Custom Made Singleton Electric Guitar
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USD 2,400.00 |
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USD 2,400.00 |
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Friday, June 27, 2008 |
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Monday, July 07, 2008 |
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Description
We are please to offer a custom made electric guitar hand made by local guitar builder Mark Singleton. This model is called the Singletouch Forcast. This is who Mark Singleton is: I started doing guitar repair back in the mid to late 70’s at a little music store in New Haven Connecticut. At that time it was mostly set–ups and pickup installs. I installed hundreds of DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups.In those days everyone had to have that sound in their Les Paul's. As for me, ever since I heard of Jimi Hendrix and the Fender Stratocaster, well was "all she wrote." I’ve found in my experience that Leo’s 1954 invention needed very little improvement over the past 50 years, (a true feat of absolute genius) although dozens upon dozens of changes have been made. So I took what was tried, tested, and true, then merged my own styling to enhance the Workhorse. I’ve always had a love for the Stratocaster. It was captivating to look at, as well as it’s shape, the flow of the pickguard, three pickups, three knobs and a sliding switch, the tremolo, the way it fit right into your body. My desire was to make that thing sound “Phat”. I guess it had to do with me playing guitar around town. I found myself searching after that sweet rich singing “voice” Carlos Santana's tone had. That tone caused me to think "Man, if I only had an axe that played like a Strat but had that richness of a Paul." So I made up may own Strat from different guitars parts around the shop. It had a 69 neck, which I refretted with jumbo frets, and a very heavy 74 ash body (At the time I summarized that, since LP’s were so heavy, that must one of the reason they sound so fat – I later found that was not the case) and two Humbucking pickups, with a Bill Lawrence Blade. The guitar looked, played, and sounded great! So it instantly became my number one. Later in the 70’s, I heard that Carlos was playing these guitars made by this guy named Paul Reed Smith. In 1982 I relocated to Los Angeles, and it wasn’t until the mid 80’s that I actually got my own PRS. The guitar looked and played great, but that phat tone I wanted wasn’t there. So I researched tone wood types, guitar building processes, pick up design, wood gluing, finishes, everything. Then I started experimenting with several designs of my own. I made many prototypes. I talked with several of the Southern California luthiers - Mark Lacey, John Carruthers , John Page, Don Grosh, and Tom Anderson. I credit John Carruthers with a great deal of my success as a repairman and as a luthier. John Carruthers’ knowledge and innovations have truly made an impact on the guitar industry over the last several decades. His friendship over the past twenty years has been invaluable. And so due to the input from all these great builders, I was able to set a course for the development of the Singletouch line of guitars. Guitar Model: Forecast Body Wood: Alder Neck Wood: Flame Maple Neck Back Shape: 69 C Fingerboard Radius: 14” Nut: Graphite Frets: Dunlop 6130 Bridge: Gotoh Nut Width: 1 11/16” Hardware Color: Chrome Gears: Open back Sperzel Pickguard: Electronics: 5 Way Input Jack: Swichcraft Knobs: Crome Dome Neck Pickup: Wolfetone Flashback N Middle Pickup: Wolfetone Flashback M Bridge Pickup: wolfetone Flashback B Finish Color: Trans Black Burst Paint Option: Other Options: Option 2: Case: Gig Bag Special: String Gauge: Dadario 10 This guitar plays like butter. This is your chance to get a brand new custom built guitar at a great price. Feel free to contact me at mswine@earthlink.net with any questions. I have 800 perfect feedbacks. I have never had an unhappy customer. Click here for my eBay store: Guitars and Amps
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