Fret-King Country Squire Semitone De Luxe - Honeyburst

The Fret-King® Country Squire™ stands as a quintessential embodiment of the Fret-King ethos, an amiable and comfortably familiar benchmark merging tradition with contemporary innovation. Revered for challenging conventions and establishing new standards, the Fret-King Country Squire Semitone De Luxe™ emerges as a remarkably versatile instrument, a potential solitary choice if stranded on a desert island.

This guitar, often likened to a 'Swiss army knife' due to its multifaceted capabilities, features a custom-designed Alnico V Focusfield™ mini double coil pickup in the neck position, a Fret-King Dallas Special™ hot single coil in the mid position, and a bridge-mounted Powertwin™ — all complemented by custom switching, Varicoil™, and a stellar Wilkinson® WVT vibrato bridge. This musical wunderkind seems poised to cover every conceivable musical style, leaving one curious to discover if there exists a genre beyond its grasp.

Features

• Body: A meticulously crafted two-piece center-jointed chambered body made from selected American alder, presenting vintage edge radii for a classic aesthetic. The unique reduced profile neck joint and subtly extended cutaway enhance upper fret access, ensuring a well-balanced and delightful playing experience. A solid four-bolt neck joint ensures structural and mechanical integrity, serving as a foundation for the instrument's light and airy sustain characteristics.

• Headstock: The signature Fret-King headstock, a symbol of perfect balance, classic aesthetics, and visual appeal.

• Frets:22 Medium-profile hi-durability nickel-silver frets ensuring accuracy, comfort, and an overall superior feel.

• Pickups: Loaded with a visually striking and tonally diverse set of Fret-King pickups, including the custom-designed Alnico V Focusfield™ mini double coil in the neck position, Fret-King Dallas Special™ hot single coil in the mid position, and the bridge-mounted Powertwin™ double coil. The unique pickup configuration allows for a remarkable depth of tonal possibilities, seamlessly transitioning from double coil to single coil with the Varicoil™ control.

• Control Functions: Ergonomic five-way lever switch for neck, middle, or bridge pickup selection, with hum-canceling out-of-phase settings in positions two and four.

• Master Volume. Tone Control: Outer control for master tone, inner control for Varicoil, progressively rolling the neck-mounted Focusfield pickup and/or bridge-mounted Powertwin pickup from double coil to single coil.

• Vibrato Bridge: The distinctive Wilkinson® WVT bridge, featuring a twin-post hybrid 'wave' vibrato with a heat-treated steel baseplate and two strings per pre-intonated, adjustable brass saddle. This design ensures solid anchoring of the saddles to the bridge baseplate, maximizing mechanical coupling for optimal sustain, tone, and power. The vibrato system's thoughtful innovation includes an easily adjustable height and swing tension vibrato arm.

• Carry Bag: The Country Squire Semitone De Luxe is accompanied by a Fret-King luxury gig bag for convenient transportation and protection.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Body: Semi acoustic chambered centre jointed 2pc American alder with tortoiseshell binding

• Bridge: Wilkinson WVT vibrato bridge

Neck & Fretboard

• Neck: Maple

• Fingerboard: Rosewood, 10? radius

• Number of Frets: 22 medium jumbo frets

• Inlay: Pearl dots

• Scale: 25.5? /648mm

• Nut: Graphite

• Tuners: Wilkinson E-Z Lok

Pickups & Hardware

• Pickups: Wilkinson WDG mini humbucker (N), WHS single coils (M), WHHB humbucker (B)

• Controls: Volume & tone/Vari-coil dual concentric knob, 5-way lever

• Hardware: Chrome