musictoyznetwork | 1 decade ago
New Orleans Guitar Company Voodoo Custom
The Voodoo Custom was designed to be the ultimate solid body workhorse for the pro musician.
The top is KILLER, the weight perfect, the neck to die for, and tone well we all know now how these things sound incredible. It is just a privledge to look at let alone play! The top, the tone, the carved knobs, the inlay, binding, the neck its just a true work of art. Plug it in and it can only described as a piano. EVERY note has clarity you just dont hear guitars like this. This is an instrument !
One of the really nice aspects of this model is the carved back. Not only does it reduce the overall weight of the guitar but it also presents the fretboard in a very ergonomic position and forces the guitar to hang at the correct location between the shoulders. Nice for long gigs !
5 piece neck through design is by far the most straight foward and stable way to build a guitar but involves a lot of hand joinery. This alone is the reason that few manufactures use this type of design, but well worth the effort !
New Orleans bind the fretboards and headstocks in quartersawn hardwoods. This is considerably reduces the absobption of fretboard materials producing a more stable playing surface. The hardwood binding is also far less suseptable to the normal shrinkage associated with plastic bindings. The tops are carved from 3/4" thick stock that is chosen for its figure and density. The extra thick top plays a major role in producing an instrument that has a very individual tonal character.
Specifications :
- Weight: 8.6
- Select Black Limba body and neck construction with black walnut laminates
- Presentation grade maple burl one pc. slab top plate
- Cocobolo board and head plate
- 2 ply cocobolo and maple binding on board and head plate with nip and tuck fretwork
- Cocobolo pickup rings and knobs capped in maple burl
- Abalone offset block inlays and head
- Lollar Imperials humbucker set
- Hardshell case included
