BRIAN'S
"RED SPECIAL"

Statistics
Body:
Oak and blockboard (with a mahogany veneer), semi-solid body
Depth: 39 mm
Neck
Mahogany taken from a two-hundred year old fireplace
Neck Pitch: 2°
Headstock Angle: 4°
Width at nut: 47 mm
Width at 12th fret: 51 mm
Depth at 1st fret: 25 mm
Depth at 12th fret: 27 mm
Fretboard
Black-painted oak
Radius: 7"+1/4"
Scale length: 610 mm
Number of frets: 24
Fret gauge: 24 x 1.2
Inlays: 3°, 5°, 9°, 15°, 17°, 21° (one dot), 7°
and 19° (two dots), 12° and 24° (three dots)
"Zero" fret with Bakelite string guide
Nut
"Zero" fret with Bakelite string guide
Strings
String spacing at nut: 41 mm
String spacing at bridge: 49 mm
Misc
Pickups: 3 modified Burns Tri-Sonic
Tremolo Arm: Self-made from old motorcycle parts
Pickguard/Pickup Surrounds/tailpiece: black Perspex
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, On/Off (toggle) Switch for each
pickup, In/Out of Phase Switch for each pickup
Weight: approx 8 lb (3.6 kg)
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