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TCM
Taurus Custom Specifications & Options
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TCM Taurus Custom |
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Offset single cutaway design. |
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One piece Honduras mahogany
neck. |
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One piece Honduras mahogany
body. |
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East Indian rosewood fretboard. |
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Set in mortise and tenon
neck/body joint. |
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Joins at the 19th fret on treble
side, 16th fret on the bass
side. |
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25-1/8" Scale length. |
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1-11/16" Nut width. |
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12" radius arch. |
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22 frets, medium jumbo. |
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17 degree headstock pitch. |
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Curved, single action stainless
steel truss rod. |
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Additional graphite
reinforcements. |
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Unique shock protect circuit on
bridge ground. Limits electric
current at the strings in
dangerous ground fault
conditions. |
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Switchcraft ¼" panel style
output jack. |
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Body cavities coated with
Acheson Electrodag 112
conductive shielding paint. |
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Nitro cellulose lacquer. |
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Hand signed and numbered. |
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Jim Dunlop Strap-Loc compatible
dual design strap buttons. |
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Limited lifetime warrantee to
original purchaser. |
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Matching 5A maple, bound. |
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Paua shell truss rod cover. |
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Paua shell "Parallelogram". |
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Neck carves included:
Exclusive Taurus Custom neck carve — .870 @ 1st
and .950 @ 10th, tapered.
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. |
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One piece mahogany. |
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Premium select 5A grade maple, bound. |
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Unique fan style tone chamber. |
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2 TCM Zodiac neck and bridge model humbuckers. |
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1 volume control. |
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1 tone control. |
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Volume controls have high pass clarity circuit
which preserves tone at lower volume levels. |
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5 way switch yields the following tones: |
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Position 1 Neck pickup, series:
Very warm. Notes seem to "swell".
Extremely musical. |
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Position 2 Neck pickup, parallel:
A slightly clearer version of
position one. |
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Position 3 Neck and bridge pickups in
parallel:
Full range tone, not
unlike a LP...but more articulate. |
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Position 4 Inside coils of neck and
bridge pickups in parallel:
A surprising tone, coming as it does
from a guitar of this style. A unique
and very useable combination of warmth
and "quack". |
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Position 5 Bridge pickup in series:
Snarling, high sustaining tones.
Lots of round, singing, musical quality.
Highs are present yet non ear-fatiguing. |
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Intricate multiple stain finish included.
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Tone
Pro's system on Nashville style tune-o-matic and
stop tail piece (trem not available).
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$6,000
Includes Ameritage shaped case with internal
environmental controls. |
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Neck carves as listed above — No Charge. |
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Paua purfling — $400. |
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Website design © 2000-2006 Greg
Weber & Terry C. McInturff Guitars
All other content © 2000-2006 Terry C. McInturff Guitars
Please send comments or questions to info@mcinturffguitars.com.
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