Chumcaster 2021
$8,400
1 in stock
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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
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.
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”.
Chumcaster SP#847
