Basics
Body
Neck
Wenge is a hard species of wood, and there fore well suited for fretboards. Grain patterns are ofter very beautiful, colour varies from milk chocolate to almost pitch black when oiled.
RockLite Ebano is a environmentally friendly and sustainable ebony substitute made from real wood - ie. it's not vulcanized paper / "laminate flooring". It has a grain pattern of it's own; is 100% stable; feels and sounds like the real thing; and - of course - looks black as AAA -grade ebony. Read more at
http://www.rocklite.co.uk/
For a custom fretboard inlay you can send me a photo (or a link to) of what you have in mind by email, I'll scale it to fit on the sketch for your approval. Price is determined by the length of outline need to cut at 0.30€ per millimeter. For example a box of 40mm x 40mm dimensions would have four sides each 40mm long, so 160mm in total, which would be (0,30 * 160) 48€. Minimum charge is 150€.
Materials available:
* White mother of pearl
* Black mother of pearl
* Brass
* Copper
Hardware & electronics
Gotoh hardware is world renown for highest possible quality and reliability.
- GE103B-T Tune-O-Matic is a superb quality guitar bridge, no frills, no spills. Everything you'll ever need.
- Ti103B-T is same as GE103B-T, but with extraordinarily hard TITANIUM saddles which improve tone and will last a lifetime of hard palying!
- GE1996T Floyd Rose tremolo is one of the very best in the market, I'd claim it to be better than FR Originals. High stability, smooth feel when playing and rock solid construction with steel saddles, steel base and brass block.
- Hipshot Fixed guitar bridge, world renown for durability and tone
- Evertune F-model. Evertune keeps your guitar ever in tune by sheer witchcraft!
For tuners I've chosen Gotoh for Katras series:
Available bridges for 7-stringed guitar
- TonePros TP7 tune-o-matic bridge with TZ7 tailpiece!
- Hipshot 7 String fixed bridge
- Floyd Rose 1000 -series pro tremolo unit with locking nut
- Evertune 7-model. Evertune keeps your guitar ever in tune by sheer witchcraft!
For tuners I've chosen Gotoh for Katras series:
For Katras -series bass guitars I've chosen Gotoh GB707 tuners and 404SJ bridge either in 4 / 5 stringed configurations.
Pickups are available from following manufacturors. I've listed only few examples from each maker, select the closest to your preference, and write down the exact model (if different) in the open text field in the end of order form.
I have some pickup comparisons on my website here.
- Zead Scorpio, handwound in Italy - my personal recommendation, the pickup I've been using on my personal guitars for three years now over all others, the clarity and punch for fast riffing is in a class of it's own!
- DiMarzio - Legedary pickups for all purposes
- Seymour Duncan (SD) passive and active pickups
- Bare Knuckle Pickups (BKP) passive pickups handwound in UK
- Lundgren Pickups passive pickups handwound in Sweden
- EMG active pickups with MetalWorks brushed black chrome covers when possible
- Fishman Fluence The modern popular active pickup with the unique passive / active voicing swithing option.