selector SW/ 3 Way Middle Pickup Selector Mini Switch (1st pos middle pickup off, 2nd pos middle pickup on, 3rd pos middle pickup alone/ 2x Phase On / Off Slide Switches on upper side of pickguard
Gotoh SD90-MGT-M5
OOPEGG Business-Class Gig Case
Strings are D'Addario EXL110(.010-.046) tuned in Standard E
Weight 7lbs 6oz
