JOHN McLAUGHLIN'S MODEL
John McLaughlin says on his website
… I still have my historically favorite guitars:
Gibson J200. What a guitar…
My Abe Wechter ‘Notre Dame’ used on the ‘Thieves and Poets’ CD
I have two Gibson Johnny Smiths, both from the 1970’s
My Mike Sabre ‘Mini’ with a Johnny Smith Humbucker and Richard McClish’s great bridge hardware for the whammy bar and the piezo midi-captor,
A beautiful Paul Reed-Smith…
… I still have my historically favorite guitars:
Gibson J200. What a guitar…
My Abe Wechter ‘Notre Dame’ used on the ‘Thieves and Poets’ CD
I have two Gibson Johnny Smiths, both from the 1970’s
My Mike Sabre ‘Mini’ with a Johnny Smith Humbucker and Richard McClish’s great bridge hardware for the whammy bar and the piezo midi-captor,
A beautiful Paul Reed-Smith…
SPECIFICATIONS
Cette guitare mesure 88 cm de de longueur, et a été conçue aussi pour voyager en cabine d’avion afin d’éviter les accidents de transport.
Parfaitement équilibrée, son diapason est de 25”.
Le manche, en acajou, est renforcé d’ébène, de fibre de carbone, et d’un Truss Rod à double direction.
La touche, en ébène, de 22 frettes, a un radius de 16 inchs.
La tête, plus épaisse que d’ordinaire, renforcée d’une talonnette et de carbone, est plaquée dessous d’ébène de 2 mm. Il est collé au corps de la Guitare.
La base du corps est en acajou, et sa table est un assemblage d’érable ondé et de plaquage d’ébène.
L’ensemble est sculpté à la main, la table "arch top" et le corps profilé lui donne une ergonomie parfaite.
Elle est montée d’un mini humbucker jazz en position grave, et le vibrato est équipé de pontets Midi "RMC", volume & tonalité pour le humbucker, et volume pour la sortie midi.
Fond dur & vernis polyuréthane.
Parfaitement équilibrée, son diapason est de 25”.
Le manche, en acajou, est renforcé d’ébène, de fibre de carbone, et d’un Truss Rod à double direction.
La touche, en ébène, de 22 frettes, a un radius de 16 inchs.
La tête, plus épaisse que d’ordinaire, renforcée d’une talonnette et de carbone, est plaquée dessous d’ébène de 2 mm. Il est collé au corps de la Guitare.
La base du corps est en acajou, et sa table est un assemblage d’érable ondé et de plaquage d’ébène.
L’ensemble est sculpté à la main, la table "arch top" et le corps profilé lui donne une ergonomie parfaite.
Elle est montée d’un mini humbucker jazz en position grave, et le vibrato est équipé de pontets Midi "RMC", volume & tonalité pour le humbucker, et volume pour la sortie midi.
Fond dur & vernis polyuréthane.
This guitar is 34,64 inches long and was conceived in order to travel in plane cockpits to avoid damage during flyght transports.
Very well balanced, It has a 25” scale lenght.
The neck is made of very old mohagony and is reinforced in its center by a piece of ebony.
Two carbon rods are inserted against a double way adjustable truss rod.
The frettboard, made of ebony, has 22 frets and has a 16 inch radius
.
The peg head is thicker than usual and is reinforced on its front and back faces by a thick veneer of ebony,
with a hill on the back side. It is glued to the body.
The base of the body is made of mohagony, and the top is an assemblage of curly mapple in the center and ebony venneer on the sides.
The overall is hand carved, arched on the top and curved on the back and gives a perfect comfort while beeind played.
It is equiped with a jazz mini humbucker at neck position, and the tremolo bar is mounted with RMC midi saddles, controled by a volume and tone for the humbucker, and volume for the midi output.
The instrument is sealed and finished with polurethane.
Very well balanced, It has a 25” scale lenght.
The neck is made of very old mohagony and is reinforced in its center by a piece of ebony.
Two carbon rods are inserted against a double way adjustable truss rod.
The frettboard, made of ebony, has 22 frets and has a 16 inch radius
.
The peg head is thicker than usual and is reinforced on its front and back faces by a thick veneer of ebony,
with a hill on the back side. It is glued to the body.
The base of the body is made of mohagony, and the top is an assemblage of curly mapple in the center and ebony venneer on the sides.
The overall is hand carved, arched on the top and curved on the back and gives a perfect comfort while beeind played.
It is equiped with a jazz mini humbucker at neck position, and the tremolo bar is mounted with RMC midi saddles, controled by a volume and tone for the humbucker, and volume for the midi output.
The instrument is sealed and finished with polurethane.
John McLaughlin plays this guitar on :
- Carlos SANTANA dvd "Live at Montreux , Hymns for Peace" 2004
- Eric CLAPTON dvd "Crossroads Guitar Festival" 2004
- John McLAUGHLIN with SHAKTI
OPTIONS
Ces instruments étant fabriqués à l’unité de façon artisanale, je peux répondre à toutes demandes et options particulières.
En voici quelques exemples :
- Diapason
- Nombre de frettes
- Largeur sillet
- Épaisseur et profilé de manche
- Bois et matériaux
- Micros & électronique
- Accastillage
- Couleur & Vernis
- Vibrato ou non
- Midi ou non
- Version gaucher
Pour plus d’informations , contactez moi.
En voici quelques exemples :
- Diapason
- Nombre de frettes
- Largeur sillet
- Épaisseur et profilé de manche
- Bois et matériaux
- Micros & électronique
- Accastillage
- Couleur & Vernis
- Vibrato ou non
- Midi ou non
- Version gaucher
Pour plus d’informations , contactez moi.
My guitars being individually hand crafted by myself alone, I can afford to let you have it be customized in many ways accordind to your musical needs ...
Here are some exemples of options you can pretend for :
- Scale lenght
- Number of frets
- Widht of nut
- Thickness of neck
- Materials & woods
- Microphones & electronics
- Hardware
- Color of finish
- Tremolo or not
- Right or left hand
- Midi or not...
Please contact me for further information
Here are some exemples of options you can pretend for :
- Scale lenght
- Number of frets
- Widht of nut
- Thickness of neck
- Materials & woods
- Microphones & electronics
- Hardware
- Color of finish
- Tremolo or not
- Right or left hand
- Midi or not...
Please contact me for further information
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