There's truly nothing out there quite like a Ronin, built by head Luthier Izzy Lugo in the high-end fully hand-built guitar market. The Ronin team has built a new line of exciting modern day classics with cutting edge design implementation and extreme attention to detail. Everything from the feel of their hand carved necks, fretwork, impeccable setups, extremely resonant Master Grade Old-Growth Redwood bodies and Ronin's own original hand-wound pickup designs; all culminates to create instruments that are as inspiring to play and hear as they are to marvel at. Not to mention their incredibly lightly applied and artfully aged finishes and revolutionary work in getting the most out of a guitars Vibrato unit, by precisely dialing in just the right break angle and tension at the vibrato and incorporating the correct radius into their neck pockets.
This guitar comes out of our personal collection of Ronin Guitars. Received recently from Izzy at Ronin and never played. We came close to keeping this instrument, but due to the demand, we are passing it onto our customers. The Coyote is typically $6500.00 with STD specs and the 4-Button Tornipulator is an $800.00 upgrade. No need to say, but this is an incredible deal. The Coyote was the last model designed by Ronin. These are very rare guitars as it is and the specs on this one really make it stand out even further. This Coyote features a beautiful and lightly applied, Aged Pinecrest Green all Nitro finish, a Mint Guard with 4-Button Tornipulator, two of Ronins Stormcrow Wound Foil-Bucker pickups (a bit hotter than average Foil-Buckers), an ABR1 Bridge/ Mastery Vibrato setup and a Magic Button (Internal Specialized Piezo Disk/ Harp Mic) This is also the only Ronin Coyote out there with dual coil taps for each pickup, adding even more versitility to this custom Offset design. The Coyote typically comes standard with a High Pass Filter button. The individual Coil Taps are a huge improvement to the versatility of this design.
The Magic button switch which activates a piezo-style pickup inside of the guitar's body captures every little nuance this guitar is capable of producing. Mixing the two magnetic pickups with it, can yield some incredible results tonally and can get you to some very convincing Dobro, Lap or Pedal-steel sounding territory. The Coyote has a 24" scale length; though it feels slightly closer to a long scale (think Jazzmaster) offset guitar by design. We were amazed when comparing it to a vintage 1960's Fender Jaguar.
The Stormcrow-Wound Foil-Bucker pickups are specially designed, to give shorter scale guitars, where the pickups are closer together, an incredible and well rounded focused tone. This is due to their special "Wide Range Style" wind and unique coil geometry. No stone has been left unturned on this spectacular instrument. The neck on this guitar is a vintage feeling Med C profile, that measures .84" at the 1st fret & .88" at the 12th fret. Now to discuss the 4-button Tornipulator circuit. If you are into Avant-Garde music or like to build unique landscapes of sound while using pedals like loopers or just want to use the momentary Kill-Switch or LPF alone for Trem/Vibrato type sounds; it's all at your finger tips.
The 4-Button Tornipulator has these 4 functions; all of which can be used in conjunction together. The first button (all momentary) activates the Microphone, the second introduces 60 Cycle Hum and is essentially a ground lift, the third button is a Kill Switch and last but not least is Izzy's, head Luthier/designer at Ronin's Low Pass Filter button that can interact with the mic or be used alone. This is the first ever Coyote in this Color scheme and is possibly the prettiest we've seen. The relic is very natural looking and the Green with Mint Guard really make the Silver Foil-Bucker's pop. This is a rare guitar built to the highest standards, it feels like an old friend while encouraging you to step outside the box and your comfort zone. Don't miss out on this gem.
Specs:
• Custom Coyote/ Aged Pinecrest Green (Custom Black Headstock)
• Body: Master Grade SOGR (Solid Old-Growth Redwood)
• Neck: Roasted Maple
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Nut Width: 1.65"
• Radius: 9.5”
• Back Contour: Soft V to C .84"-.88"
• Scale Length: 24"
• Fretwire: Stewmac 152
• Inlay: Clay Dots
• Pickup: 2x Ronin Stormcrow-Wound Foil Bucker Silver-Mesh
• Bridge: Pigtail Aluminum ABR
• Tailpiece: Mastery Vibrato
• Tuners: Hipshot Open Gear
• Controls: 1x Vol 1x Tone 3-way Toggle
• Finish: Aged Pinecrest Green
• Weight: 7lbs 3oz
• Comes with COA & Reunion Blues protective Gig-Bag
• Upgraded Options:
• Magic Button (Resonance Switch)
• Dual Coil Taps
• 4 Button Tornipulator:
• - Mic
• - 60 Cycle Hum
• - Kill Switch
• - Low Pass Filter
