The Swordstress is a
new model for 2005.
This is the first completely new guitar I have designed for quite some time.
The Swordstress is pictured here with Andy Powell giving her a try out during the sound check at Newport Show on 24th April during the UK Tour 2005.
More detailed pictures will be up as soon as possible.
Construction
The Prototype
has an Obechi
Body, glued in Maple
Neck and Ebony
Fingerboard with medium/heavy fretwire.
Production
model options can be Alder
(either US or UK), Swamp Ash
or Basswood
with a glued in Maple
neck,
or as an alternative:
Mahogany
or Korina
for the Body and glued in Neck (for a 'warmer' tone).
The Fingerboard can be either Ebony
or Rosewood
and 'bound'
or 'unbound'
options are available.
Scale length - 25 1/2".
Colour - Champagne
A wide range of Colours
or Stains
choices available for the body and neck.
The head-face is Ebony
with a Brass Crown Inlay.
The Prototype
has small 4mm MOP dot inlays
in the fingerboard - the Production
models will have a distinctive set of hand
cut MOP inlays.
She has a 4x2 style for the machineheads in the laid back headstock, deep comfort contours on both front and back of the body and 'full access cutaways' for the 24 frets.
Pickups and Hardware
The standard 'Mag' pickups
are a set of Seymour Duncans:
A JB
at the bridge, a Cool Rails
in the middle and a JB Junior
at the neck.
There is a standard 5
way pickup selector switch and a volume
control for these 3 pickups.
The Bridge is a satin chrome
Wilkinson VS 100
with a Graphtech Piezo System
onboard... Graphtech saddles
and preamp
powered by a PP3 battery in the control compartment (which
is completely copper screened).
The other control knob on the front of the
guitar is the volume for the piezo
system.
A stereo output jack
socket supplies the pickup signals (the
'mag' and piezo systems are completely separate),
but if a standard mono jack is used the 'mags' work as normal.
The machines are Sperzel
'locking' type in satin chrome
to match the bridge.
She is also fitted with standard chrome Schaller
strap locks.
So... there she is.
If you want to ask any
question or make any enquiries - please 'fire away'...
Email: kev_royale@yahoo.co.uk
New 'Swordstress' models are on the way:
The Special, Deluxe,
Standard and Custom.
Wood choices: Bodies..... Mahogany, Korina, Swamp
Ash, Alder and Basswood.
Wood Choices: Necks..... Mahogany, Korina and Maple.
Wood Choices: Fingerboards..... Ebony, Rosewood and Maple.
We'll get back to you as
soon as we can.
We hope you enjoy looking around this
site.