Each SS is painstakingly aged by hand to give the guitar a comfortable, broken-in feel right out of the included case. Every guitar is setup to perfection with a full fret level, dress and rolled fingerboard edges.
As beautiful as this guitar looks, it plays and sounds EVEN BETTER!
I play, and continue to "tweak" every completed guitar for a minimum of one week prior to shipping to ensure superb playability for its new owner.
ss specifications
Body: Quality sourced alder for a clear, focused tone, spec'd at or under 4 lbs. in your choice of finish
Neck: 25.5" Scale - Two-piece hard rock maple for extra stability, or with dark rosewood board in Glory Guitars’ custom Dark Vintage Amber with a smooth hand rubbed Tru Oil finish, 10" radius for effortless bends, Your choice of standard .83" or chunky .86" at the first fret with a comfortable vintage "C" carve, versatile 6125 frets and 1.650" nut width - A larger 70s-style headstock is also an option.
Nut: Hand-carved unbleached bone
Pickups: Custom Glory Guitars SS set. I build nearly all SS Models using pickup sets custom wound for Glory Guitars by the great folks at Lindy Fralin Pickups and Seymour Duncan Custom Shop because I believe they’re the BEST! But, if you’d like something different, let’s talk about it! The SS-HSS uses Glory Guitars’ exclusive “Tru-Ohm” circuit. This design allows the 2 single coil pickups to see the correct 250k ohm volume and tone pot while allowing the bridge humbucker to see a 500k ohm volume and tone pot. Unlike the designs of most other guitar companies, the Tru-Ohm circuit allows each pickup to produce the tones that they were designed to produce!
Tuners: Vintage-style Kluson Supreme tuners
Bridge/Tremolo: Custom Callaham Tremolo system with solid steel tone block, vintage-style Callaham bent steel saddles and virtual press in stainless trem arm.
Electronics: CRL switch, CTS pots, Specially selected tone capacitor, PureTone multi-contact output jack, Gavitt 22 gauge cloth pushback wire, Cardas Audio silver solder
Knobs/Switches: Various styles of switch tip and knobs available
Strings: Standard: Stringjoy Signatures, Nickel-Wound, 10-48. Optional: D'Addario EXL110, 10-46, or EXL115, 11-49 Nickel Round Wound
pricing
$2,395 + $110 shipping(higher to some locations) anywhere in the continental U.S. for an SS, case included
$100 upcharge for HSS pickup configuration and for “heavy” aging.
Current build time from order date is approximately 18 - 20 weeks with a 50% deposit.
Several custom builds currently in stock! Please inquire.
Let's get a custom SS '58 or SS '62 build started for you today! Reach out to get more information, to make inquiries, or to order your custom SS. A phone call is preferred as I can answer all your questions in real time... and better yet, get a chance to speak with you!
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