Another Salamander, this time 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 mildly distressed finish, which suits it much better.
The neck is maple, with an osage orange fretboard.
Pickups are my homespun humbuckers, but my standard windings ended up sounding overly bright and harsh in this one, compared to the walnut version with the walnut neck and persimmon fretboard, so i made a set of overwound ones, which sound much fuller and less brash.
Bridge pickup: 7200 turns per coil, 10.6K ohms DCR
Neck pickup: 5600 turns per coil, 8.2K ohms DCR
Both have alnico 5 rod polepieces and aluminum casings.
Brass compensated bridge/tailpiece combo.
Hipshot Classic tuners.
Weighs 6.6 pounds.