BootLegger Guitar Spade Gen 4 2023 - Blue Clear HSH Coil Split Tremolo

Spade Gen 4 HSH Coil Split Tremolo

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• Featuring our new Neck and Head with Single String Locks 
• We now also offer custom padded gig bags.
• Coil split with Floating Tremolo 
• Blue Clear
  

The new Spade Gen 2 HSH Tremolo is designed to embolden the modern guitarist and inspire creativity. The pickup arrangement is a hybrid HSH that gives you many tonal options. We use our matched high gain Bootlegger 98 humbuckers with a single-coil in the middle position. The two humbuckers feature Coil Splitting (not coil taping).

Coil Splitting is a way to add another dimension of tone to your Spade, you can essentially double your tone. You can use this to “cut through” in a mix or in your band. You can use different combinations of the 3 pickups to develop your own unique sound. Coil Splitting splits a humbucker into a single-coil pickup. When you split two humbuckers you have a pair of single coils.

With our hybrid HSH set with the coil-split on you have three single-coil pickups. A humbucker that is split will not sound the same as a standard single-coil, so this adds a unique tone to your guitar. It cuts bass or beefiness and increases high-end. With the coil-split on and the volume increased playing through a good (our Blues 20, 30 or 50 tubeAmps ) amp, you can get that Zeppelin sharp high gain tone.

The new Spade is a full 25.5 scale 24 fret set neck performance guitar. At 5 pounds It is well suited for the traveling pro (travel guitar) or the traveling enthusiast. All highest quality South Korean hardware and uses standard single ball strings. Our new Bootlegger Monorail bridge with floating saddles isolates each saddle/string so that it vibrates optimally, not allowing unwanted transient vibration.

Introducing our new Bootlegger single string lock system. This lock along with our floating saddle monorail tuner greatly reduces unwanted string vibrations. Also it is easy to replace one lock if necessary. 

We use only the highest quality woods, three-piece maple neck-through construction body, swamp ash body wings, and beautiful high polished Brazilian Rosewood fretboard. (Maple neck on the Matte Spade)

Comes with OHSC hard case ready for the road or overhead plane compartment. The Ace 4 string bass and Spade are designed by Bootlegger Guitar and in the tradition of Bootlegger Guitar USA.

We utilize high-quality hardware and pickups from BHK Industries in South Korea. Our focus is on designing and crafting professional-grade guitars and tube amps.

With satisfied customers worldwide, our instruments have found homes in the hands of musicians across the globe.

Specifications of Spade With Floating Tremolo HSH Pickups Coil Split

Body

• Five piece hard Maple body
• Hard Swamp Ash wood body wings. 42mm body
• Finish see through Polyurethane
• Neck Through Construction
• Logo Bootlegger Whiskey TattooNeck
• 5 piece maple neck through body set neck
• Neck Profile Oval
• Fingerboard Material Brazilian Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius 13”
• Number of Frets 24 / Full Fret Access Design
• Scale 25.5
• Frets DHP – 24H / 2.7 mm silver nickel
• Nut Material Graphite White / Width Thick 3.4mm / Length 42mm
• Truss Rod Head Adjustment Location
• Inlays, White Pearl Bootlegger Whiskey Diamond
• Side Inlay Dots Black 1.5mm

Measurements

• Width 42mm at zero fret (nut)
• Thick 21mm at zero fret, 23mm at 12th fret
• Radius neck 13 inch

Hardware

• Black finish
• Bridge & Tuners Alchemy Floating Tremolo with Monorail Bridge System
• Head Bootlegger Single Lock 
• Control Knobs Volume & Tone
• Knobs Black Aluminum
• Switch Tip Black
• Switch Washer Black
• Jack Plate LP Type Black 4 screw

Electronics Pickups

• Bootlegger 98’s Humbuckers Alnico matched set modern wound
• Neck  7.50 ohm
• Bridge  8.40 ohm
• Single Coil 8 ohm
• Center positioned Bootlegger spec Single Coil
• Coil Split neck and bridge 98’s Humbuckers
• Controls 5 Way Toggle Switch
• Conductive shielding for hum  noise and radio interference reduction

Strings & Set Up

• Strings. 009, .011, .016, .026, .036, .046
• Uses Standard Single Ball Strings
• String Setup 1mm

Miscellaneous of Spade Black Clear

• Size 30” long  / 10” wide
• Guitar weight 5.5 pounds
• Guitar Measurements 30 inches long, 10 Inches Wide, 1 1/2 inches Thick.
• Case With Guitar Weight 12 Pounds
• Case Dimensions 33 Inches Long, 13 Inches Wide, 4 Inches Thick
• Case Bootlegger Tattoo Hard Shell Case
• Included Accessories Case Key & Related Truss Rod & Tuning Tools.

More Information

Since the 80’s creative builders like Steinberger have challenged the standard by producing high-quality guitars without heads. This unconventional, but savvy design places all of the hardware in one location.

Having everything in one place eliminates the need for a nut, which is a boon for your open notes and intonation in general. Without that extra wood and hardware at the end of the neck, the balance of the guitar shifts to the body, alleviating the strain on your strap shoulder. Lighter, full scale, compact and works great as a travel bass.

Current headless builders

Current headless builders such as Strandberg, Teuffel, Mayones, NS, Roehrs, Kiesel, Skervesen, and Carvin make high-end high-quality headless guitars. 

Now Bootlegger Guitar has introduced the new HSH Spade, Ace 4 & 5 string bass and the Absinthe six string guitar & five string Bass. All inspired by our original Spade six-string guitar.

We use only the highest quality woods, three-piece maple neck-through construction body, ash body wings and beautiful high polished Brazilian Cherry Jatoba fretboard. Comes with high quality custom hard case ready for the road or overhead plane compartment. The Ace and Spade are designed by Bootlegger Guitar and in the tradition of Bootlegger Guitar. 98 Proof.

A few notable headless players

• Mark Knopfler
• Eddie Van Halen
• Johnny Winter
• David Bowie
• Reeves Gabrels
• Lou Reed
• David Gilmour
• Greg Lake
• Don Felder
• 35/18/6 16lbs shipping

Hello, we are the boutique builder “Bootlegger Guitar” Hermosa Beach, California. Our guitars and tube amps are played worldwide. You can buy with confidence.