Deluxe Steelcaster ®

Cream on Red Roses
Deluxe Steelcaster
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GALLERY

• Colors & Finishes •

James Trussart is famous for the intricate patinas and distressed finishes he has developed over years of research; each finish is unique to that instrument making it easily identifiable by its owner.
Rusty finishes feature swirling textured patterns of rust and “Rust O Matic” finishes named by Billy Gibbons, which are created using a proprietary technique that uses real alligator skins making a gator skin pattern in the rust.
Shiny and Brushed nickel as well as Shiny gold finishes are also available if your taste run towards the spectacular.

• Engravings •

Engraving options include Gator, Skulls, Roses or Ganja.
No Engraving at all is also possible.
The engraving is available on Pickguards, Head Caps and Control Plates, all engravings use our custom proprietary artwork.

• Perforations •

Perforated metal front and back faces are available on these instruments.
Perforation lightens the weight of the instrument by 0.5 pound per perforated face, the perforation also increases the feedback resistance of the instrument while non perforated instruments have more resonance that some musicians prefer. Non perforated instruments have resonant qualities similar to hollow body guitars that many musicians appreciate, if you enjoy the resonance of hollow body guitars a non perforated Trussart is the instrument for you.
The Deluxe Steelcaster has two perforations options, no perforation or Perforated back. Non perforated Deluxe Steelcasters average 8.1 pounds, instruments with one face perforated average 7.6 pounds.
Another option is the perforated F-hole which gives quite an interesting look to the guitar.

• Neck Options •

• Koa Neck
• Ebony Fingerboard
• Fat '52 Contour
• Aluminum Binding

• Pickup Options •

We offer numerous pickup formats and pickup brands.  Some of the  brands we offer are
Arcane-Inc • Antiquity Seymour Duncan® (neck & bridge) • Alnico II Pro® Humbucker (neck position) • Seymour Duncan® Strat (neck position) • P-90® (neck position) • HotRail or Little '59 Seymour Duncan® (bridge position)• TV Jones Classics • TV Jones Powertrons • TV Jones Supertrons

• Bridges •

3 saddle traditional or 6 saddle individual saddle bridges are available, the 6 saddle one features a screw to fix the saddles in place once they are intonated. Additionally these bridges feature a “scoop” on the treble side that solves the problem that many players encounter with hitting the edge of the bridge during performance.
Also, the Bigsby B-16 is modified utilizing a proprietary tension bar and a roller bridge, it works effortlessly while string tension remains comfortably high. Typical problems such as strings sliding off their saddles and sloppy vibrato-return are eliminated, even in the hands of the most heavy-handed player.
Bigsby Tremolo’s are combined with a Wilkinson type Roller Bridge.

• Switching and Components •

Push Pull pots for splitting, phase or series / parallel for neck or bridge humbuckers. Some popular options are:
Push Pull Split for a neck Humbucker on the tone pot.
Push Pull Series / Parallel on the volume and push pull phase on the tone for humbucker equipped guitars (A personal favorite of James Trussart).
All instruments feature CTS pots, Switchcraft jacks and switches and Orange Drop Capacitors.

• Custom •

We often build guitars with custom options or unique combinations of options that may not be listed on the website.  Some popular options are custom pickup combinations, Ebony fingerboards, Koa Necks, Aluminum Binding, Bigsby tremolos and many more, the possibilities are almost endless.
Lefty guitars are also available with every option except the Bigsby tremolo.  If you have something in mind give us a call to discuss the possibilities.