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.

• Bolt-On Maple Neck (Grey, Tobacco Red, or Vintage Yellow stained) Koa is also offered as an option.

• Neck Shape - '62 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

• Tone Pro® / Kluson® Tuners

• Arcane Inc. Single Coils are Standard, TV Jones® Pickups are also available

• Weight 7.1 to 8.1 pounds depending on perforation and pickup options

• Setup with Dunlop 10 to 46 gauge strings (other gauges available upon request)

• Made In America

• Lefty’s also available

• Baritone also available

• Patents 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: $4798

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.

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.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.

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.

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.