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Rare Flamed Koa Semi-Hollow
Rare Koa Flamed Top w/ F-Hole
Semi-Hollow Honduran Mahogany Body
Quartersawn Mahogany Neck w/ Cameroon Ebony Fretboard
Custom Lollar HSS Gold w/ Gloss Black
Gotoh 510 Tremolo & Locking Tuners in Gold
Always-On Bridge Switch (Push/Pull)
Water Buffalo Horn Knobs
Macassar Ebony Born Headstock Inlay
Hand Rubbed & Polish Oil Finish
Born with inherent beauty, this legendary Custom OG Drop is designed with world class ergonomic, playability and tone in mind. When we want to prioritize playability and feel, aesthetic accoutrements such as fancy binding are thoughtfully left out. This allows for softer edges and more ergonomic curves, including our proprietary heel relief, which makes playing the upper frets as effortless as the first. All Born Guitars have our signature bound fretboard and fret dressing, making your neck feel silky smooth and soft for the rest of your life. Never has playing a guitar felt so effortless, allowing your creativity to flow beyond what you thought was possible. Built with highly figured sustainably harvested Hawaiian Koa, FSC Honduran Mahogany, Cameroon Ebony and Indonesian Macassar Ebony.
This one-of-a-kind instrument was crafted in close collaboration with one of our customers who had lived through the Colorado Cal-Wood Fire in 2020. They not only demanded excellent tone, build quality and feel, but also remembrance of the fires that impacted 1000's of people in our community.
The tailpiece is a Born custom design, and we made it out of reclaimed green ash from the Colorado Marshall fire that burned down over 1,000 structures, impacted over 37,000 residents, and ultimately amounted to the nightmarish crescendo of massive forest fires that teared through North America from 2020 to December of 2021. Green Ash is not known as an instrument wood, but we were able to find a nice quartersawn ,hard-grained piece out of a partly burned timber. Green Ash is light in color, similar to maple, and so making a black tailpiece to match the guitar was not simple. We developed a modified Japanese Shou Sugi Ban wood burning technique to preserve the strength of the wood and blacken the tailpiece to a charcoal black. The tailpiece has a gloss finish and natural feel.
This musician wanted something somewhat familiar yet entirely different. It looks like a standard Strat, but there’s loads more beneath the surface. Take a closer look and you’ll find the familiar grain of swamp ash dancing through a custom translucent white wash lacquer finish, offset by a stunning ebonized walnut pickguard. With its thin D shape neck and pistachio fretboard, it plays as fast and free as its flamed maple neck sounds. Hand wound vintage single coil pickups give this axe its bite, and the Gotoh 510 tremolo bridge gives it some play. In other words, it has the classic rock and roll look and sound, only it’s turned up to 11 and eager to strut its stuff.
Polished Oil Finish (Body & Neck)
3×3 Headstock
50,000 Year Old Salvaged Kauri Body
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