The Riffmaster

Standard Dimensions

Neck: Glued-in set ; hardrock maple
Fretboard:
Hardrock maple
Body: 1 3/4" contoured
(alder)
Inlays:
"Full Moon" (ebony)
Frets:
24 medium
Fret Scale:
25 5/8"
Fretboard Dimensions:
1 5/8" nut and 2 1/4" E of F
Headstock:
6-in-line
Tuning Pegs:
Gotoh (chrome)
Bridge:
String-through body (chrome)
Pickups:
Three vintage-style staggered Alnico magnets -- 8.1K, 7.1K, and 7.1K ohms with the middle pickup reverse polarity
Input Jack:
45 degree (chrome)
Volume and Tone Knob:
Walnut
Trussrod Cover:
Maple
Pickguard: Maple
Paint:
Black, white, red, or green body with a vintage amber neck
Buff:
High gloss

Option

Wood options for neck, body, binding, back plates, fretboards, and trussrod covers: Curly maple, quilted maple, mahogamy, koa, or your choice Flame maple neck with matching flame binding and inlays on an ebony fretboard
Ebony or Cocobolo bindings and inlays on a maple fretboard
Finishes: Vintage amber, clear red, natural, or your choice -- just supply a color swatch
Hardware Colors: Chrome, black, or gold
Fret Scale: 24 3/4" or 25 5/8"
Fret Size: Your specification
Make it with humbuckers: EMG, Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, or other (Note: There are no pickguards on humbucking Riffmasters; also humbucker guitars come with a clear maple neck)
Change the inlays to "Bullseye" style; a combination of abalone/wood or mother-of-pearl/wood
Add a Floyd Rose tremelo
Reverse headstock


Body Shaping and Contouring:
The cutaway horns are tapers in thickness 1/8" each side. The bottom cutaway has a bevel for better access to the upper frets. Starting at the top horn, the gentle taper runs down the top edge and deepens on the round corner and flushes back out just past the strap button on the body of the instrument. There is a deeper body bevel on the back then the Twangmaster. All the edges are rounded over 1/4".

Fret Action: The frets are leveled, crowned, and polished. Action off the 1st fret is E -- .008, E -- .012; action off the 24th fret is .094. Neck thickness at 1st fret is .80, and at the 17th fret is .87.