Handbuilt Claro Walnut Guitar by Luthier Rick Toone

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Electric guitar made by Rick Toone (Tooneguitars).

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Specifications:

Neck — Asymmetrical profile alternating grain stacked-laminate neck-into-body curly walnut. Tri-compound ebony fingerboard. 24.75" scale. Natural bone nut. Mother of pearl inlays. Stainless steel frets. Dual extra-strength aircraft-grade aluminum (Alloy 2024) fixed reinforcing truss bars.

Body — Sculpted curly walnut. Balanced for standing or seated performance.

Hardware — Floyd Rose Pro. Sperzel locking tuners. EMG-S-SA-85. Knobs and plates are black annodized brass.

Finish — All wood surfaces underwent multiple grain raisings and final finish sanding to #1000 grit. Penetrating waterproof gunstock sealer and final coats, hand rubbed. Organic matte effect with museum conservator's wax topcoat.


Year — 1993

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Background music (instrumental version of "Fire") composed by Rick Toone.
All of the electric guitar sounds were made by Rick playing "Starfish" .
Recorded in 2004.

Signal chain:
[ Starfish -- MesaBoogie MkIV (1993) -- AT4050 CM5 (close-mic'ed) -- Avalon Vt-737sp -- MOTU ]

Category:

Music

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