Here are the details of Gabe's custom S-500:
* 3-piece maple body (Original 1987 production piece)
* Ebony fingerboard (#1 neck from 1985 Superhawk)
* Pau Ferro veneered headstock
* Aircraft Aluminum/Pau Ferro laminated and recessed control plate
* No wood screws anywhere...Threaded Inserts and machine screws only.
* Fossilized Ivory Nut
* Sperzel Locking Tuners
* Overwound rectangular bobbin MFD's (4.8K neck, 4.8k middle, 5.0k bridge)
* 10-way series parallel switching using 4-pole 5-way and push/pull DPDT
* Military grade silver mica caps, CTS Pots, Switchcraft output jack
* Callaham billet no-lead steel sustain block (chrome plated)
* Solid Brass knurled dome knobs (chrome plated)
* 7 coats of Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil hand-rubbed neck finish
* Dual Fulcrum vibrato with modern BBE billet brass saddles
* Fully shielded pickups and control cavity
* Schaller locking strap buttons
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