J1 JUNIOR VINTAGE SERIES - CHAMBERED
£3,355
Andy Powell - Wishbone Ash - demos the J1 Junior during a visit to our workshop
Simon Golding
The body is chambered Honduran mahogany making it very resonant and lightweight. The neck is carved from quarter sawn honduran mahogany which is very stable feels great. Rosewood fingerboard adds a warmth to the tone and is rich and dark in colour. The high gloss cellulose finish has been aged with checking, chips, dings and wear and re polished at various stages to give the effect of dings made years ago.
All hardware is high quality, and includes a lightweight Mojoaxe compensated wraparound bridge for perfect intonation The vintage style Kluson ‘Butterbean’ button tuners allow fine tuning and smooth operation. The guitar is fitted with two high quality RS Guitarworks 500k CTS pots with very even tapers. A 50’s wiring scheme is used in all our guitars as we have found that it minimises treble loss when rolling back the volume.
A Bare Knuckle ‘Nantucket’ dogear P90 is fitted to capture the sound of those early SG and LP jr playing blues and rock guitarist. It can also produces a great country tele twang. The wide, squat coil creates a fatter tone compared to a Strat or Tele coil, while the twin magnet design lends all the power of a humbucker. Low notes are solid and tight while the upper mids really grind, but they never sound harsh; just fat and chunky. High notes can really sing and with a slightly breaking-up tube amp, wonderful harmonic feedback is possible. A touch sensitive dynamic and the ability to clean up well as the volume is backed off.
S P E C I F I C A T I O N
• Chambered mahogany body
• Quartersawn mahogany neck
• Sunburst top
• Comfy C profile
• 24.75'' Scale length
• 12'' radius rosewood fingerboard
• 43mm bone nut
• 22 Dunlop 6105 frets (narrow/high)
• Mother of pearl dot markers
• Ebony headstock overlay
• Gold wetslide Case logo
• Aged nickel hardware
• Lightweight Mojoaxe compensated wraparound bridge upgrade
• Kluson butterbean tuners
• Bare Knuckle 'Nantucket' dog-ear P90
• CTS volume and tone, Sprague Orange drop .022 capacitor
• Switchcraft 1/4'' output jack
• Gold bell knobs with position indicators
• Heavy relic, high gloss nitrocellulose checked finish with chips dings and areas of wear
• Weight 6.3 lbs
• D'Addario EXL110 10-46 regular light strings
• Hiscox hard case
If you would like to buy this guitar, or have any questions please contact us
info@caseguitars.co.uk
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