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TCM Forum Limited Edition Guitar

It is our pleasure to present to you the 2nd TCM Forum guitar project! The TCM Forum Limited Edition guitar, affectionately known as FLE, is available exclusively to members of the TCM Forum and distributed solely by select pre-authorized TCM dealers.

The FLE guitar is based on our traditional Taurus Standard single cut design. It features a chambered swamp ash body with a big leaf maple plain top, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard with the TCM Forum inlay consisting of ropes with a 12th fret sun scene and Saturn. It also features a rosewood headstock veneer, hand signed and numbered in sequence. The electronics layout features 2 volume, 1 tone, 5 way switch and our new TCM TOL Zebra humbuckers. The TOL’s, combined with the ash body, maple top, mahogany neck and rosewood overlay give this guitar a slightly higher output, rounder tone than commonly associated with the Taurus Standard. Split coil tones are also a bit rounder and fatter in nature.

A limited run of 30 instruments will be produced. You can learn more about the project and become a forum member by visiting www.tcmforum.org and registering.

Street price: $2650, including case

Specifications

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• Joins at the 19th fret on treble side, 16th fret on
the bass side.

• Curved, single action stainless steel truss rod.

• Additional graphite reinforcements.

• Unique shock protect circuit on bridge ground.

• Switchcraft ¼" panel style output jack.

• Body cavities coated with Acheson Electrodag
112 conductive shielding paint.

• Nitro cellulose lacquer.

• Hand signed and numbered.

• Jim Dunlop Strap-Loc compatible dual design
strap buttons.

• Limited lifetime warrantee to original purchaser.

• Offset single cutaway design.

• One piece Swamp ash body.

• Honduras mahogany neck.

• Body thickness (1-3/4" back and 5/8" top).

• East Indian rosewood fretboard.

• Rosewood headstock veneer.

• Set in mortise and tenon neck/body joint.

• 25-1/8" Scale length.

• 1-11/16" Nut width.

• 12" radius arch.

• 22 frets, medium jumbo.

• 17 degree headstock pitch, fixed bridge.

• 9 degree pitch, vibrato bridge.

Additional Specifications

• Tuners: Sperzel locking keys with ivoroid buttons.

• Headstock: Rosewood veneer with paua shell truss rod cover.

• Inlay: TCM Forum inlay: Paua shell rope with 12th fret sun scene and Saturn.

• Nut: Graph Tech self lubricating.

• Neck carves:

                       Standard carve — .835 @ 1st and .870 @ 10th, tapered.
                       '57 Neck Carve — .905 all the way down.
                       Mild V Neck Carve — .900 @ 1st and 1.00 @ 10th.

• Body: Domestic swamp ash, chambered.

• Electronics: 5 way switch.

                       Position 1: Neck, series.
                       Position 2: Neck, outer coil.
                       Position 3: Neck and bridge.
                       Position 4: Inside coils.
                       Position 5: Bridge, series.

• Finish Options:

                       Gold top, Butterscotch back.
                       Black Opaque, Black Opaque back.
                       Supernatural, Natural back.
                       Tobacco Burst, Antique Mahogany back.

• Hardware: Chrome.

• Bridge: TonePros locking fixed bridge and tailpiece or TCM Vibe.

• OPTIONS: Upgrade to gold hardware add $100.