"WIND SHEAR"
Any fan of the venerable S series is sure to see the appeal of this guitar. The team at the Japan Custom Shop was looking to accomplish several things with this build. First, take an S model but build it in such a way that could only be accomplished with time-intensive hand work. The team decided to focus on the S model’s most desirable attribute: its light weight, and added hand-carved relief cuts, creating a type of exposed chambering. The results are not only practical in that they make this guitar one of the lightest in the 50th Anniversary Collection, but they also provided a highly contemporary, sculpture-like appearance. Additionally, the entire body is made of Flamed Maple, and the flame in the wood runs across all of the relief cuts. A luxurious Transparent Blue finish covers the entirety of the instrument, even the fretboard. It’s a phenomenally stunning instrument and a true one-of-a-kind.