The archtop heritage is referenced again with wooden control knobs, another nice flourish of the artist’s brush. That said, although the nitro Golden ’Burst finish is very classic-looking and understated, the aged patina of those nickel-plated tuners is a little at odds with the brighter new nickel plating of the tune-o-matic and stud tailpiece, not to mention the pickup covers. The archtop heritage is referenced again with wooden control knobs, another nice flourish of the artist’s brush As a result, while tuning duties are handled by those super-smooth Gotoh 510s, we barely touched them – this is one very stable guitar.
The relatively narrow back-angled headstock is a classy touch and gives way less string splay than many three-a-side headstocks. The ebony fingerboard is jet black and peppered with pearl dots we even get quite large half-circle dots as side markers. There’s a subtle but noticeable flame to the one-piece maple neck, which appears to be quarter-sawn. It’s gives a little feedback resistance but still gives a bit of colouring of the electric tone of the instrument” (Image credit: Future / Olly Curtis) “They’re just like true old PAFs, which, as you know, sometimes weren’t potted at all. “Jason Lollar developed the pickups for us,” says Otto.
It feels nicely compact, too, with a rim depth of 46mm, though the curves of the top and back increase the overall depth to around 68mm at the centre of the body. You can probably imagine the plugged-in voice that Romeo has, but the quality of the very velveteen-sounding ’buckers is a real pleasureĪs a consequence, the neck joins the body at the 16th fret on the bass side and at the 18th fret on the treble side, although even with the classy offset heel, high-fret access is a bit of a stretch.īut the craft here is beautiful – from the lovely graduated carve of the spruce top and the slightly less pronounced dishing of the laminated mahogany back, to the very tidy binding with inner multi-strip purfling. This pulled the neck lower in the body making the guitar more compact, and better hand and wrist playing posture.” We also looked into making the body shorter. “In other words, we balanced the guitar before it was drawn. “We placed the position of the strap button before we sketched the upper bout,” comments Otto. There is a little nod to the Telecaster, perhaps in the upper bout and horn design, while the lower bouts look more Gibson ES-like, although the bridge sits lower. The resulting guitar unquestionably fulfils that initial design brief.
Under the hood you’ll find CTS 500K audio pots, a Switchcraft toggle and a Sky MC473. These wooden-knobbed controls are for master volume and a tone control for each pickup.
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