Sonar - Faded Candy Apple Red
This stunning Sonar in Faded Candy Apple Red features a deeply contoured alder body providing excellent comfort, a quartersawn maple neck with the finish stripped off the neck for an extra smooth feel, and a beautiful rosewood fretboard with heavily rolled fretboard edges. The result is a guitar that feels as vintage as it looks.
The matching Faded Candy Apple Red headstock ties the whole look together, while the lightly relic’d nitro finish adds depth and character with its remarkably tight and fine natural checking.
The pickup configuration is equally engaging: three custom Frank Brothers V.O Firebird humbucker pickups deliver a broad tonal palette—tight low end, glassy highs, with loads of sizzle and a balanced mid-range—perfect for players who want clarity and punch across all positions, or a beefed up strat-like sound that's completely hum-canceling.
Adding to the versatility is the MOD switching that features three slider switches on a custom made aged nickel plate. Slider 1 is a treble cut that shaves off top-end frequencies for a smoother, darker tone at the flick of a switch. Slider 2 turns the neck pickup ON, allowing you to get all three pickups at once, or the neck/bridge together. Slider 3 is a Blower switch which bypasses the the controls and the neck & middle pickups, giving you the bridge pickup directly out—this can be used as a rhythm/lead switch so that you get an instant boost when you’re in the neck or middle position and/or you have your volume rolled down.
A Mastery tremolo and bridge provide rock-solid stability and an incredibly smooth feel, encouraging expressive vibrato without compromising tuning. Combined with the guitar’s impeccable fretwork and setup, it invites dynamic, nuanced playing.
From the sculpted body lines to the tuned electronics and premium hardware, every detail of the Sonar has been carefully considered. It’s a guitar that will feel instantly familiar, and endlessly rewarding.
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Hear the V.O. Firebirds
Ships in a custom Hiscox Hardshell Case
This stunning Sonar in Faded Candy Apple Red features a deeply contoured alder body providing excellent comfort, a quartersawn maple neck with the finish stripped off the neck for an extra smooth feel, and a beautiful rosewood fretboard with heavily rolled fretboard edges. The result is a guitar that feels as vintage as it looks.
The matching Faded Candy Apple Red headstock ties the whole look together, while the lightly relic’d nitro finish adds depth and character with its remarkably tight and fine natural checking.
The pickup configuration is equally engaging: three custom Frank Brothers V.O Firebird humbucker pickups deliver a broad tonal palette—tight low end, glassy highs, with loads of sizzle and a balanced mid-range—perfect for players who want clarity and punch across all positions, or a beefed up strat-like sound that's completely hum-canceling.
Adding to the versatility is the MOD switching that features three slider switches on a custom made aged nickel plate. Slider 1 is a treble cut that shaves off top-end frequencies for a smoother, darker tone at the flick of a switch. Slider 2 turns the neck pickup ON, allowing you to get all three pickups at once, or the neck/bridge together. Slider 3 is a Blower switch which bypasses the the controls and the neck & middle pickups, giving you the bridge pickup directly out—this can be used as a rhythm/lead switch so that you get an instant boost when you’re in the neck or middle position and/or you have your volume rolled down.
A Mastery tremolo and bridge provide rock-solid stability and an incredibly smooth feel, encouraging expressive vibrato without compromising tuning. Combined with the guitar’s impeccable fretwork and setup, it invites dynamic, nuanced playing.
From the sculpted body lines to the tuned electronics and premium hardware, every detail of the Sonar has been carefully considered. It’s a guitar that will feel instantly familiar, and endlessly rewarding.
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Hear the V.O. Firebirds
Ships in a custom Hiscox Hardshell Case
This stunning Sonar in Faded Candy Apple Red features a deeply contoured alder body providing excellent comfort, a quartersawn maple neck with the finish stripped off the neck for an extra smooth feel, and a beautiful rosewood fretboard with heavily rolled fretboard edges. The result is a guitar that feels as vintage as it looks.
The matching Faded Candy Apple Red headstock ties the whole look together, while the lightly relic’d nitro finish adds depth and character with its remarkably tight and fine natural checking.
The pickup configuration is equally engaging: three custom Frank Brothers V.O Firebird humbucker pickups deliver a broad tonal palette—tight low end, glassy highs, with loads of sizzle and a balanced mid-range—perfect for players who want clarity and punch across all positions, or a beefed up strat-like sound that's completely hum-canceling.
Adding to the versatility is the MOD switching that features three slider switches on a custom made aged nickel plate. Slider 1 is a treble cut that shaves off top-end frequencies for a smoother, darker tone at the flick of a switch. Slider 2 turns the neck pickup ON, allowing you to get all three pickups at once, or the neck/bridge together. Slider 3 is a Blower switch which bypasses the the controls and the neck & middle pickups, giving you the bridge pickup directly out—this can be used as a rhythm/lead switch so that you get an instant boost when you’re in the neck or middle position and/or you have your volume rolled down.
A Mastery tremolo and bridge provide rock-solid stability and an incredibly smooth feel, encouraging expressive vibrato without compromising tuning. Combined with the guitar’s impeccable fretwork and setup, it invites dynamic, nuanced playing.
From the sculpted body lines to the tuned electronics and premium hardware, every detail of the Sonar has been carefully considered. It’s a guitar that will feel instantly familiar, and endlessly rewarding.
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Hear the V.O. Firebirds
Ships in a custom Hiscox Hardshell Case
Weight: 7.1 lbs
Finish: Faded Candly Apple Red / Gloss Light Relic Nitro
Body Wood: Alder
Neck Wood
Neck: Quartersawn Rock Maple
Fretboard: Indian Rosewood
Neck Specs
Neck Shape: Slim "C" (0.820” - 0.900”)
Fretboard Inlays: Dots
Frets: Jescar 51108 (0.051” H x 0.108” W)
Scale Length: 25.5
Nut Width: 1.65”
Fretboard Radius: 9.5”
Nut Material: Bone
Hardware
Tailpiece & Bridge: Mastery Bridge & Vibrato
Tuners: Kluson Deluxe
Hardware Finish: Aged Nickel
Electronics
Neck Pickup: Frank Brothers Custom V.O. Firebird by McNelly
Middle Pickup: Frank Brothers V.O. Firebird by McNelly
Bridge Pickup: Frank Brothers V.O. Firebird by McNelly
Controls: Master Vol., Master Tone, 5-way Blade Switch (Neck / Neck & Middle / Middle / Middle & Bridge / Bridge)
MOD Controls (Slider Switches): Treble Cut, Neck Pickup ON, Blower
Case: Custom Hiscox Harshell Case
