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2020 D'Orto Sustainer Guitar

2020 D'Orto Sustainer Guitar — full-length view, holographic flake finish, HSS layout

About this instrument

I was looking for a project to keep me busy during the COVID lockdown. I built this guitar myself from parts that I specified. It plays well, and it sounds good. I used it to record the Van Halen guitar tribute for Panama when Eddie Van Halen passed. You can hear it at the Panama tribute on YouTube.

Specs

  • BodyAlder 2-piece
  • NeckAAA birdseye maple with asymmetrical profile
  • Radius10"–16" compound
  • Side dotsMother of pearl
  • FingerboardEbony with 24 × 6150 stainless steel frets
  • Scale25-1/2"
  • TunersSperzel locking
  • ControlsVolume; Tone 1; Tone 2; 5-way selector
  • PickupsSeymour Duncan 78 (bridge); Lollar Strat Blackface (middle); Sustainiac (neck)
  • BridgeOriginal Floyd Rose
  • FinishGloss holographic flake

Personal instrument — not for sale.