Schylgercaster

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Schylgercaster

The original Schylgercaster was a theme guitar for ‘De Mannen van Hee’. A music group playing on the island of Terschelling. During my vacation on the island I went looking for wood with the local carpenter. I then found elm wood there. Through the local diving club, I received a piece of copper skin cladding from a sunken wooden ship to use for the pickguard. This copper plate has been patinated by the sea for years and has been given these shades of colour. I also made this model in a more accessible version with an alder body and a more conventional headstock


Body:

Bodymaterial: Mahagony
Top: Elm
Pickguard: copper
Finish: acrylic varnish


Neck:

Join: bolt-on
Material: maple
Finish: acrylic varnish
Scale: 25.5 inch (648 mm)
Fretboard: maple
Radius: 12 inch
Trussrod: double action
Number of frets: 21
Nut: bone
Nutwide: 42.5 mm (1.650 inch)


Hardware:

Bridge: hardtail, prs-style
Tuners: Gotoh 1x6
Strings: Dunlop (.010 - .046)


Electronics:

Bridge pickup: Wilkinson humbucker
Neck pickup: Wilkinson humbucker


Controls:

CTS pots 1x volume, 1x tone, 1 toggle switch