Absinthe A Taste of the Exotic

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The Spade was our first headless design and has continued as a “flagship” with players around the world using it across many genres of music.

I wanted to use the design of the Spade and modify it into a modern, full body guitar. I worked on a few initial ideas only to end up frustrated, as the designs were not up to our standards.   My business partner Ken suggested we hire a friend of his (a renowned Japanese designer) to help dial in the designs we had started. With his guidance, the Absinthe design was finalized and approved!

We wanted to use a U.S. company for the pickups on this model and EMG quickly jumped to the opportunity. We gave EMG the freedom to choose the pickup design with a coil split option.   While working with the Absinthe architecture, we developed our new neck with the curved block contour at the string lock. This improvement is now the new neck for both the Spade and Absinthe models. The design gives the player the feel of having a full headstock while in first position and the extra thickness creates more stability, mass, and tone.

The Absinthe is a well-balanced guitar with easy access to all the high frets. True to its name, derived from a wicked psychedelic liquor, it’s a modern, high-end consciousness-expanding guitar.

Order yours today and experience the flexibility, tone and true player enjoyment with the Absinthe!

Neck

24 fret

5 piece Canadian hard maple through neck construction

Mahogany stingers

Dual way 2 piece truss rod

C shape

Side Inlay dots Black 1.5mm

Width 42mm at zero fret (nut)

Thick 21mm at zero fret, 23mm at 12th fret

Nut Material Graphite White / Width Thick 3.4mm / Length 42mm

Fingerboard

25.5 scale (Fender)

Fingerboard Radius 13”

Radios 350R

Black Ebony (exclusive Bootlegger)

Position markers fanned white pearl dots

Side position marker 1.5mm black

Number of Frets 24 / full fret easy access design

Frets DHP – 24H / 2.7 mm silver nickel

Body

Material 3 piece 37mm Mahogany

Top 5mm hard Maple

Black aluminum knobs

Upgraded metal plate input jack

Neck-through construction

Graphite nut

Head Taesung HL string lock

Electronics

EMG USA passive pickups HSH

            Neck EMG H4A Alnico

            Middle EMG S4 Ceramic

            Bridge pickup EMG H4 Ceramic

Coil Split push pull tone pot

Volume control

Tone control

5 way pickup selector slide switch

Finish

Green matte see through

Matte natural see through

Honey gloss see through

Burgundy matte see through

Blue matte see through 

More

6.6 pounds

Case and guitar 13 pounds

Bootlegger Absinthe tattoo logo on body

Case Bootlegger Logo Tattoo Hard Shell Case

Strings. 009, .011, .016, .026, .036, .046

Uses Standard Single Ball Strings

Includes case key and related truss rod tools & tuning tools


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ConditionBrand New (New)
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Brand
Model
  • Absinthe
Finish
  • Red Matte
Categories
Year
  • 2022
Made In
  • Korea, Republic of
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Body Type
  • Solid Body

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