From Friedman Website:
Cali • Spirit of San Dimas
• Vintage Feel - Modern playability
• Classic Hot Rod Design
ALL FRIEDMAN GUITARS are
Custom Ordered and built by hand. The Neck wood, body wood, color,
aging, hardware and pickups are all Customizable by YOU! Or, if you see
something from the gallery you like, we'll just make that, if we don't
already have it in stock. Custom orders take 8-10 weeks.
***NOTE: Aging and wear marks are all one of a kind...so expect variations, as no two are the same.
Premium body woods - Dave chose genuine Alder and Ash
as the body woods of choice for their classic tonal character. Each
piece of wood is hand-selected by Grover Jackson himself. In the last
round of building 25 guitars, over 500 wood planks were inspected by
Grover - 475 did not make the cut. Grain pattern and lightweight are
benchmarks for every CALI.
Necks - Select
eastern hard maple with your choice of Indian Rosewood, Maple, Birdseye
Maple, Ebony and Pau Ferro fingerboard is available.
Frets – Jescar FW57110 nickel silver fret wire is used on CALI guitars.
Compound Radius -
Grover Jackson invented the compound radius fingerboard (CRF) 35 years
ago. The fingerboard geometry is based on a conical shape rather than
cylindrical. The significance is tangible and substantial – a 10”-14”
compound radius fingerboard allows for maximum playability with no
chance of your strings fretting out when bending. The compound radius is
time-consuming and laborious to get exactly right, yet worth-it – and
featured on every Friedman CALI.
Tight Pocket and Exclusive Zero-Shift Neck Pins -
Neck shifting results in incorrect string alignment and is a challenge
for many guitars. A tight neck pocket helps, but in-and-of-itself does
not eliminate the problem. CALI guitars raise the bar with the exclusive
Zero-Shift Neck Pin design; whereby, two military-grade precision steel
dowel pins align the body and neck, eliminating shift altogether. The
tonal benefit of this connection is a virtual fusion of the body and
neck whereby the transference of vibration is maximized.
Tuners and Bridge – The CALI utilizes modern locking tuners and features a German Floyd Rose locking tremolo system.
Plek –
Very few boutique builders and many of the giants do not use a PLEK.
This German-made device provides the ultimate in fretboard analysis,
fret - leveling and overall setup, and ensures maximum modern playability of all Friedman guitars.
Aged Nitrocellulose Finish -
Grover Jackson is one of the few guitar manufacturers in Southern
California permitted to spray nitrocellulose lacquer. Friedman guitars
wear a thin nitro finish allowing the wood to breathe.
