WCS Gates of Hell Electric Guitar Walnut and Cherry With Hard Case (Eco Friendly)

Unique "tone building," strip built, laminate body rings with endless sustain. Hand wound custom pick ups: P-90 vintage replicas, over wound Goat's Growl's from ManliusGuitar.com give everything from a clear country twang to a grinding, overdriven singlecoil rush.

Bookmatched curly walnut and curly cherry top with cherry and spalted beech marquetry flames. 3 way bookmatched curly walnut back, curly cherry fingerboard with walnut and spalted beech inlays, strong>This guitar is very eco-friendly, made with approx. 75% salvaged wood. The balance is sustainably harvested and local New England wood.

Ships with Free Case (click for details and pictures)

For a detailed look at how this guitar was built entirely by hand, check out WCS blog at: http://wcswood.blogspot.com/

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Technical Specifications:

• Body: 5 ply laminate with 3 ply maple core,
  • 3/32" hand made veneer top and back.
  • 18 1/2 X 13 1/4" across lower bout.
  • Total weight: 8 1/2lbs
  • just over 1 1/2" thick semi hollow body.
  • Body routs are similar to the Warmouth Telecaster semi hollow body.
• Finger Board/ Neck: 24 9/16" scale (Gibson short scale) 21 frets
  • Neck width is 2 1/4-1 3/4" with a 12" fingerboard radius
  • String spread 2 1/8" at bridge,
  • 1 15/16" at 21st fret and just under
  • 1 1/2" at the handmade bone nut
  • Grover self locking tuning machines
  • Bolt on three piece neck with approx 2 degree neck angle
  • Neck is slim just under 13/16" at the nut, curvature is wide and shallow.
  • Allied Lutherie Stainless Steel, two way adjustable, low torque truss rod
    
• Pickups: Manlius Guitar Goat's Growl P-90 replicas (singlecoils)(Manliusguitar.com)
• Pickguard: inlaid 3 ply pickguard back of which is shielded w/ copper
  • volume and tone circuits w/ handmade knobs
  • 3 way selector switch
    
• Tailpiece: Nashville tune-o-matic bridge w/ chrome/steel tailpiece
• Pickup cavities and bottom of control cavity have copper sheeting shields laminated in place. Shielded wire used throughout. Very quiet guitar.
• Finish: Hand polished Amber shellac finish
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