Want a fretboard with compound radius for a lower string action? Or perhaps you'd like to experience Lospennato's 'Salt and Pepper' controls - these are on-board sound processing controls that you won't find in any other guitar. And wait until you hear about 'Chili', or Leo's Freedom Neck, a new, unique, ergonomic guitar neck shape. In Leo Lospennato's approach, innovation is not only possible; it is necessary.
The Lospennato TV-Star
Among the musicians that play a Lospennato guitar, we find one of the most important European rock bands of the last decade, Kontrust. For them, Leo developed the TV-Star—a Telecaster-flavored instrument but defined with more fluid and modern lines.
The elegant, wavy curves we saw in the previous models show up again, becoming a recognizable trait in Lospennato’s designs. “Some artists focus on the colors; some others focus on the textures,” Leo explains, “but my obsession is the shapes; the play between matter and space; the trajectory of a line that suddenly changes direction while keeping the flow of an integrated whole.”
The red candy enamel is aged to look many decades old, a vintage flair reinforced by the applied emblems that once belonged in a real classic Studebaker’s dashboard.
The automotive and the motorcycle industry are a recurrent inspiration in Lospennato’s guitars, an influence that’s evident here. The foam-green pickguard complements the body’s color and celebrates the American midcentury-style, an era of cool cars, surfing, and rock and roll.