J1 GOLD TOP

The construction of carved maple top on a chambered mahogany body gives this guitar amazing natural sustain and resonance. The neck is hand carved from one piece of quarter sawn mahogany, creating a comfortable and stable neck with a great feel. The rosewood fingerboard adds warmth to the tone and has a rich, dark colour. 

All hardware is made in the US and includes a lightweight, fully adjustable Pigtail wraparound bridge and Sperzel Solid-Pro tuners. The guitar is fitted with high quality CTS pots, Switchcraft toggle switch and a pull/push tone pot for coil splitting. A 50’s wiring scheme is used to minimises treble loss when rolling back the volume.

The Bare Knuckle handwound 'Emerald' humbuckers are classed as vintage/hot. Punchy mids and crisp bottom-end give this Alnico V powered humbucker a distinctive blues-rock character with great attack. The moderate output of the Emerald humbucker allows for a more open and clear high-end compared to hotter pickups especially when used with high amounts of preamp gain. Plain enamel hand-wound coils keep the bottom-end tight and controlled while maintaining presence in the highs with excellent pick articulation and sweet harmonics. Clean tones are tight and percussive with a clean edge to the front of each note. When used with overdrive the Emerald will saturate really well, never sounding dark or losing definition, producing a hard-hitting crunch tone. 
 

S P E C I F I C A T I O N

BODY  Mahogany with sound chambers 

TOP  Book matched maple

NECK  One piece mahogany, comfy C profile

SCALE LENGTH  24.75''

FINGERBOARD  12'' radius, dark rosewood, unbound

NUT  43mm Bone

BINDING  Body: reveal maple

FRETS  22 Dunlop 6100 jumbo

MARKERS  Mother of pearl Wave inlays

TRUSS ROD  Adjustable double action

HEADSTOCK OVERLAY  Ebony

LOGO  Etched brass

HARDWARE  Nickel plated

BRIDGE  Pigtail wraparound bridge

TUNERS  Sperzel Solid-Pro

CONTROLS  500K CTS volume and tone for each pickup, Switchcraft 3-way selector switch

KNOBS  Gold speed

CAPACITORS  Sprague Orange drop .022

FINISH  High gloss nitrocellulose

COLOUR  Metallic gold top

CASE  Hiscox hard shell

PICKUPS  Bare Knuckle humbuckers 'Emerald'

BRIDGE  DC: 12.7  Magnet: Alnico V

NECK  DC: 9.6  Magnet: Alnico IV

PICKUP RINGS  Cream

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