Malinoski Hornet #397 New Luthier Built Handwound Silver Foils Tremolo Classic Vintage Style

Hornet #397 is brand new, built in December 2019 and shown at NAMM 2020.

I have been looking at and fixing a lot of vintage import guitars recently and they have been rubbing off on my design sensibility. I enjoy the quirky lines and colorful mix of shapes and forms from those early instruments and am bringing that kind of fun into my work, the Hornet being a good example of the influence.

The body on this guitar is Spanish cedar with a durable acrylic sea foam green and Danish oil finish, and a white marble pick guard with custom aluminum control plate. The neck is one-piece maple with a maple fretboard: 24-3/4” scale / 12” radius and 1-11/16” Delrin nut with 24 Jescar 47104 frets and Hipshot locking tuners. The carve is a medium C- it is easy and comfortable.

I gave this Hornet a matched pair of my handwound Type13SC single coil “silver foils” authentic to the 60’s DeArmond-Rowe gold foils in their clarity and sizzle when pushed. The Jag-style trem is matched with Wilkinson roller bridge making for a true lock-down and stable system

This is a beautiful and fantastic playing and sounding instrument, and wicked stylish!

No International shipping - lower USA 48 states only.

Set up with .010-.046 strings

Comes with Gator gig bag case

 

24-3/4” scale

12” radius / 1-11/16” Delrin nut

Jescar 47104 frets

Medium C

Maple neck / maple fretboard

Spanish cedar body

Malinoski Type13SC pickups

Hipshot locking tuners

Wilkinson bridge

Bournes / Switchcraft components

Weight – 7 lbs 6 oz