Stéphan Forté Signature Model - SFS727
Specs
Neck type : SFS / 5pc Maple/Wenge neck
Top/back/body : Flamed Maple top / Basswood body
Fretboard : Bound Rosewood fretboard / Reversed black sharktooth inlay
Fret : Jumbo frets / Prestige fret edge treatment
Number of frets : 27
Bridge : Lo-Pro Edge 7 bridge
String space : 10.8mm
Neck pickup : Seymour Duncan® Hot Rail 7 String (H) neck pickup (Passive/Ceramic)
Bridge pickup : Seymour Duncan® NAZGÛL™ (H) bridge pickup (Passive/Ceramic)
Factory tuning : 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E,7B
Strings : D'Addario® EXL110-7
String gauge : .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046/.059
Nut : Locking nut
Hardware color : Satin Black
Hardshell case included
Recommended Bag : IGB724-BK
5pc Maple/Wenge neck
The 5pc Maple/Wenge Neck with excellent strength provides an enriched resonance.
Rosewood fretboard
Rosewood fretboard provides a well-balanced solid tone with a focused mid range.
Jumbo frets with Prestige fret edge treatment
The wide and tall fret-type offers a quick response, good articulation when playing chords and clear tone when playing single notes. Prestige Fret Edge Treatment guarantees effortlessly fast playing.
Flamed Maple top / Basswood body
The Flamed Maple top features an exotic wood grain and the Basswood body delivers a natural and flat tone.
Seymour Duncan® Hot Rails / Seymour Duncan® NAZGÛL™ pickups
The single coil sized Seymour Duncan® Hot Rails humbucker pickup deliver big sounding, well balanced humbucker tones for rock and metal. The Seymour Duncan® Nazgûl pickup offers the perfect blend of note articulation, saturation and brutal chugs.
Gotoh® machine heads
Gotoh® machine heads provide superior precision, a smooth feel, and excellent tuning accuracy.
Lo-Pro Edge tremolo
The legendary Lo-Pro Edge bridge offers maximum playing comfort with its streamlined profile and recessed fine tuners. Locking studs contribute to tuning stability.
27 frets
This guitar features 27 frets which are designed for lead players and shredders who make their home in the higher octaves.
Neck Dimensions
Scale : 648mm/25.5"
Width at Nut (a)：48mm
Width at 24F (b)：68mm
Thickness Nut (c)：19mm
Thickness 12F (d)：21mm
Radius : 430mmR
Switching System
When the pickup selector switch is in neck position, the neck pickup is selected.
When the switch is in between neck and center position, the bridge side of the neck pickup is selected.
When the switch is in center position, the bridge side of the neck pickup and the neck side of the bridge pickups are selected.
When the switch is in between center and bridge position, the neck side of the bridge pickup is selected.
When the switch is in bridge position, the bridge pickup is selected.
Controls
With the guitar held in the playing position, there is a five-way pickup selector switch close to the edge of the body.
The volume knob is located near the end of the body.
Stéphan Forté
Stéphan Forté’s virtuosity and fierce imagination have been lighting up the sound of France’s dark prog metallers Adagio since 2001. Range, invention, and dramatic tension of his style sharpen the edge of neoclassical guitar and re-define what it means to be a shredder. After five albums with Adagio, Forté's solo debut "The Shadows Compendium" leaps into the stratosphere, uniting highly technical chops, romanticism and spectacular narratives. Acclaim follows from guitar gurus such as Jason Becker, and Marty Friedman invites him to support his 2012 European tour. In 2014 Stéphan releases his second solo album "Enigma Opera Black" via his own label Zeta Nemesis. In 2017, Stéphan writes, records and releases Adagio's latest album "LIFE" via Zeta Nemesis, and announce shortly after the end of the band in order to solely focus on his solo carreer from now on.
Forté is at the moment working on his third solo album which will without the shadow of a doubt establish a new era of shred guitar with its modern and dark very unique style.