Sam's Blog » General Posting http://www.cardinalinstruments.com/blog What's new at Cardinal Instruments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 WEST in Progress http://www.cardinalinstruments.com/blog/2010/09/06/west-in-progress-2 http://www.cardinalinstruments.com/blog/2010/09/06/west-in-progress-2#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:03:20 +0000 Sam Evans http://www.cardinalinstruments.com/blog/?p=182 100_0925
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Mesquite top and back, highly figured and OLD.
Purpleheart accent strip on body
Persimmon neck (air dried for over 20 years)
Texas ebony fretboard

Available for customization

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This is complete and ships soon. 1-piece spalted pecan body, maple neck an Honduran rosewood fretboard. It sounds great!!

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Mesquite.

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These will be shipping shortly.

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Sinker cypress body, maple neck, bocote fretboard. This one is getting a Lollar/Supro lapsteel p/up. This guitar is available.

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Spalted walnut top on sinker cypress back w/ black maple accent stripe. Neck is osage orange with a ziricote fretboard. P/up will be a single Lollar/Supro lapsteel.

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Tulipwood WEST. Specs TBD and it’s available. Let us know if you want it.

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Spalted walnut tops on a ZENITH and an EAST. The EAST is sold, but the ZENITH is available.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=qehEDfrC_kg

http://www.youtube.com/user/lancekeltner

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-Solid cypress body
-Honduran mahogany neck
-Indian rosewood fretboard (r = 12)
-21 jumbo frets
-Pearl side marker
-Mother of Pearl nut 1-11/16″ wide
-Lollar/Supro lapsteel p/up
-Floating bridge / TOM saddle
-Volume control
-6.1lbs!!!!

The production model will differ slightly, but essentially what you see is what you get.
We have clips of this guy, and it sounds absolutely HUGE. Like nothing I’ve ever heard, and it might be one of the best electric guitar tones ever. In my ever-so-humble opinion of course!

Lots of options available, and a starting price of $2249.00 with plenty of room for customization. The prototype will be for sale at $1699.00.

Oh, and it needs a name.

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We’re getting a head start on the Montreal Guitar Show coming up in July. If you’d like to have this before the show, let us know now. Otherwise all future specs such as p/up choice, neck carve, veneer, harware choice(s) will be determined by us. Specs at this time include:

-Wormy sinker cypress body, 1-piece, quarter sawn
-Bocote neck and fretboard, quarter sawn
-Wrap around TonePros bridge
-Lollar P-90 in the bridge position
-Cardinal H/O single coil in the neck position
- Tru-oil finish

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