Machine 6 Merlot #2202M

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This is a right handed solid body electric guitar made from alder with a flame maple top. The finish is a deep wine red translucent burst on the top and the back is black. The body is 1.75 inches thick and was hand shaped on a sander with a ¼ round edge all the way around. It’s a string through body with a HipShot black hardtail bridge. The hardware is also all black. The pickup configuration is a single coil in the neck position with a humbucker in the bridge. I wound these pickups myself and they measure out as follows; the neck pickup has ALNICO 5 magnets and reads at 6.6k and the bridge pickup has an ALINCO 3 magnet and reads at 12.5k. The neck pickup sounds pretty clean by itself, and the bridge pickup is warm and smooth. The electronics are wired with a volume pot for each pickup and a three way selector switch. The neck is 24 frets and bolted on with recessed black ferrules for a sleek look. The neck is maple with a 9.5” radius maple fretboard and rosewood position markers. The truss rod is a dual action spoke type and located at the heel end. My necks are all hand carved and the profile is considered a “C” shape. This one measures .867” (22.03mm) at the 1st fret and .919” (23.33mm) at the 12^th fret. It has a 12 degree angled reverse head stock, with a flamed maple cap on both sides. The frets are Medium Nickel-Silver .084″ wide by .039″ high. The tuners are reverse black HipShot Griplock inline locking type. The nut was hand shaped from bone.

My guitars are set up to play with great action. The frets have been leveled, crowned and polished. The string height at the 1^st fret is .012” and at the 12^th fret it’s .060”. You’ll notice how smooth they are right away.

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