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Specs<\/h3>\n

Body:<\/strong> Mahogany<\/a>
\nTop:<\/strong> Maple wihth 3 “soundholes”
\nNeck<\/strong>: Maple 3 pc.
\nFretboard<\/strong>: Richlite, 25.5\u2033 (648mm) Scale, 24 x 2,8mm stainless steel frets
\nPickups<\/strong>: 3x Seymour Duncan Little ’59 Humbuckers<\/a>
\nElectronic<\/strong>: 9x Miniswitch (one row for each pickup); Mastervolume + Tone
\nHardware<\/strong>: Gold; Schaller Locking Tuners Wilkinson VS-100 Vibrato
\nConstruction<\/strong>: Neck – through; Hollowbody
\nFinish<\/strong>: Highgloss, Colorchanging metallic “Flip-Flop” finish on top and headstock, back and sides solid black with faux binding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The name says it all<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n

We designed and built this extraordinary instrument for Nico Braband<\/a>.<\/span><\/span> Nico is a big fan of Frank Rohles and Brian May and their self-built guitars.<\/span><\/span> So we took these two instruments as inspiration for Nico’s guitar and designed his personal dream guitar in close cooperation with him – in this case even the third one in the collection \ud83d\ude42 Unlike the predecessor Switch 1, we have a Wilksinon VS-100 installed<\/span><\/span>, which is much easier to handle than the Floyd Rose system.<\/span><\/span> We have also installed it floating, so that bends work in both directions and in combination with a perfectly notched bone nut and locking tuners from Schaller, this system is almost as stable as a double locking vibrato.<\/span><\/span> This time Nico chose a special “flip-flop” effect paint as finish, which changes color depending on the viewing angle.<\/span><\/span> We painted the back completely black, the top is set off by a natural binding.<\/span><\/span> The hollowbody construction does not only save weight, but also makes the sound a little more open and percussive.<\/span><\/span> We built it neck-through for fast response, endless sustain and the best access to the high frets.<\/span><\/span> In addition, it should be as versatile as possible in terms of sound.<\/span><\/span> Therefore, at Nico’s request, we installed three Seymour Duncan Little 59 humbuckers.<\/span><\/span> These are interconnected by the 3\u00d73 minswitches in a variety of ways.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16438,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[51],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27995","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-custom-en","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSwitch No 3 - Zeal Guitars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Switch No 3. 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