There isnothing out there quite like a Ronin
in the high-end Luthier builtguitar market. Head builder Izzy Lugo and the Ronin team has built a line of exciting and ground-breakingnew and original designs. Everything from the feel of their guitars neck carves, fretwork, setups, extremely resonant Master Grade Old-Growth Redwood bodies andRonins proprietary pickup designs; all culminate to create instruments that are equallyinspiring to play and hear as they are to marvel at. Not to mention the extremeattention to detail given to their lightly applied and artfully (sometimes aged) nitro finishesand revolutionary work on getting the most out of a guitars 2 pin Vibratosystem; which balances perfectly using a slanted 2-spring method, on their2-Pin Mannmade Vibrato equipped guitars like this one.
With Ronins now VERY limitedproduction rate, this unbelievable heirloom quality, fully hand-built Speedster Morningstar (Ser # 01) will only appreciate in value. This guitar and the Speedster Morningstar in Firemist Red (Ser # 02) available in a separate listing, were custom ordered by a local customer/collector as a pair. However with the Covid Pandemic still raging, he could not afford to keep them and needed to immediately sell them back to us. They have never been played or used and are in absolutely Brand New condition.
This build in particularincorporates some of the most loved and innovative Ronin features like theirfamous Magic Button which brings into play a specialized passive piezo Harp Micthat resides inside a cavity in the body. This can lead to many musical resultsand enhances the sounds of the very resonant lightweight Old Growth Redwoodbody. Upon pressing it, you'll be able to enhance all the subtle nuances of theinstrument. Letting you tap and play behind the nut or scratch at the springs.You can also get acoustic like tones that are blend-able with the otherpickups. As you roll down your guitars volume control/controls, it becomes morepresent, this can lead to lap-steel, banjo, dobro and many other experimental but very musical tones.
This unique Morningstar features three of Ronins more recent Twin Scroll Speedster Dual-Coil Pickups. While the Foil-Bucker Mini pickups Ronin typically uses in the Morningstar model are as if one mashed the best of a traditional low-output vintage Gold-Foil with a Gibson PAF; the Speedster Pickups sound like as if one mashed together both a vintage Kay Speed Demon Single Coil pickup and a PAF together. The Speed Demon pickups by Kay did not look like Gold-Foils, however they were almost identical to a Gold-Foil pickup in their bobin & coil geometry, windings and tone, but a little bit hotter to push a tube amp further into overdrive sooner than a traditional Gold-Foil pickup. What you get is a pickup that will sound familiar to the Ronin player but with more depth and bottom-end. Mixing them with the 5-way switch is extremely pleasing, as the fatter/fuller sounding Speedsters deliver better bass and middle response than the Foil-Bucker, for those who prefer a P-90 over a Strat pickup; these are for you.
If you already own a STD Morningstar, then you'll have another axe with a slightly different tonal palate, that one can sit and be inspired by all day long. These instruments are very responsive to your pick attack and where you set your volume and tone controls. Rolling off some volume cleans up the tone but retains all the beautiful fidelity and shimmer, we've come to expect from the Ronin Morningstar.
This is what satisfying tone sounds like. They needto be heard to be believed. You can get everything from fat-growling PAFhumbucker style tones mixed with more than a just a hint of Gold-Foil clarityat its best, to more ethereal & airy P-90 mixed with Strat-like tones that cut through themix without sounding the slightest bit harsh (perfection). Mixed with the MagicButton, you will always find new and exciting tones from this instrument. Thisguitar just begs to be played.
The neck is nice and chunky in avery tasteful and gradual way. It features Ronin’s masterfully hand carved V to C neck profile, a personal favorite of ours which measures .87" - .96”.
Full specs below.
Ronin Speedster Morningstar Ser # 01 Specs:
Color: Evening Orchid (super light relic, mostly some finish checking)
The color changes from Silver to light Purple (AKA Orchid)
Body: Master Grade Solid OldGrowth Redwood
Neck & Board: One-Piece Roasted Maple,1/4” Sawn
Nut Width: 1 11/16"
Radius: 9.5"
Back Contour: Soft V to C.87"-.96”
Bridge: Mannmade 2-Pin Tem
Tuners: Hipshot Open Gear
Weight: 7lbs 4.9oz
Pickups: 3 x Speedster Twin Scroll Humbuckers
Special features: Magic Button(Resonance switch)
COA: Included
Reunion Blues Gig-Bag Included.
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