- The Jacobite. This guitar was inspired by both a predecessor to the modern guitar and Alaska's Denali Highway.
- From a structural standpoint, the instrument is a hybrid of
elements, some taken from Telecaster-style guitars, others taken
from a certain parlour guitar
made by Matteo Sellas in 1638. The twelfth fret body join and the
contrasting patchwork of maple and ebony creates an illusion of
"over-the-body" frets which were commonly found on
instruments dating from this early era. It was also common for
these instruments to have pictorial cosmetic details along the
fretboard and on the headstock. The Jacobite's fretboard shows a
landscape engraved in mother-of-pearl of the rustic wilderness
along Alaska's Denali Highway, an image inspired by a recent
cycling adventure taken by Ian Schneller, the luthier. The
headstock veneer is ebony flanked by Alaskan cedar burl.
In keeping with the Telecaster-style, this guitar has a bolt-on neck and slab body construction and it's pickup is a single coil, but it is a specially wound extra long single coil. The frequency response is quite broad due to the pickup's angle, giving it a big bottom and sparkling highs. Click on images to enlarge.
- This guitar features:
- a custom pickup designed by Specimen and wound by Lindy Fralin
- 16:1 high-ratio sealed planetary banjo tuners
- ebony and Alaskan cedar burl facing on the headstock
- an arctic landscape engraved into mother-of-pearl on the fretboard
- a Gotoh Tone Pros wrap-around bridge
For a larger image of the fretboard, click on the photo below. This photo size is large, so please be patient.
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