Super Rare Switch Ultima IV MIDI Electric Guitar 2005

Crazy cool looking, cool sounding oddity from the East, in fabulous metallic Blue Fire Mist color.

Quality craftsmanship includes Switch's signature VIBRACELL® 3-D shaped neck-thru-body, which provides warm tone and great feel. Cool chrome SWITCH logo on headstock with Grover tuning machines.

The Ultima-IV is not only unique in design but extremely versatile from the studio to the stage. Dual humbucking pickups (Cool Blue, Neck) (Red Hot, Bridge) a three-way pickup selector and dual coil taps bring extreme sound options. The exclusive string through body design with a tune-o-matic bridge, combined with the Grover fitted six on a side headstock is the ultimate in straight on direct tension string pull. An Ebonite fingerboard with faux mother of pearl and abalone inlays create a stunning look. Vibracell tops off the sound. Available in Black Firemist, Blue Firemist. 22 Frets 25 ½ inch Scale.

Color: Blue Firemist

• Vibracell® neck-thru-body
• 2 Switch designed humbuckers
• Roland GK-2A MIDI ready pickup
• Tune-O-Matic bridge
• Strings thru body
• Chrome hardware
• Grover tuners
• Rosewood fingerboard
• 3-way toggle switch
• 3-way mini switch for MIDI / blend / humbucker
• Up & down switch to control MIDI
• 2 Volume controls
• 1 Tone control
• 13 pin MIDI ready output & 1/4" input jack
• Scale: 25 1/2"
• Neck width @ nut: 1 11/16"
• 22 Frets

This is a rare bird indeed!  MIDI pickups track well- play any virtual instrument with your guitar!  I used this playing live to cover keyboard pad sounds while I strummed chords, and played some wild sax and trumpet solos a la Pat Metheny.  The humbuckers rocked out for playing straight guitar through my Marshall.  You have separate MIDI and guitar outputs.  Send the guitar to your amp and the synth to a separate amp or direct to your live console. Keep the sounds separate or blend them in real time as you play.  The sonic possibilities are limitless!