The Califonia Special's unique body shape creates a really comfortable seated playing experience. The shortened lower horn allows for effortless upper fret access while also placing the neck at the perfect playing position when seated.

Each VC-50 pickup is wound in-house, allowing for ultimate control over tone and quality. The unique placement of the 3 single coil pickups on the C/S allows for a wider range of familiar-yet-new Strat-like tones.

*Pictured with Thorn's 1-Piece Trem.

Ron's design joins the neck and body via a custom CNC-machined dovetail lap joint which results in 8% more contact surface area vs traditional neck joints. This design yields an incredibly solid coupling of the neck and body along with increased sustain.

Thorn's fingerboards feature "hidden fret ends", a process Ron pioneered years ago. Each fret slot is curved and stops .070" from the edge of the fretboard prior to installing each fret. This serves both an aesthetic and functional purpose, creating a clean look and eliminating the chance of fret-sprout in the future.

The California Special offers three unique, Thorn bridge designs:

• a Tail-Side Vibrato (pictured)
• a 1-Piece Trem
• a Hardtail

All three designs offer exceptional tone, string to string balance, and tuning stability.

Ron designed the neck angle of the California Special to allow enough drop on the headstock to eliminate the need for a string tree. Coupled with staggered locking tuners and a lubricant infused nut, the lack of a string tree results in greater tuning stability and easier behind-the-nut bends.