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EJ Lowrider Special #1 Wenge'

EJ Lowrider Special #1 Wenge'

Posted by Ejayejaye on 8/7/2011
This is an image of the very first prototype Lowrider Special, #1.
SPECIFICATIONS
Hollow body – Bookmatched Tansanian (African) Wenge’ top, Bookmatched premium California Walnut back, and East Indian Rosewood sides
Hand-carved through-body S. American Canarywood neck (German Hornbeam neck block/Premium American Birdseye Maple fret board
Brass nut
Gold plated Gretsch Filtertron™ pickups
Gold plated Wilkinson™ LP Roller bridge
Gold plated knobs-2 volume and 2 tone controls
(upper left bout-neck pickup volume and tone controls;
lower right bout- bridge pickup volume and tone controls)
Canarywood control plates and Wenge’ headstock cover plate
Gold plated Grover™ tuning machines (black buttons)
Stainless steel string hold-down
Handcarved African Ebony tailpiece
Hot Rod™ double-action truss rod
Abalone logo, top, and side dot inlays
Penetrating polyurethane and carnauba wax finish
High quality hardshell case
24 3/4” scale 8 lbs. 0 oz.
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About The Lowrider Special Through-Body Model

The Lowrider Special offers a new approach to the traditional through-body guitar design. This one-piece neck is removable and replaceable. It is bolted in 4 places - 2 behind the neck pickup, and 2 at the rear of t2he instrument (under the ebony tailpiece). This method of through-body neck connection to the body of the guitar not only offers a rigid and secure "marriage" of neck and body, it also guarantees perfect alignment of the strings above the fretboard. Because the neck and top plate of the guitar are essentially a unit independent of the hollow body cavity, the pickups "hear" the qualities that are inherent in an acoustic instrument. The body is constructed much like an acoustic guitar. That is, the sides are thin (.120") heat bent. Unlike a typical acoustic guitar, the body's top and back are much thicker (approx. 1/4"). Unique to this design, the fretboard sits flush to the body. Naturally, the strings sit much closer to the surface of the instrument body than in other guitar designs. As well, the pickups and bridge are deeply recessed in the through-neck.
California redwood sandwiched between bookmatched Quartersawn White Oak (top) and a one-piece African Lati (back)
Set maple neck (glued in)/Birdseye maple fretboard
Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded Humbucker Set™
SH-4 JB™ at the bridge and the SH-2n Jazz Model™ at the neck
All black-chromed hardware
Fully adjustable Wilkinson™ brass roller bridge w/locking studs
Black brass tailpiece
Sperzel™-style locking tuning machines
Black chromed knurled brass knobs – separate volume and tone controls for each pickup
Les Paul™ style 3-way toggle pickup control switch
Abalone side & fretboard dot inlays
Gator™ 335 hardshell case
Penetrating polyurethane and carnauba wax finish
9 lbs. 4 oz. 24 3/4” scale
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Ejayejaye
Eric Joseph Electric Guitars. designer and builder of electric guitars and electric basses. The profile image is of a cast silicone rubber wall-hung sculpture by Eric Joseph, created in 1991. It is entitled "Blue Belly Joy".The original casting is in a private collection in Phoenix, Arizona. Limited edition castings are available by commission in silicone rubber, bronze, or aluminum.

http://ericjosephelectricguitars.com/


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