NightCat 3.0 #5351
NightCat 3.0 #5351
Hand-made in Oregon USA by Rossco Wright
Clear satin lacquer
Hard Canadian Maple neck stock vertical grain
Douglas Fir top
Figured Canadian Maple back
Deeply chambered body has a very nice, faint acoustic voice for practicing unplugged.
Ebony fingerboard, 16 inch radius 25.5 scale
Abalone face dots and side dots
Ebony finger-rest (pickguard) handmade by Rossco Wright
Ebony pickup mount ring, handmade by Rossco Wright
DiMarzio DP224 pickup
Grover 18:1 gears Gold and Black
1 and 3/4 wide at the nut,
2 and 3/16 string spacing at the bridge,
Guitar weighs 5.7 pounds
The custom ordered case is top quality sturdy by TKL, included
If you think this thing looks just “elegant”, you and I have similar taste.
All of my single humbucker guitars, like this, have a coil-split circuit that I have been using for years. When you rotate the tone control to full treble, (10), it automatically fades out one of the coils. It actually blends it in and out as you tastefully dial the tone knob between 8 and 10.
8 and 7 is back to full humbucker for that muscular, yet sweeter dual coil sound. I did not invent this. It has been used by major guitar manufacturers, such as Peavey, but no one seems to know about it. It’s a great feature. The single coil sound is very believable and adds a great depth and personality to an otherwise single-humbucker guitar.
The humbucker sound is sweet and jazzy when needed, and especially nice for solos. Sometimes an ensemble can fall into a crowded mid-range rumble where a humbucker almost disappears. The single coil sound shows up with sparkle and clarity especially when accompanying a solo and comping. You just spin the tone control towards 10 and your chords show up beautifully.