Constantin Guitar Sweetcaster #0005
I always like to stay below 3.5 kilos with my builds, but sometimes you have to make exception. This was one of those times, since I couldn't resist when I purchased this beautiful swamp ash body with its exceptional grain and texture. With all the other specs, the guitar weighs 3.7 kilos, which is still pretty ok for an S-style guitar, especially when you can make up for it in tone!
For this guitar I went with a C-shaped maple neck with 21 jumbo frets and a 9.5" board radius. The playability is really good and the string action is low enough to even start shredding some Eric Johnson-style tunes. Body and neck are connected with Nectite inserts and screws, as we do with all our builds.
The pickups are handwound Q-Pickups from Croatia and the set is leaning towards a hot SRV-style tone. That being said, they are a little overwound to promote low end & mids to compensate a little for the brighter tone, coming out of the swamp ash/maple combination. This time I kept the electronics traditional (without the Blend pot), however the second tone knob will also control the bridge pickup. The tone capacitor is a NOS paper in oil 33nF, which rolls of nicely and keeps the harmonics jumping.
Hardware-wise, we're using the good old Gotoh GE101TS with the steel block for maximum sustain and tone. But to add more mass and stability, the guitar also comes with the Apollo Music Parts trem claw. Gotoh vintage style tuners round the whole thing up.
You can hear how it sounds and also hear me talk about the guitar in the video below. For any other questions, just send me a message. Happy to answer and usually really fast!
Shipping rates are aproximates, please reach out for a more precise quote.
Specs:
- Swamp ash body with a 2-Tone Burst finish and medium relic treatment
- Maple neck with C-profile and relic treatment
- Maple fingerboard with 21 jumbo frets
- 9.5" fingerboard radius
- Black dot inlays
- Nectite Inserts & Screws for improved sustain & maintenance
- Handwound Q-Pickups Hot A5 SRV Singlecoil Set
- Master Volume, Neck Tone, Middle & Bridge Tone, 5-Way Lever Switch
- Gotoh GE101TS Vintage Tremolo with Steel Block
- Apollo Music Parts trem claw
- Gotoh SD91 Vintage Style tuners
