B-Way Guitars designed the Mercury Head to be an ergonomic, road-worthy guitar with a unique, modern twist. You’ll see some components that look familiar, but you’ll also see some features that make the Mercury Head more reliable and better playing than even other high-end guitars costing twice as much.
Take a look at the side of the fretboard. Notice how the fret tangs are completely hidden? They use precision-cut pocketed fret slots, resulting in a more rigid neck and a smoother feel for the player. No more ridges or jutting fret ends!
The neck pocket uses mated neck and body curves to keep the neck absolutely still in the neck pocket. And they use heavy-duty machine bolts and threaded inserts to join the neck to the body, creating a tighter and more serviceable joint than the typical four wood screws. No more need for chiropractic adjustments on your neck, and no more worries about your tuning being bumped out of whack!
The cutaway in the rear of the guitar allows it to be played in a variety of positions without any stress on your fretting hand, including classical-style.
Body
- 1-Piece Premium Mahogany
- Ultra-thin gloss Simtec finish
- Forearm and belly contours
Neck
- Maple with maple fretboard
- 25.5″ scale length
- Contoured neck joint mated with 2 machine bolts and threaded inserts
- Medium-Fat C neck profile (0.87” @ 1st fret, 0.97” @ 12th fret)
- Sanded Simtec finish
- Vintage-style single-action truss rod with headstock access
- 22 medium 6105 Jescar nickel silver frets
- Blank fretboard
- Vintage-style black side position markers
- Graphtech TUSQ XL nut
Hardware
- Gotoh 510T-SF1 vibrato bridge w/ Highwood HG Contoured saddles
- Gotoh vintage-style slotted tuners
- Electrosocket jack plate with Switchcraft jack
- Clear acrylic over black pickguard, black barrel switch tip and black fluted reflector knobs
Electronics
- Harmonic Design Z-90 pickups
- Fully shielded body cavities
- 500k CTS audio taper pots
- 3-way Oak Grigsby pickup selector blade switch
- .022uF Orange Drop tone cap
Included Case
- PRO TEC Contego ballistic nylon semi-hard case
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Listed | 9 years ago |
Condition | Mint (Used) Mint items are in essentially new original condition but have been opened or played.Learn more |
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