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Melancon Guitars
This is Skip's Custom made Classic Artist
Specs:
Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Tiger Eye
Top Wood: Quilted Maple
Bridge: Tremolo
Neck Wood: Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Carve: 60 C-Shape
Overcarve: +.40"
Nutsize: 1.625"
Fretboard Wood: Brazllian Rosewood
Fretboard Radius: 10"
Pickup Bridge: Melancon Blues SC
Pickup Middle: Melancon Blues SC (RWRP)
Pickup Neck: Melancon Blues SC
Hardware Color: Chrome
Additional Features: Dove inlays & John 3:16 12th Fret inlay
Headstock Color: Matching Veneer and Color
Fretwire Size: Stainless Steel Heavy
Pickguard: Pearloid
Specs:
Body Wood: Alder
Body Color: Tiger Eye
Top Wood: Quilted Maple
Bridge: Tremolo
Neck Wood: Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Carve: 60 C-Shape
Overcarve: +.40"
Nutsize: 1.625"
Fretboard Wood: Brazllian Rosewood
Fretboard Radius: 10"
Pickup Bridge: Melancon Blues SC
Pickup Middle: Melancon Blues SC (RWRP)
Pickup Neck: Melancon Blues SC
Hardware Color: Chrome
Additional Features: Dove inlays & John 3:16 12th Fret inlay
Headstock Color: Matching Veneer and Color
Fretwire Size: Stainless Steel Heavy
Pickguard: Pearloid
Skip's Pro Artist
Specs:
Body Wood: Swamp Ash
Body Color: Ice Blue Metallic
Chambers: N
Top Wood: NA
Bridge: Tremolo
Neck Wood: Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Carve: Standard
Overcarve: +.040"
Nutsize: 1.625"
Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
Fretboard Radius: 10"
Pickups Bridge: Melancon Blues SC
Pickups Middle: Melancon Blues SC(RWRP)
Pickups Neck: Melancon Blues SC
Hardware Color: Chrome
Additional Features: Master Volume, Tone for Neck & Middle, Tone for Bridge
Headstock Color: Natural
Fretwire Size: 6150 Standard
Pickguard: Mint
Body Wood: Swamp Ash
Body Color: Ice Blue Metallic
Chambers: N
Top Wood: NA
Bridge: Tremolo
Neck Wood: Birdseye Maple
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Carve: Standard
Overcarve: +.040"
Nutsize: 1.625"
Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
Fretboard Radius: 10"
Pickups Bridge: Melancon Blues SC
Pickups Middle: Melancon Blues SC(RWRP)
Pickups Neck: Melancon Blues SC
Hardware Color: Chrome
Additional Features: Master Volume, Tone for Neck & Middle, Tone for Bridge
Headstock Color: Natural
Fretwire Size: 6150 Standard
Pickguard: Mint
Skip's Custom Artist
Specs:
Body Wood: Swamp Ash
Body Color: Tortoiseshell
Chambers: N
Top Wood: Quilted Maple
Bridge: Tremolo
Neck Wood: Maple
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Carve: Standard
Overcarve: +.040"
Nutsize: 1.65"
Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
Fretboard Radius: 12"
Pickups Bridge: Melancon PAFB
Pickups Middle: Melancon Blues SC(RWRP)
Pickups Neck: Melancon Blues SC
Hardware Color: Chrome
Additional Features: Pull tone to split humbucker
Headstock Color: Matching Veneer and Color
Fretwire Size: Stainless Steel Heavy
Pickguard: NA
Body Wood: Swamp Ash
Body Color: Tortoiseshell
Chambers: N
Top Wood: Quilted Maple
Bridge: Tremolo
Neck Wood: Maple
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Carve: Standard
Overcarve: +.040"
Nutsize: 1.65"
Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
Fretboard Radius: 12"
Pickups Bridge: Melancon PAFB
Pickups Middle: Melancon Blues SC(RWRP)
Pickups Neck: Melancon Blues SC
Hardware Color: Chrome
Additional Features: Pull tone to split humbucker
Headstock Color: Matching Veneer and Color
Fretwire Size: Stainless Steel Heavy
Pickguard: NA
Skip's ValveTrain 416 amp
The ValveTrain 416 is an amp that is rich with vintage tone and has an expanded set of controls that will allow today's guitarist access to a tonal palette that was not available with the original amplifiers.
The 416 inherits its' tonal roots from the venerable Fender 5E3 Deluxe from the late 1950's. The most interesting feature of the 416 is the design of the initial gain stages.
There are 2 volume controls, one for the Normal channel and one for the Bright channel. The two channels are internally isolated and “jumpered”. This means that the player is able to blend the tonality of each channel into the overall mix. Because the channels are both active, the preamp tube is running in parallel operation producing more gain than is normally found in an amp of this style. Turning either volume control down, which eliminates that channel, returns the tone of the amp back to the single voice operation of the original. There are also two boost switches that activate a gain and frequency boost on each channel.
By controlling volume and the boost on each channel, the blending of the two distinct voices opens up the tonal spectrum of this amp.
The 416 inherits its' tonal roots from the venerable Fender 5E3 Deluxe from the late 1950's. The most interesting feature of the 416 is the design of the initial gain stages.
There are 2 volume controls, one for the Normal channel and one for the Bright channel. The two channels are internally isolated and “jumpered”. This means that the player is able to blend the tonality of each channel into the overall mix. Because the channels are both active, the preamp tube is running in parallel operation producing more gain than is normally found in an amp of this style. Turning either volume control down, which eliminates that channel, returns the tone of the amp back to the single voice operation of the original. There are also two boost switches that activate a gain and frequency boost on each channel.
By controlling volume and the boost on each channel, the blending of the two distinct voices opens up the tonal spectrum of this amp.
Skip's ValveTrain Classic 315
The ValveTrain 315 is a modern version of the Fender 5E3 Deluxe from the late 1950's.
We added an oversize cabinet for better bass response. Just a total blues machine!!
Set all 3 knobs on 8 and get ready to roll... (Rock & Roll... that is...)
We added an oversize cabinet for better bass response. Just a total blues machine!!
Set all 3 knobs on 8 and get ready to roll... (Rock & Roll... that is...)
Skip's Current Pedal Board
