“Gloria” is our tribute to the iconic CBS-era big headstock guitars used extensively by Hendrix in his Band of Gypsys period, and we’ve even added a reverse headstock for maximum vibe and aesthetic. Although somewhat maligned when compared to early '60s examples many of the later '60s instruments had a distinct and gutsy voice with bags of clarity and character. A shift in pickup design and manufacture had a definite impact here and we’ve recreated these later pickups with our “Timeless ’69” pickups fitted to Gloria.
We’ve used lightweight Korina for the body as it possesses a definite woody character and resonates brilliantly with a decent-sized neck. The neck here is a chunky affair - almost a full inch deep from 1st to 12th fret and with a wide nut, vintage correct 7.25” radius and beefy 6000 jumbo frets. This one just pleads for hard, stinging blues playing through a cranked Marshall stack. Narrow-spaced pearl dot markers lead the way.
The wonderfully aged black nitro finish is a timeless classic as is the worn feel of the neck with rounded fingerboard edges and an immediate played-in feel.
The hardware features a Gotoh vibrato bridge with upgraded “Highwood” saddles and Raw Vintage” vibrato springs with reverse Schaller vintage repro tuners to complete the look.
Our “Timeless ’69” plain enamel wound, grey-bottom pickups are a perfect match and wired through our usual top-notch, highest-quality CTS, Switchcraft and CRL electronic components for decades of hassle-free use.
- Model: “Gloria” S-Type
- Body: Korina
- Neck: Maple with slab rosewood fingerboard. Pearl dot markers - narrow spaced at 12th fret.
- Neck profile: C-shape
- Neck dimensions: 24.4mm deep at 1st fret to 24.7mm deep at 12th
- Radius: 7.25”
- Fret size: Dunlop 6000
- Number of frets: 21
- Nut width: 43.2mm
- Finish: All nitrocellulose, aged Black on the body with lightly worn tinted lacquer on the neck
- Plastics: Three-ply aged white/black/white pickguard, with aged white pickup covers and knobs
- Bridge: Gotoh vintage repro with “Highwood” saddles and “Raw Vintage” springs.
- Tuners: Schaller split-post vintage repro
- Pickups: Eternal hand-wound “Timeless ‘69” single coil set.
- Electronics: CTS Brass collar 250k volume and tone pots with a re-issue "F69" 0.05 µF Ceramic Capacitor, a CRL five-way selector switch, cloth-covered hook-up wire and a Switchcraft output jack socket.
- Nut: Handcut bone
- Strings: Ernie Ball Slinky 10-46
- Weight: 7Ibs 6oz
- Case: Vintage style hardcase included
