Rees G90 Guitar Offers Both Humbucker and P90 Pickup Tones

October 08, 2008

The new Rees G90 guitar is being made in Cambridge, England. A very full and rich tone is created by the combination of a hard tonewood body, solidly placed bridge, and strong 25.5 inch neck. The Seymour Duncan pickups and Rees wiring provide a wide range of voices. The neck pickup is a traditional humbucker that can be coil tapped to make a single coil sound. The bridge pickup has a P90 style coil and a blade coil that can be added to make it into a humbucker. Rees switching uses a 3-way neck - both - bridge pickup selector and a 2-way rotary switch for humbuckers - single coils. The single coil sounds are particularly convincing because the neck is 25.5 inch which gives more energy and tone to the strings than a 24.75 inch neck would. The wide P90 coil provides a fuller tone than a common single coil has. The Rees wiring of the "both pickups" selection uses a parallel wiring for the popular funky single coil mix, but a series wiring for mud-free clarity of the humbucker mix.

An original designed body of selected korina hard tone-wood features a wrap-around bridge anchored firmly into the heart of the wood, providing long sustain and rich woody tone. The shape is designed to make a well-balanced, fairly light, 7 pound guitar while standing or sitting. The neck is angled back, and the body is sculpted on both the front and back to fit comfortably around the guitarist.

The body is stained by rubbing by hand, which brings out the full beauty of the fine wood figuring, rather than by spraying which would obscure the wood grain. The body is finished in satin nitrocellulose lacquer to provide best resonance and tone. The neck is finished in high-tech polymer lacquer for durability, with a fast action satin finish to the back of the neck. A choice of body colours is available: natural blonde; tobacco 3-tone sunburst (as pictured); vintage cherry sunburst; brown sunburst; amber sunburst; golden blonde sunburst.

Korina body with a choice of colour stains and satin nitrocellulose finish.
Angled 22 fret 25.5 inch maple neck, with a choice of fret-board woods.
Wrap-around bridge for strong sustain and responsive feel.
Fender LSR Roller nut for tuning ease and accuracy, string weight tolerance, and tone balance.
Seymour Duncan pickups: P-Rails P90/humbucker at bridge and Jazz humbucker at neck.
Wide range of tones with 6 switched pickup voices including P90; humbucker; single-coil.
Light weight: 3.2 kg or 7 lbs.
Available now. Prices:
Natural Blonde £735 or $1470
Sunbursts £785 or $1570

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For more information, visit their web site at http://www.rees-electric-guitars.com/.

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