Probett Guitars
Made in North Yorkshire, UK
Rocket '54
Mixing elements from our favourite early 1950s guitar designs.
The one piece slab mahogany body, carved maple top and vintage set neck construction give a fat yet clear voice.
Coupled with our custom voiced, vintage style P90 pickups, the `54 tone has beef and bite, chime and clarity.
We build these with a lightly aged finish as std. A gloss finish is available but we really like the way the lightly worn, played in feel helps the guitar to “disappear”. It`s one less obstacle between the player and the playing. Less time blowing dust off it and more time making music!
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Rocket ’54 – Detailed Specifications
Construction
Set neck with 1950`s LP style long tenon
Scale length:……….24.625”
Body
Back:……………..Premium grade 1 piece 1.75″ Mahogany
Top:………………..Premium grade 9/16” carved Eastern Maple
Binding:…………..Single ply Vintage spec ABS
Contours:………..”Vintage non-contoured back
"Vintage” stepped heel neck joint.
Neck
Material:……………..One piece quartersawn Mahogany with Holly headstock veneer
Fretboard:……………First grade Rosewood
Binding:……………….Single ply vintage spec “Royalite"
Inlays:………………….Vintage spec Trap inlays Fretboard Radius: 12″
Side dots:…………….Tortoiseshell
Nut Width:……………1.693″ (43mm)
Trussrod:……………..Vintage style 3/16 single acting rod.
Nut:……………………..Bone
Frets:…………………..Nickel Silver (.100” x .050”)
Headstock inlay:……Pearl “Sunbeam” logo
Headstock angle:….10 degrees
Electronics
Pickups:………………2 x Custom voiced P90
Switching:……………. 3 way toggle
Controls:……………… Neck volume, Neck tone, Bridge volume, Bridge tone controls
(Custom taper CTS potentiometers with selected vintage capacitors)
Hardware
Finish:……………..Nickel
Bridge:…………….Pigtail intonatable wraparound bridge with locking posts fitted to 1 1/4”steel studs
Tuners:…………….Gotoh “Kluson” type
Finish
Type:………………Lightly aged unplasticised nitrocellulose lacquer
Colour:…………….Gold top with natural or dark back
Accessories
Case:………Hiscox “Liteflite” hardcase
Options
Deep “belly” cut
Bevelled “drop heel” neck joint.“FC” fully contoured heel/cutaway.Gloss finish