White Lion Vito Bratta ESP replica Super Strat 1980's - Olympic White

Custom Vito Bratta / White Lion Tribute Superstrat

Testing the waters on a custom guitar I built as a tribute to Vito Bratta and the early White Lion era. This is a custom-built tribute instrument, not an original Vito Bratta guitar and not a factory signature model.

The build was designed around the stripped-down hot-rodded Strat style associated with Vito's early White Lion guitars, with an H/S pickup configuration, single master volume, simple pickup switching, locking tremolo, and a highly figured roasted maple neck.

FEATURES:

• Gloss Olympic/Aged White
• Roasted figured/flamed maple neck
• 62' Strat-style Alder body
• Rosewood fingerboard with Mother of pearl inlay dots
• Medium-jumbo stainless-steel frets
• Locking nut
• Seymour Duncan '59 bridge humbucker
• DiMarzio HS-3 neck pickup
• Seymour Duncan YJM High Speed 250K master volume pot
• 3-way mini-toggle pickup selector
• Bridge / Bridge + Neck / Neck switching
• Floyd Rose 1000 double-locking tremolo
• 37mm Floyd Rose sustain block
• Chrome ESP tuners
• Chrome hardware
• Custom White Lion/Vito Bratta-inspired pickguard
• Custom tribute/replica waterslide graphics

The electronics are intentionally simple, with one volume control and no tone circuit for a short, direct signal path.

The Seymour Duncan '59 was chosen to capture the articulate, vintage PAF-style character associated with the early White Lion/Pride-era sound, while the DiMarzio HS-3 provides a smooth, lower-output neck tone that works very well with this type of '80s Superstrat build.

One of the standout features is the roasted figured maple neck. The flame figuring runs through the headstock, fingerboard area, and back of the neck and really changes appearance depending on the lighting and viewing angle.

The White Lion graphics and other cosmetic details were added strictly as tribute elements. This guitar is not being represented as a factory Fender, artist-owned instrument, or official White Lion/Vito Bratta signature model.

This was built as a player's tribute for someone who appreciates Vito Bratta, White Lion, and high-performance '80s-style Superstrats.

I am primarily testing the market, selling off parts of my collection to fund medical treatments, and am not looking for a quick sale or trade.

ASKING PRICE: $2,095 plus shipping.

Will ship in a hardshell case.

Reasonable offers considered.

If somebody loves it enough at that price, I may let it go. Otherwise, I am perfectly happy keeping it in my collection.