Each Glorycaster is painstakingly aged by hand to give the guitar a comfortable, broken-in feel right out of the included case. Each guitar is set up to perfection with a full fret 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. Additional options like bound body, pickup changes and others are available at an extra cost. Please inquire!
glorycaster specifications
Body: Quality sourced ash or alder, spec'd at or under 4 lbs. in your choice of color
Neck: 25.5" Scale - Two-piece hard rock maple for extra stability, or with dark rosewood board in GG 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
Nut: Hand-carved unbleached bone
Pickguard: Custom vintage-style celluloid tortoise shell or 3-ply vintage white or black
Pickups: Custom Glory Guitars Glorycaster set, custom wound to my specs by Lindy Fralin Pickups or the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop on Glorycaster and Glorycaster TL. The Glorycaster TL-ST has a custom Fralin Big Mini Single 43 in the bridge and a custom Fralin Noiseless P90 with AlNiCo rods for a 60% Jazzmaster/40% P90 tone. The TL-ST is 100% humbucking with exceptional clarity! The Nashville Special has a set of TV Jones Super’Tron pickups built to Glory Guitars’ specs. The Fenson comes equipped with custom Fralin or Seymour Duncan PAF pickups.
Tuners: Vintage-style Kluson tuners - Fenson model has Kluson Deluxe tuners with Gibson-style pearloid Keystone buttons
Bridge: Custom nickel plated steel bridge with various combinations of titanium, steel and brass compensated saddles. The TL-ST and Nashville Special models utilize a Glory Guitars modified Goldo Trem and Mastery Bridge and the Fenson has a steel half-plate bridge with compensated brass saddles
Electronics: CRL switch, CTS pots, Specially selected tone capacitor, PureTone multi-contact output jack, Gavitt 22 gauge cloth pushback wire, Cardas Audio silver solder. The Nashville Special comes equipped with the awesome Glory Switch which bypasses the 3-way switch, volume and tone controls, and sends the bridge pickup directly to the output jack.
Knobs/Switches: Various styles of switch tip and knobs available
Strings: Standard: Stringjoy Signatures, Nickel-Wound, 10-48. Optional: Stringjoy, Broadways Pure Nickel, 10-46 or D'Addario EXL110, 10-46, or EXL115, 11-49 Nickel Round Wound
pricing
$2,145 + $110 shipping(higher to some locations) anywhere in the continental U.S. for standard custom-ordered Glorycaster, case included
$2,275 + $110 shipping(higher to some locations) anywhere in the continental U.S. for standard, custom ordered Glorycaster TL, case included.
$2,495 + $110 shipping(higher to some locations) anywhere in the continental U.S. for standard custom-ordered Glorycaster TL-ST, case included
$2,459+ $110 shipping(higher to some locations) anywhere in the continental U.S. for custom-ordered Fenson, case included (Upgrades include Custom PAF pickups, top binding, 2-tone finish(dark heritage cherry or dark natural sides and back). Flame Maple top is a $100 upcharge.
$2,695 + $110 shipping(higher to some locations) anywhere in the continental U.S. for custom-ordered Nashville Special (Upgrades include TV Jones Super’Tron and TV Classic pickups, top binding, 2-tone finish(dark amber natural sides and back), Special “Glory Switch Circuit”.
$100 upcharge for “heavy” aging.
$100 upcharge for top binding (included with the Nashville Special and Fenson)
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 Glorycaster build started for you today! Reach out to get more information, to make inquiries, or to order your custom Shepherd. 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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