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 Black Nitro lacquer finish on an alder body with a '50s soft V-C neck that's 1 11/16" at the bone nut with a 9.5" radius and 6105 frets. It has a lightly aged satin finish that feels great and will not get sticky when playing. Tuners are vintage-style Kluson.
In the bridge position 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 Lollar's reissue of a Teisco-spec Gold Foil pickup that has a clear and open sound that’s scooped in the midrange. It provides a nice complement & contrast to the bridge pickup, tonally.
The bridge is a vintage style trem with steel block and saddles. There’s also VIPots audio taper pots, a PIO cap and cloth covered wiring and a Pure Tone jack. The Firestripe pickguard, metal switch tip and vintage style HiFi knobs tie it all together.
Great parts and great care go into these guitars and this one comes in a hardshell case.