Sam's Blog » General Posting http://www.cardinalinstruments.com/blog What's new at Cardinal Instruments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Multi-Scale West http://www.cardinalinstruments.com/blog/2011/08/21/multi-scale-west http://www.cardinalinstruments.com/blog/2011/08/21/multi-scale-west#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:05:51 +0000 Sam Evans http://www.cardinalinstruments.com/blog/?p=242 IMG_3471
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This custom West was commissioned by a long time customer. He was looking for something truly special, and that’s exactly what he got. The mesquite body, cocobolo neck and a bocote fretboard are just the beginning. A custom bridge was machined to accommodate the multi-scale, custom wiring and electronics and a bevy of other features help make this guitar extremely toneful and versatile. Truly one-of-a-kind, and built to last a lifetime.

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This cypress bodied Magpie recently was recently hande over to its new owner, Lance Keltner, last week. He was gracious enough to feature it in an upcoming video that we will post here in the blog this week. Thanks, Lance!

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Head over to the for sale section and check out this East. It’s magically delicious at 7.4lbs.

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The first demo will be a walnut West. If you’re interested, let us know at info@cardinalinstruments.com

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-Spalted pecan body
-Cocobolo neck, quarter sawn
-Ziricote fretboard (r=16″)
-Wilkinson vibrato
-Custom Cardinal humbuckers w/ aged covers
-Ebony control knobs
-Sperzel Locking tuners
-V,T, 3-way toggle and kill switch
-Spalted willow cavity covers

I sounds huge.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQZtXhuGAc

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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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