MK em Guitar and Audio Samples

This guitar is the first "gecko" model prototype I made named "em", which was completed in mid 2007. The design differs from the standard Fender and Gibson designs, which have changed little over the years. The "gecko" has incorporated some flavours of vintage guitar design and enhanced it to meet the needs of the modern player in ergonomics, improved upper fret access, pickup design and aesthetics.

Audio

I'll upload the audio soon...

Specifications

The scale length is standard Fender 25.5" inches.

Wood

• Body: 2 piece vertical and 2 piece horizontal laminate. Douglas Fir core and top, bookmatched Silky Oak back
• Neck: Rock Maple blank (750mm x 80mm x 25.4mm, flat sawn), Bubinga finger board blank (quarter sawn), figured Douglas Fir headstock veneer (offcut from body). 24 fret fingerboard with a 12 inch radius

Electronics

• Pickups: 2 Seymour Duncan Humbuckers (passive electronics): SH-1n '59 Model Zebra (neck position); SH-4 JB Model Zebra (bridge position
• Pots: 2 x Alpha 500K (volume, tone), with a 4.75uF capacitor
• Switch: Standard Gibson style 3 way switch (neck/both/bridge pickup switching options), black tip

Hardware

• Bridge: JSB hardtail string through body (Guitar Jones)
• Tuners: Gotoh SGM Button 07, gear ratio 1:16, chrome, 3 left and 3 right
• Truss Rod: Gotoh, aluminium u channel with single adjustable rod
• Frets: Medium
• Nut: "Vintage style" unbleached bone
• Knobs: Strat style volume and tone, black
• Side Dot Markers: white plastic, 2mm diameter

Finish

• Nitrocellulose lacquer, buffed to semi gloss finish

Design

Prototype #1. The body is smaller than the standard Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster bodies.