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.
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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”
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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.
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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
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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)
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Hardware
Finish:……………..Nickel
Bridge:…………….Pigtail intonatable wraparound bridge with locking posts fitted to 1 1/4”steel studs
Tuners:…………….Gotoh “Kluson” type
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Finish
Type:………………Lightly aged unplasticised nitrocellulose lacquer
Colour:…………….Gold top with natural or dark back
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Accessories
Case:………Hiscox “Liteflite” hardcase
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Options
Deep “belly” cut
Bevelled “drop heel” neck joint.“FC” fully contoured heel/cutaway.Gloss finish
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