Chumcaster 2021
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Neck
Maple
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Scale length
25 1/2"
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Truss Rod
Non-adjustable steel reinforcement
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Frets
Dunlop 6105
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Body
Alder with white nitrocellulose finish
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Pickups
Single Tele Bridge Lindy Fralin Blues special
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Controls
The beautiful reverse three way Specimen Esquire circuit with switch positions translating to:
Bridge- volume and tone controls active.
Middle-Volume control active, tone inactive
Neck- Pickup hardwired directly to output jack. Volume and tone controls inactive.
Three beautiful intuitive presets -
Bridge
unmarked Tele vintage Pan Bridge with correct imperial threading and slotted hardware
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Shipping
Freight by arrangement
The neck of this guitar sports my narrow double hump headstock design which allows the tuners to spread apart from the vintage six on a side cluster. This dramatically changes the bending properties of the treble strings. It affords more controllable rise in pitch and a slightly lower tension in general. It also features a non-adjustable steel reinforced neck, which is super stable and tonal. The pickup is made by Lindy Fralin: his slightly sparky “Blues special”.
This guitar has a pick guard made of fish that I purchased on my first trip to Chicago in 1981. It was a field trip from the Memphis Academy of Art when I was a freshman. I found them in a cellophane package for around 79 cents. I took them back to Memphis and put them in a jar and intuitively labeled it #4 with a paint marker. I kept these fish in the shop all these years with people periodically quizzing me as to what the hell they were for. I always reply “They are my number four fish”. Well, recently they jumped out at me and I laid them up like roofing tile onto a flow substrate with CA glue and vacuum infused them with epoxy. This resulted in a 5/8″ thick pick guard which I recessed into this esquire body. The effect is curious indeed.
Chumcaster SP#847
