Description
Description
The Waterslide Coodercaster S-Style is one part lap steel and one part S-style guitar with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish that has been lightly relic'd and aged. The bodies are generally lightweight alder or swamp ash.
PICKUPS
In the bridge position are Mojo UK Valco-style lap steel pickups. These pickups nail the vintage sound and design of the early pickups used on Supro, Oahu & National steel guitars - very fat with tons of sustain and punch. This type of pickup is often used by slide players like Ry Cooder, Jason Isbell and Blake Mills. Their unique design with a surrounding metal base plate and pickup cover has a special magic with open tunings and bottleneck playing.
The neck pickup is a vintage-spec Mojo UK Gold Foil. Gold Foil pickups are a great choice in the neck position as they hold their own with the bridge position lap steel pickup with a sweet top end and clarity that provides a nice complement, tonally.
Those of you familiar with Coodercasters know that the design of the old Valco-style lap steel pickups typically results in a middle position where three strings are in-phase and three are out. Waterslide has worked with Mojo Pickups to come up with a solution to that problem so all Waterslide Coodercasters with the Mojo UK lap steel pickups feature a switching system which allows all six strings to be in-phase with each other when both pickups are on.
EXTRAS AND ALTERNATES
Some Coodercasters feature a Duesenberg MultiBender for an additional charge which allows the player to do pedal steel bends on the B & G strings. Additionally, some Coodercasters feature a Mastery Vibrato + Staytrem vibrato/bridge combo for an additional charge.
Specs
Specs
General
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | 3132025 |
| Product Color: | Aged Nicotine Blonde |
| Relic/Aging Level: | Aged |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | S-Style Coodercaster |
| Body Material: | Lightweight Alder |
| Body Finish: | Nitro Finish |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Nitro Finish |
| Neck Shape: | Soft V-C |
| Fingerboard Material: | Maple |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.625" |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5" |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" |
| Number of Frets: | 21 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Bolt-On |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Black Dot |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Black |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Mojo Lap Steel |
| Neck Pickup: | Mojo Gold Foil |
| Controls and Switching: | Volume, Tone, 3-Way Blade |
| Electronics Notes: | VIPots, PIO Cap, Cloth-Covered Wiring, Pure Tone Jack |
Hardware
| Bridge: | Vintage-Style |
| Tuning Machines: | Gotoh Vintage Tuners |
| Fret Wire: | PLEK’d 6105 Frets |
| Saddle: | Metal |
| Pickguard: | Celluloid Dalmatian |