The Baccara - undying hope, eternal optimism.
When we started on the Baccara for Alain, it was to replace his old Epiphone Casino that was stolen from him mid show years ago. Can you imagine, being on stage and watching one of your favorite guitars be stolen from you right off the stage. So after we had done the Sparkler for Alain, we wanted to give him a special guitar to replace what was stolen from him.
So we set out to build him the guitar of his dreams. A Semi Hollow 22 fret master piece.
We started out with the basics of his 1965 Casino that was stolen. It is a thinline Mahogany Body with Arched Maple top, and Maple Tone Block.
With its compound "U" shaped Mahogany Set Neck with Ebony fretboard. The 22 Fret 625mm Scale is a dream to play.
The Pickups are a custom wax potted set of Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers, a SH-55n for the neck and a SH-55b for the bridge with single volume and tone controls.
Of course the pick up selector is a simple toggle on the upper bout to switch from Neck, Bridge and both pick ups.
Specs at a Glance -
Body – Mahogany Back and Sides w/ Arched Maple Top Cap, 7 Ply Binding Top and Bottom, Tri Ply Tortoise Pick Guard
Neck – Mahogany w/ Compound U Shape – 21.1mm at first fret, 24.64mm at 12th fret
Truss Rod – Double Expanding Head Adjusting
Scale - 24.6” ( 625mm ) 22 fret
Fretboard - Bound Ebony w/ 7.25” Radius ,with 42mm Bone Nut
Pickups - Seymour Duncan Jazz SH-55n in the Neck with matching Seymour Duncan SH-55b in the Bridge both with custom shop wax potting.
500k Pots
Controls - 3 way Toggle – Position 1 Bridge, Position 2 – Bridge/Neck , Position 3 – Neck
Tuners - Grover Mini Locking Rotomatics
Vibrato - Bigsby B-30 with Towner Down Tension Bar
Bridge - Ebony w/ Gold Roller
Available in a Matte Ox Blood Red Finish with Matching Headstock.
Late Spring 2020 Limited to 11 pcs.
Please e-mail - Sales@dreamstudioguitars.com if you would like to get on the pre-order list.