Made in the USA, this guitar features a beautifully aged Copper Rust nitro lacquer finish on an alder body. It's got a fully PLEK'd maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard and a med C profile that's 0.86" at the first fret. This guitar has a 25.5" scale length that's 1 11/16" at the bone nut with a 9.5" radius and 6105 frets. It has a light, slightly aged satin finish that feels great and will not get sticky when playing.
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.
In the neck position is a Mojo reissue of a Teisco-spec Gold Foil pickup from the '60s that's the traditional neck pickup choice for a Coodercaster. It 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 Duesenberg Multibender that is set up here for whole-step bends on the B & G strings for pedal steel phrasings.Â
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-style knobs tie it all together.
Great parts and great care go into these guitars and this one comes in a hardshell case.