It’s a kind of a middle ground between alder and swamp ash but with additional low-end heft. Plugging in the HT E, the tonal properties of sassafras manifest themselves immediately. It’s no surprise, then, that we head straight for the Diezel VH4 preset on our Axe-Fx III. Seymour Duncan is the designated pickup provider and both models have the ubiquitous JB TB-4 in the bridge, with Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 single-coils in the middle position and reverse wound, reverse polarity versions at the neck. Locked and loaded: the HT E features Charvel rear-locking tuners In use However, the additional hardware and alder body add an extra half-kilo in weight. Hardware is chrome, which combines with the Platinum Pearl finish to give this instrument a much fresher and less overtly metal aesthetic than its sibling. The recessed Floyd Rose 1000 Series double-locking vibrato bridge comes with a brass block and, naturally, a locking nut to match. The FR M shares the hardtail model’s compound radius fingerboard geometry and its slim C neck profile with a hand-rubbed satin urethane finish and rolled ’board edges, but this time the fretboard is maple. The 12-16-inch compound radius ebony fingerboard suits the modern string-stretcher’s needs and black hardware completes the stealthy look.īack in the saddle: the sassafras model sports Charvel’s HT6 string-through-body hardtail bridge This example is wonderfully light, too, with an overall weight of a little over 7lb. Sassafras’s aesthetic similarity to swamp ash is obvious and, here in the Charvel family, the HT E’s Satin Black finish accentuates its deep grain. More recently, the company has been considering it as an alternative to the increasingly scarce swamp ash supply, which has been plagued both by climate change and the emerald ash borer beetle.Ĭharvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HSS HT E Sassafras Sassafras isn’t a tonewood that we encounter too often but it has pedigree, as it was used in very limited quantities in the early days of Fender.
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