Further evolution of the Salamander design, featuring a carved walnut top, surfaced with a gouge to give a hand-hewn look, on a contoured basswood back.
Very sleek and comfortable.
Neck is walnut, with a persimmon fretboard.
Homespun humbuckers with alnico 5 polepieces.
Bridge~ 6000 turns per coil, 8.7K ohms DCR
Neck~ 5000 turns per coil, 7.5K ohms DCR
Aluminum compensated bridge/tailpiece with locking studs.
Hipshot Classic open-gear tuners.
25″ scale, 22 high/wide frets
Weighs 6.8 pounds
sold
Dismal Ax 
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[…] with an eastern red cedar top on a basswood back. I initially did the same gouged surfacing as on the walnut one, but wasn’t happy with how it turned out on the cedar, so I sanded it down and just did a […]
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