Supernova

This hot rod of twang boasts Classic Filter’Tron™ pickups & custom Bigsby Vibrato tailpiece

The Supernova’s lacquered maple fretboard and rock maple neck enables the player’s ample fretboard access; the neck attaches at the 20th fret. The sleek body features classic Filtertron pickups, first introduced by Gretsch at the NAMM Guitar show in Chicago in 1957; designed as double-coils, they filter out the electronic hum characteristic of single-coil pick-ups, improving output and sustain and enveloping the listener in a warm tone. 

These pick-ups, beloved by players from George Harrison to Brian Setzer, channel the soul of vintage rock n’ roll, and this guitar, combining the best of Les Pauls, SGs, Gretsch and Telecasters, is guaranteed to offer versatile function and graceful style.

Steve’s Take: “It’s kind of rare to have a maple fretboard with Filtertron pickups. You’re not going to see a Gretsch with a maple fretboard. It’s got a super high neck/body joint, like an SG type of feel. It’s got some more simplified controls than the Wiltertron...it’s the hot rod of twang. It’s chambered, which gives it an extra resonance. I always liked the attack that comes from a chambered body.”

Specifications

Supernova Body
• Single cutaway design, with easy access to all 24 frets.
• Chambered mahogany back, distinctively handcarved,
bookmatched top with triple bound edges.
• Choice of hand selected tops: quilted or tiger striped bookmatched maple.

Supernova Neck
• 25” scale.
• 1 13/16” nut width. Other widths by special order.
• Neck/body joint at 20th fret.
• Hand carved, quartersawn hand rock maple with
scarf-jointed
headstock and maple or ebony headstock veneer.
• Dual-action truss rod, with convenient adjustment inside guitar body.
• Unbound, figured quartersawn hard rock maple
fingerboard, with 10" to 12" compound radius. Nitrocellulose finished.
• 24 jumbo frets.
• Pearl dot position markers, with custom placement on neck side.
• Vintage bone nut.
• Stock carve is C, with slightly thinner late 50's feel.
Other carves by special order.

Hardware
• Custom sized Bigsby B-12 with fully intonatable roller bridge.
• 3 on a side tuners, Gotoh 16:1 ratio.
• Exclusive knurled steel recessed knobs.

Electronics/Controls
• Two TV Jones TV Classic Filtertron style pickups.
• Individual volume and tone for each pickup.
• 3 position toggle switch.
• 3 position tone switch.
• Master volume.
• Combination output jack/strap button.
• All pots and switches made in U.S.A.

Finish
• Hand rubbed, aged nitrocellulose lacquer. Ultra thin.