Please note that Waterslide is no longer taking orders and instead only provides us guitars that are ready for sale. We are leaving this listing here only as an example of Waterslide builds - it is not actually "available to order".
Made in the USA, this guitar features a beautifully aged Fiesta Red nitro lacquer finish on an alder body. It's got a fully PLEK'd maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard and a '50s soft V-C profile that's .86" at the first fret and 1 11/16" at the bone nut. The fingerboard has a 9.5" radius, 6105 frets and the guitar has a 25.5" scale length. It has a light, slightly aged satin finish that feels great and will not get sticky when playing.
The bridge pickup is a Mojo lap steel pickup which is very fat sounding with tons of sustain and punch. These are uniquely sensitive pickups which nail the vintage character and tone of the original design. Primarily used by slide players like Ry Cooder, Jason Isbell and Blake Mills, these lap steel pickups have a special magic with open tunings and bottleneck playing.
The neck pickup is a Mojo reissue of a Guyatone-Spec Gold Foil pickup from the '60s. It has a bit more midrange warmth than a Teisco-spec gold foil with great string definition and warmth. It holds its own with the lap steel pickup and provides a nice complement & contrast to the bridge pickup, tonally. All six strings remain in-phase in the middle position.
The bridge is a vintage-style trem with a steel block and saddles. There’s also VIPots audio taper pots, a PIO cap and cloth covered wiring with a Pure Tone jack. The firestripe pickguard, metal switch tip and vintage knobs tie it all together.
Great parts and great care go into these guitars and this one comes in a hardshell case.