Vulcan Custom Extreme (Chambered)
Posted by Steve Helgeson on Apr.15, 2007
Guitar of the Month April 2007
Vulcan Custom Extreme(chambered)
Another personal Vulcan for Steve serial# 52950
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The 1.730″ nut width,slim taper neck has double carbon graphite rods on each side of the a two way acting trussrod.Fretboard radius=15″, tall narrow frets.(Dunlop#6105)
This one is equipped with Bartolini PBF 55(neck), and PBF 77(bridge) pickups, a little hotter than the PBF49/51 combination.Gold plated pickup rings.Push/pull tone controls coil-tap for Hum/singlecoil
Gold Tonepros locking tunamatic/stoptail bridge system
Satin gold Sperzel open back tuning machines.
Waterborne self cross-linking polyurethane,crystal clear finish buffed high gloss.
$4000 Base price
$500 5A quilt upgrade
$300 Hand stain enhancement
$150 Brazilian Rosewood fretboard
$600 Swans, pearl and Paua abalone inlays
$200 Swan, pearl headstock inlay
$400 Paua abalone bound headstock
$400 Paua abalone bound fretboard
$500 Paua abalone bound top body rim
$250 African Purpleheart bound headstock ,fretboard
$200 High figure African limba body, neck
$100 chamber routing
$7600.00- to order
Steve’s personal Vulcan Extreme-NOT FOR SALE,sorry
Insane (6-A stash)Quilted maple carved top,Paua abalone bound,- hand stained, with rags, a purple-heart burst,matching the Purpleheart bindings.Chambered African Black Limba(korina)body, and quilted Limba neck. Figured Brazilian Rosewood fretboard, inlaid with brilliant pearl and blue-Paua winged swans.Brazilian Rosewood headplate with a very large pearl “wheat-swan” inlaid under the Pearl Moonstone logo. African Purpleheart binding capping off the Paua abalone purfling surrounding the fretboard and headplate.
Weight: 7lbs 2oz
