Description

From the moment you first pick a Yanuziello up, you know you're holding a special guitar - the quality is obvious (as is the weight, or lack thereof). Spend 5 minutes playing one and you will find yourself reaching for your wallet. They're very addictive to play and just exceptionally musical and unique.

Fit and finish are world class. Some guitars that reach this level of build perfection can be a little lifeless - the pursuit of perfection at the expense of being soulful. Not so with Joe Yanuziello's instruments. There's a lot of heart and soul in these guitars and we regularly find ourselves digging deeper, playing new licks and ideas when we get a spare 15 minutes to sit with one.

The tones from the Fralin/Yanuziello single coil pickups are articulate, nuanced, fat, and warm. There is a complexity to the tone of these guitars that's very appealing to our ears. You can achieve Frisell-esq clean tones all the way to swampy, loose-bass, pushed blues tones with ease. Did we mention that these guitars weigh between 5-6lbs? Just an amazing playing experience overall.

Specs

• Body: Soft maple - hollow/chambered
• Top cap: Hard maple ( Ivory lacquer)
• Neck: S.A. mahogany
• Neck dimensions: ”C" shape .850" 1st .950" 12th
• Fingerboard: Macassar Ebony - 12" radius
• Scale length: 24-3/4"
• Truss rod: Two way adjustable
• Fingerboard markers: Pearl Diamonds, side markers
• Headstock veneer: Macassar Ebony
• Nut: Polished bone, 1 11/16"
• Pickups: Fralin/Yanuziello single coils - rev. wound
• Covers: Yanuziello - brass chrome plated
• Bridge: Yanuziello - polished Ebony - bone cap, thumbwheels
• Tailpiece: Yanuziello trapeze - chromed brass
• Tuners: Waverly, vintage style, open back, Ivoroid buttons
• Controls: One master volume and tone - 3-way toggle
• Control knobs: Ivoroid - domed barrel
• Pickguard: .090" Ivoroid – bound in tortoiseshell
• Binding: .060" Tortoiseshell, single ply – top of body and headstock (Fingerboard Ivoroid)
• Finish: Top cap - Vintage Ivory - clear lacquer top coats, hand polished to a high gloss.
• String set: 11- 49 nickel
• Case: Ameritage/Yanuziello hardshell, plush lined, form fit