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dB4: Dan Spitz Javelin

Build dB4
Model Javelin
Body 2-piece Black limba back with 1″ 1-piece figured maple top
Neck 5-piece curly black limba with 2 black-and-white Gabon ebony stringers
Fretboard Snakewood, 14″ to 22″ compound radius (32″ radius at the bridge), 25.5″ scale, 24 Jescar 57110-S (stainless) frets
Electronics DiMarzio Dan Spitz Signature set
Free-Way 6-way toggle
Master volume 500k pot
Master tone 500k pot
Recessed locking Neutrik output jack
Hardware Bridge: recessed Schaller Hannes fixed 6 (black)
Tuners: Hipshot Grip-Lock (black)
Start date June 17, 2011
Completion date

I recently got an email out of the blue asking if i would be interested in collaborating with Dan Spitz on a guitar he would use on the upcoming Red Lamb tour. There’s no way i could NOT jump on the opportunity to work with a Grammy-nominated metal legend. The next day we had a great chat on the phone and talked rough specs and wood ideas, and have been sending a flurry of emails back and forth as we sourced woods and shared ideas.

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dB3: Swamp ash AMX

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Build dB3
Model AMX
Body Swamp ash, 1-piece
Neck 1-piece quartersawn hard rock maple, scarf-jointed swamp ash headstock
Fretboard Black-and-white ebony, 16″-20″ compound radius, 25.5″ scale, 24 jumbo stainless frets
Electronics DiMarzio Tone Zone 7 (bridge) and Air Norton 7 (neck)
3-way toggle with middle-position coil split
Master volume 1M pot
Master tone 500k pot
Recessed locking Neutrik output jack
Hardware Bridge: recessed Hipshot flat-mount fixed 7 (satin chrome finish)
Tuners: Hipshot Grip-Lock (satin chrome finish)
Start date April 8, 2010
Completion date

dB2 AMX. Swamp ash body, quartersawn maple neck, ziricote fretboard.

dB2 AMX. Swamp ash body, quartersawn maple neck, ziricote fretboard.

The neck has a piece of swamp ash grafted on at the scarf joint for the headstock.

The neck has a piece of swamp ash grafted on at the scarf joint for the headstock.

The ziricote fretboard has some beautiful "landscape" figuring in it, including some radiating lines along one edge that make it look like a sun setting behind rolling hills.

The ziricote fretboard has some beautiful “landscape” figuring in it, including some radiating lines along one edge that make it look like a sun setting behind rolling hills.

dB2: Figured mahogany AMX

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Build dB2
Model AMX
Body Figured South American mahogany, 1-piece
Neck 5-piece: 2 laminates of figured South American mahogany + 2 birdseye maple stringers + figured katalox core
Fretboard Figured katalox, 16″ radius, 25.5″ scale, 24 frets; fretboard and headstock binding, stainless steel frets
Electronics
  • Bare Knuckle Aftermath 7 calibrated set, open coils
  • 4PDT toggle switch with both humbuckers split in middle position (black)
  • Bourns Premium master volume 500k pot
  • Kill switch (heavy-duty, momentary, black)
  • Recessed locking Neutrik output jack with gold contacts
  • All interconnects made with RoHS-compliant lead-free solder and teflon-coated wire
  • GraphTech GHOST piezo system
Hardware Bridge: recessed Hipshot flat-mount fixed 7 (black)
Bridge Saddles: GraphTech piezo
Tuners: Hipshot Grip-Lock (black)
Nut: GraphTech Tusq XL
Date started January 14, 2010
Date completed

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Prototype 2: White limba (korina) Aviator

Build Prototype 2
Model Aviator
Body White limba, 2-piece, black binding
Neck White limba, 3-ply laminate with scarf-jointed headstock, black binding
Fretboard Ebony, 16″ radius, 27″ scale, 24 frets, black binding
Electronics Lace Alumitone Tone Bars (4″ chrome)
Blend pot
Master volume 250k pot
Master tone 250k pot
Kill switch
Push-push “blower” switch on volume pot
Recessed locking Neutrik output jack
Hardware Bridge: ABM flat-mount fixed 7 (chrome)
Tuners: Grover locking mini Rotomatic (chrome)Nut: Earvana compensated
Start date December 20, 2009
Completion date

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