The du Pré Guitars Fuzzblaster II is the second generation of the Fuzzblaster with a hard tail bridge and more powerful pickups. The design is focussed on quality, simplicity and usability using the best build techniques and materials to result in the purest tone and most approachable playability. Like all du Pré guitars, this uncompromising approach results in a visually striking instrument that has both vintage familiarity with a surprising modern flavour.
| Body | Two piece swamp ash with comfort heel contour This improves the access to the higher frets by removing some of the bulk of the heel joint without compromising strength. |
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| Finish | Danish oil and beeswax Super smooth, warm and natural feeling wood. No stickiness. Any colour stain available |
| Neck | Maple,C shape, skunk stripe, satin finish Super smooth and fast feeling neck. No sweaty stickiness. |
| Fingerboard | Ebony Extremely hard wood that bring out the highs and provides a very smooth playing surface. |
| Frets | 22 medium jumbo frets For easier bends and a modern feel. |
| Nut | Earvana compensated nut Improves the intonation at the nut end of the neck to make open chords much sweeter. A subtle upgrade that provides a dramatic benefit. |
| Tuners | Wilkinson mini tuners 18/1 ratio chrome mini tuners. |
| Pickups | Bareknuckle BKP91 matched pair "Alnico V magnets with slightly hotter than stock windings. The brighter magnet along with extra windings serve up hot and fat single coil grind - more weight in the mid range with excellent top end detail." |
| Controls | 1 Volume and 1 Tone,3 position pickup selector Logarhythmic pots are used to ensure the full range of the control is usable. A Hovland Musicap capacitor makes the tone control very dynamic. The middle position on the pickup selector gives both pickups out of phase for a funky honkiness. The pickup and control cavities are properly earthed and heavily shielded with thick copper shielding tape to all but eliminate interference and hum. |
| Bridge and tail piece | TonePros tune-o-matic in nickel Top spec precision engineered bridge and tail piece that has retaining bolts that improve "coupling", eliminate rattles and improves tone and sustain. |
| Want to change the specs? Make it your own. Almost anything is possible within the boundaries of good taste and your imagination. | |