AVAILABLE spring-2025

Featuring:

• Newly Designed Ergonomic Solid Body Electrics

Influenced by the iconic Selmer-Maccaferri instruments of the 1930s, this thoughtfully engineered guitar features a straight, single cutaway design that seamlessly integrates with the player's hip joint when seated, achieving an optimal ergonomic experience. The meticulously calculated neck-to-body ratio ensures a virtually perfect balance in any playing position, enhancing the instrument's stability and playability. The cutaway design facilitates unhindered access to the upper frets while maintaining the delicate equilibrium between form and function. This state-of-the-art instrument, steeped in historical inspiration, combines sophisticated craftsmanship with advanced ergonomics, poised to redefine the standards for guitar design and inspire musicians to new heights of creative expression.

• Original Bridge Design

The 3-piece bridge incorporates six individual fixed-radius saddles, an adjustable sustain block for action customization, and a rear baseplate secured to the instrument body using machine screws and threaded inserts. This design's augmented mass results in an unprecedented level of coupling and resonance, surpassing the performance of vintage configurations.

• Roasted & Quatersawn Maple Necks w/Wenge, or Macassar Ebony Fretboard

Wenge, a visually distinctive African hardwood commonly utilized as a substitute for Brazilian Rosewood, boasts an exceptionally vibrant acoustic profile characterized by a remarkable sustain, akin to the resonance of a glass plate. When combined with the structural rigidity of roasted maple, this wood generates a sonically precise and luminous output, distinctly accentuating lower frequency articulation.

• Roasted Black Swamp Ash, or Roasted Butternut w/Sinker Redwood or Roasted Maple Tops

• Bolt-Through™ Neck Joint

The extended neck heel, positioned beneath the pickups, augments the neck joint's surface area and mass, effectively eliminating movement along both X and Y axes. Secured by three large machine screws connecting to threaded body inserts, this design redistributes string tension load away from the fretboard's end, thereby enhancing the instrument's overall resonance and notably influencing the note's fundamental. Furthermore, this configuration mitigates the widespread issue of fretboard plane deterioration over time, a problem commonly associated with bolt-on electric guitars.

• Titanium Reinforced Neck

Ultra light and extremely rigid, titanium inserts increase coupling and eliminate dead-spots in the neck. This transfer of energy creates a more “alive” feeling instrument with increased clarity and note separation.

• Asymmetrical Medium C Neck Profile

Hand-carved and shaped to disappear into your palm. Fingerboard edges are gently rolled, giving the neck an immediately worn in feeling.

• Fossilized Mammoth Nut

Sourced from Siberia during the yearly thaw, mammoth is sonically similar to bone, but with slightly more clarity in the lows and a far more interesting grain pattern. It polishes beautifully and is incredibly stable.

• Jescar FW55095 or FW58118 Fret Wire

The frets are meticulously installed, ensuring a perfect fit and eliminating any voids between the tangs and the sides of the fret slot, thereby enhancing the coupling and resonance. This improvement in acoustics is both palpable and audible. The fret ends undergo a manual shaping process, followed by individual polishing that achieves a level of refinement comparable to that of high-quality jewelry.

• Custom Artifact Pickups

Intricately engineered and meticulously crafted, our proprietary pickups have been specifically developed in-house to harmoniously complement the design and material composition of the Artifact instrument series. Utilizing advanced technical processes and precise construction methodologies, these pickups serve to enhance the overall performance, tonal qualities, and resonance of the instruments, further solidifying the Artifact line's reputation for exceptional musical expression and playability.

• Custom Made Potentiometers 

The utilization of custom-made potentiometers is paramount in order to achieve a level of precision and consistency that generic off-the-shelf tapers and tolerances simply cannot provide. The design and manufacture of a bespoke potentiometer is necessitated by the intricate nature of our deliberate sonic architecture, as it demands unparalleled accuracy and control.

• NOS PIO Capacitors

Cold War era. Mil-spec.

• Marine Grade Stainless Steel Screws Throughout

• G&G Hardshell Case or Mono Gig Bag

Starting at $3499