GPOTD 07.25.2023

Peen Simmons

Let’s Get Obtuse!
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This is an ex-demo guitar which has been lightly used but is still in excellent condition

Specifications:
Model
: Stellarosa Junior
Type: Double-cutaway chambered electric
Body: Swamp Ash with torrefied (roasted) Swamp Ash top, tortoiseshell binding
Neck: Roasted Maple with Wenge fingerboard, oil finish. Clay inlays, medium "C" profile, bolted-in neck joint (steel inserts)
Weight (kg / lb): approx. 7.6lb / 3.4kg
Scale Length: 25"
Fingerboard: 9.5" to 14" compound radius
Nut / Width: Bone / 42mm
Frets: 22, Medium / Jumbo
Hardware: Fidelity Guitars billet aluminium bridge with Gotoh SW-3 brass saddles, Fidelity Guitars billet brass ferrule block, Gotoh SD-91 Magnum-Lock tuners
Electronics: Mojo Pickups P90-sized Charlie Christian, master volume with treble bleed & master no-load tone controls, Neutrik jack
Finish: Aged Olympic White nitrocellulose, clear gloss nitrocellulose topcoat
Included extras: Hiscox hardcase, Heistercamp strap

https://reverb.com/item/32723671-fidelity-guitars-stellarosa-junior-2019-olympic-white
 
Top of the neck access is compromised by the body shape which looks like they didn't finishing shaping it before getting bored and then proceeding to paint and fit the hardware to what they had. Definitely not my cup of tea but fair play to those for whom this tickles their fancy.
 
It's ugly, but that doesn't mean I don't like it. I don't know that I like that pickup placement, tho.
 
The look is very crude and disjointed, it has a charm that I can't explain.
For some reason it surprised me that it has a compound radius.
 
I really want to hate that, but I don't. Aside from the terrible pickup placement it is just funky enough to counter-balance it's flaws.
 
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