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Rusty Steelcaster
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GALLERY

Antique Cooper
Gator

Antique Cooper
Roses

Rust-o-matic
Skulls Holey

Rust-o-matic
Skulls Holey

Rust-o-matic
Roses

Rust-o-matic
Star

Antique Silver

Antique Silver
paisley holey

Antique Silver Roses

Antique Silver
Roses

Antique Silver
Paisley

 

Gold African

Gold African Holey

Rust-o-matic
paislley holey

Rust-o-matic
gator

Rust-o-matic
holey front

2 tone blue
roses holey

Cream on red roses holey

Sea foam green on cream roses holey

 

Pink paisley

 

Red star

3 tone Ganja

Shiny Nickel
holey

Shiny Nickel
Ganja

 

Shiny Nickel
Gator Holey

 

 

 

 

 
Tom Morello Joe Perry Billy Gibbons Eric Clapton

Steelcaster ®

Equally at home being played on stage or on display as a piece of art, you will know you have something special the moment you lay your hands on this instrument, every Trussart is loaded with unique custom details.  The Deluxe Steelcaster has the look and feel of a vintage instrument with while also featuring our exclusive hollow steel body and custom metal appointments.  The steel while also being the perfect medium to display the beautiful Trussart custom finishes also has tonal advantages.  The Trussart Steelcaster tone is a uniquely annunciated sound that, combined with the resonant qualities of the hollow steel body can range from sweet, crystal clear tones to aggressive screaming lead tones.  The construction of these instruments is only half of the story, the other half is the finish, every instrument comes with a history and a slight element of neglect, of decay, so it has a personality of it’s own. 

This Trussart has found it’s way into the hands of many guitarists including Billy Gibbons, Robert Cray, Tom Morello (Rage against the Machine, Audioslave), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Pearl Jam, Marc Ribot, Metallica and Joe Perry, to name only a few.

 

• Specifications •

• Bolt-On Maple Neck (tobacco red or Vintage Yellow stained) Koa is also offered as an option.
• Neck Shape - '66 or Fat '52
• Rosewood or Maple Fingerboard, Ebony is also offered as an option.
• 25-1/2" Scale
• 1-5/8" Wide Nut
• 9" Radius
• Frets #6105 (narrow-tall)
• 3 or 6 Saddle Vintage Bridge
• Low Mass Vintage Style Tuners
• Trussart / Arcane Inc.® Single Coils are Standard, Seymour Duncan® and TV Jones® Pickups are also available
• Weight 7.1 to 8.1 pounds depending on perforation and pickup options
• Setup with Everly 10 to 46 gauge strings (other gauges available upon request)
• Made In America
• Lefty’s also available
• Baritone also available

• Patent Pending

• Includes a James Trussart signed Certificate of Authenticity
• High quality G&G® Hard Case is included in the price of the instrument

Base Price: $3999

 


OPTIONS

• 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.
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Rust-O-Matic
(Named By Billy Gibbons) 		Disrtessed
Cream on Black		 Disrtessed
Cream on Red 		Distressed
Sea Foam Green
on Cream 		Disrtessed
Black on Red		 Distessed Black
Shiny Nickel Brushed Nickel Shiny Gold Antique Copper Disrtessed
2 Tone Blue 		Rasta Ganja
       
Red Star Antique Silver        

• Engravings •

Engraving options include Gator, Skulls, Roses, African pattern 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.
Gator Skulls Roses Ganja African Pattern No Engraving
         
Paisley          

• 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 Steelcaster has four perforations options, no perforation, Perforated back, perforated Front that can be combined.
Non perforated Steelcasters average 8.1 pounds, instruments with one face perforated average 7.6 pounds and all perforated about 7.1 pounds.
   
Standard Back Holey Back Standard Front Holey Front    

• 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
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Humbucker Neck Strat neck Neck & Middle Strat Neck & Middle
Tele		 P-90 Neck Single Coil
sized Humbucker
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TV Jones
Supertrons
(neck position)		 TV Jones
Powertrons
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• 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.
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6 Saddle 3 Saddle Piezzo
Graphtech		      

• 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.