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Peekamoose Model 3 Guitar

hoff • Fretted • June 17, 2013

Built by Paul Schwartz in New York City, the Peekamoose Model 3 blends classic design cues with modern features. The Peekamoose 3’s Jazzmaster-like offset body is one obvious nod to the past. Other tried-and-true details include a three-layer tortoise or “vintmint” pickguard and back plate, Tusq bridge saddles and nut, Sperzel locking tuners, Dunlop strap locks, ivoroid knobs, and a Strat-style tremolo bridge.

This being a custom axe, buyers can request the body and fretboard woods of their choice, as well as custom electronics and hardware. Custom-spec Peekamoose humbucking pickups by Seymour Duncan are wired to a four-way selector. The volume knob has a high-pass filter, eliminating the loss of brightness as volume is decreased, and there’s a choice of 250K or 500K volume pots to expand tonal options. Two tone knobs activate the Model 3’s “dual-sound switching.” Tone one is a standard tone, but when it’s pulled up, it puts the neck pickup’s coils in parallel. Tone two is a mid-shift that works in the upper-midrange spectrum and, when pulled up, puts the bridge pickup into parallel mode, resulting in a brighter tone. Retail price: $4,600.

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