Specs: Chesapeake Electric “Choptank” (Tier: 1)

Description:

  • Single cutaway, flat body, six on a side, long scale

Neck:

  • Scale length: 25.5”
  • Number of frets: 22
  • FB radius: 8.5”
  • Fret wire: Tall thin
  • Neck shape: “52” 1 5/8” to 2 3/16”
  • Neck wood: Curly rock maple
  • Fingerboard wood: Rosewood or Curly maple
  • Headstock veneer: Ebony or Curly maple
  • Fingerboard inlays: Diamonds with 12th fret boat
  • Headstock inlay: Knaggs circle with star

Body:

  • Back wood: Swamp ash or Alder
  • Top wood: Tier 1 Curly maple
  • Pick guard: Ebony or maple with purfling

Hardware:

  • Plating options: nickel, gold
  • Tuning pegs: “Kluson type” six on a side
  • Nut: bone
  • Bridge: Chesapeake
  • Strings: .010’s

Electronics:

  • Pickups: 3 Fralin™ Blues specials or 2 split coil crème or black
  • Switches: 5 way toggle
  • Pots: vol, tone, tone

Finish:

  • Color options: Golden Natural, Hickory Burst, Winter Solstice, Faded Onyx, Aged Scotch, Medoc

Options:

  • Gold outline Diamonds up charge $ 1,500
  • Maple Ivorized pick guard up charge $ 300

Suggested Retail Price:

$ 7,000

Specifications subject to change without prior notification.

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Posted on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | Specifications Chesapeake™ Electrics.