Dinosaur bone and meteorite accessorize Blindworm Guitars’ newest electric guitar, the Nucleus.

Oct. 28, 2009 - PRLog -- Dinosaur bone and meteorite accessorize Blindworm Guitars’ newest electric guitar, the Nucleus #003.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Blindworm Guitars’ newest electric guitar, the Nucleus #003, has dinosaur bone humbucker covers and a meteorite nut, both painstakingly hand carved from the raw material. The fingerboard is adorned by a hand-created inlay of a planet-bearing tree, accentuating the Nucleus theme of the interconnectedness of the known world. The tree is made of jade and semi-precious stones.  The Nucleus #003 incorporates materials from past life, present Earth, and even outer space!  The Nucleus’ unique body shaping is well balanced, and extremely comfortable.  This guitar has incredibly low action, and produces an abundance of unbelievable tone.  The sleek, innovative design of the Nucleus, coupled with the brilliant theme and artwork make it a must see!  The Nucleus, as well as other Blindworm Guitars’ work, is available at http://www.blindwormguitars.com.

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More about the Nucleus #003

SPECS

Date completed: 10-2-2009

Body: slightly figured Poplar, hand selected for color and tone

Neck: Roasted Maple with Padauk stripes

Fingerboard: Osage Orange

Nut: carved from a single meteorite, collected in Northwest Africa

Bridge: black tune-o-matic with stop tailpiece

Tuners: black Sperzel locking tuners

Pickups: Seymour Duncan P-Rails

     Controls: 2 push-pull toggles from P-90, rail, and humbucker settings; 1 volume, 1 tone, 3 way toggle

Truss rod: 2 way adjustable

Scale: 25"

Width at nut: 1 5/8"

Finish: nitrocellulose laquer

     Knobs/switches: planet knobs- Labrodorite cratered planet, Spalted Maple planet with ring of blue Tiger's Eye, both on Osage Orange bases

Fingerboard inlay: planet-bearing tree of life –see below for more details

     Side fret marker inlay: dinosaur bone circled in Osage Orange, with Jade, Turquoise, and meteorite at the 12th and 24th frets

Blindworm Logo inlay: Turquoise “B” snake logo over a figured Walnut sapwood moon

Additional accents: Osage Orange tail tip

Humbucker adjusters: gem-grade dinosaur bone, pickups set in the body wood on treble side

Weight: approx 3 kg  6 lbs. 11 oz.

Width at widest point: 14 1/8"

Cavity covers: magnetic Osage Orange cavity cover, and magnetic Poplar truss rod cover  

Planet Bearing Tree Inlay

The tree inlay of Boxelder Maple bark and Jade foliage stands atop a Turquoise Earth with continents made of dinosaur bone and diamond dust. The tree grows planets of purple shell, red Tiger's Eye, purple Beetlekill Ponderosa, Picture Jasper, and blue Tiger's Eye. As the tree's planets mature, they fall to the sky, towards the Camphor burl sun.

The various materials were carefully chosen, and you can hear the special tonal characteristics that each inlaid stone adds as it is individually played and resonated through.

Combined with the amazing sound qualities of the Osage Orange fretboard and meteorite nut, this guitar constructs a soundscape unlike any other.


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Contact

Blindworm Guitars

Andrew Scott

719-291-8406 (Mountain Standard Time, USA)

Email:  blindwormguitars@gmail.com

Web: http://www.blindwormguitars.com

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About Blindworm Guitars

Located in the beautiful Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Blindworm Guitars is the brainchild of luthier Andrew Scott. His desire to stretch the boundaries of woodworking has led to the creation of the instruments available at blindwormguitars.com. The unique materials and sleek design work are important, but Andrew's obsessions are precision and sound quality. He isn't making wall art, he is creating sonic masterpieces.

Andrew's focus in woodworking is to pair rare and tonally superior woods with unique materials and designs, while adhering to strict standards in regards to playability. He encourages design input and will custom tailor an instrument to suit the customer's specific desires. Andrew has been known to use many semi-precious stones, granite fingerboards, jade parts, dinosaur bone and teeth, and even meteorite! Between your imagination, and his, the possibilities are endless!