Limited to 40 pieces worldwide !
This special eighties edition Cutlass HSS BFR features a basswood body finished in bright neon finishes. The electronics feature the ever-popular custom wound Axis bridge pickup in tandem with 2 Ernie Ball Music Man designed mid-sixties style single-coil pickups. The resulting tones are very reminiscent of the beloved mid 80's crunch that ruled MTV in the middle of the decade. This BFR edition guitar comes with a Music Man licensed Floyd Rose locking tremolo and locking tuners for ultimate tuning stability. 3-ply black pickguard with matching black plastic parts and all-black hardware completes the overall aesthetic package.
The Ball family is the last of a dying breed, a family business making premium guitars and basses on the California central coast since 1984. Sterling Ball, alongside his sons Brian and Scott, combine the laser precision of robotics and old-world hand craftsmanship to develop innovative instrument designs that push the boundaries of performance and playability.
Other specifications of the Ernie Ball Music Man BFR Cutlass include:
- Size: 12-7/8" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 38-1/8" long (32.7 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 96.8 cm long)
- Scale Length: 25-1/2" (64.8 cm)
- Neck Attachment: 5 bolt, sculpted neck joint
- Strings: 9p-11p-16p-26w-36w-46w (M-Steel Hybrid Slinky #2922)
- Left Handed Availability: No
- Body Wood: Basswood
- Body Finish: High gloss polyester
- Neck Wood: Select figured maple neck
- Neck Color: Natural
- Neck Finish: Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
- Fingerboard Wood: Figured Maple (Lime)
- Fingerboard Buffed: No
- Fingerboard Finish: Oil/Wax
- Front Headstock Logo: Gold "guys" water decal; Gold Cutlass water decal
- Rear Headstock Logo: Black Silkscreen, Bear no Serial
- Headstock Finish: High gloss polyester
- Fret: 22 - High profile, medium width
- Fret Size Height x Width: .047 x .095
- Fret Material: Stainless Steel
- Fret Markers: 1/4" White Dot inlay
- Nut Width: 1-5/8" (41.3 mm)
- Neck Width at Last Fret: 2-1/4" (56.9 mm)
- Neck Radius: 10" (25.4 cm)
- Tuning Machine Type: Schaller M6LA
- Tuning Machine Buttons: Black
- Bridge Finish: Black
- Bridge Type: Music Man Floyd Rose licensed locking tremolo with fine tuners; lowers pitch only
- Pickguard: Black
- Pickup Color: Zebra Stripe (Bridge)
- Pickup Cover Material: Plastic
- Knob Color: Black
- Knob Style: Barrel
- Hardware Finish: Black
- Controls: Passive 500kohm volume and tone (250kohm load on lever switch positions 2,3,4, & 5) - .022 micro F tone capacitor; with transparent buffered output for complete tonal consistency at all volume levels
- Switching: 5-way lever pickup selector
- Pickups: HSS - 2 Music Man custom wound single coils and a Dimarzio custom humbucker with zebra cover, featuring the new wide spectrum Music Man "Silent Circuit", which reduces hum and retains true single coil sound
- Quantity Limited to 40
- Case SKB Hardshell
- 8 lbs 2 oz
