The koa top and back are simply gorgeous, and we must admit that fit and finish are certainly improved over the Ernesto we checked out back in 2014 (not that that model was bad, per se). It is a routed-out hollow body guitar with set neck construction, 24 frets, 25.5” scale length, and two humbucker pickups with a built-in pre-amp and an on-board effects loop (OBEL). Luckily, you can get a Phred instrument with more traditional electronics, which is what we have here: the Phred DockStar Koa. Our most popular model is the Ernesto VH3 model. RELATED: Read Performer’s review of the Phred Ernesto VH3 Guitar Most Popular Models The PHRED instruments DockStar Koa guitar features a dual humbucker setup, with discrete split coil switches and a 3-way pickup toggle for 8 different tone combinations Our DockStar is professionally setup with low action and D'Addario 10-46 strings, and the frets are leveled and milled here at our shop in California for a nice smooth and. That’s how PHRED Instruments got started in 2011, and interest in the guitars themselves began to spread. With continued fascination, it was still years after that I started searching for another custom guitar builder, this time overseas. Okay, no laughing, Im a former Fender Precision player who recently got one of these fantastic Rondo SX copies of a Fender Jazz Bass. That guitar ended up being very costly, but watching a guitar take shape from blocks of wood was truly a magical experience. You want to lower the treble either on your amp or rolling down the tone knob on your guitar. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. I had been modding off-the-shelf electric guitars for personal use, and years before PHRED Instruments, I had asked a local luthier to work with me on designing a custom guitar from the ground up. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. In this installment of “Meet Your Maker,” Performer catches up with Freddy Rose of Phred Instruments to chat about how he began making guitars and some of the features on his most popular models.

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