Wood tuning knobs and pickup covers - The more wood the better! And by wood, I mean wood from trees.Ĭonvenient electronic switch locations - I requested Alex put the pickup switches in a location that’s easier for me to swipe at during live shows. It also makes the back of the guitar look really awesome.

Neck-thru - The neck goes through the body for extra sustain. The two main pickups are passive Seymour Duncans. The piezo pickup gives the guitar an extra clean sound somewhat similar to an acoustic guitar. Three pick-ups - One high gain bridge pickup, one jazz neck pickup, and a piezo pickup literally inside the bridge of the guitar. I believe the design of this guitar could fit every one of them. Metal music comes in so many packages there are so many sub-genres, styles, cultures, and trends. We were able to come up with a design that could fit all genres of music, especially metal. We played around with 5 or so body shapes before I decided on one: I asked if Alex could take his Ursa model and make it more of a modern, rougher, and rock/metal aesthetic while maintaining it’s elegance. The shape was classy, minimal, and unique. Body ShapeĪt first glance I fell in love with Alex’s Ursa guitar. My guitar will be made of Black & White Ebony (also known as Pale Moon Ebony), Cocobolo, and American Holly. If you haven’t noticed, white, grey, and orange are my favorite colors. Within a day, I switched from a completely dark wood instrument to a much lighter orange creamy guitar. Alex knew I wanted to get the guitar shipped as soon as possible so he sent me a picture of a beautiful piece of Black & White Ebony which he thought was exceptionally alluring.

Unfortunately, Macassar Ebony was in short supply at his preferred exotic wood dealership.

Ursa Gallery Selecting WoodsĪfter many helpful and educational phone calls with Alex, I decided I wanted to have the front of the guitar body be made of Macassar Ebony and the neck be made of Cocobolo. After 12 years of playing, I felt I finally deserved a nice guitar that would get me through the next decade of adventures. Being left handed, I’ve always been stuck with sub-$500 black or grey guitars. As many of you know, I’m getting a new hand-built custom guitar forged by Alexander James Colarossi, exotic wood luthier.

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