Introducing: The Floored Genius One

Well, twice in one week is an unexpected pleasure, but I am pleased to be introducing you to the lovely, the slightly careworn, the Elvis Costello inspired, The Floored Genius One, a lovely lump of swamp ash Jazzmasterness.

And man it sings.

From the top it is a swamp ash bodied Jazzmaster.

Maple and rosewood neck (22 frets, and medium fretted, 9.5" radius, so not exactly vintage)

The body has been stained a dark walnut/oak hybrid and is unevenly worn and distressed, scratched, scraped and vaguely battered before receiving a hard wax oil finish that looks particularly groovy and itself has been patchily worn. Lovely.

Tuners are Wilkinson, with a Jazzmaster tremolo, Mustang bridge for goodly tunefilledness.

Pickups are a pair of Mojo Pickups' exquisite Jazzmaster pups, and a full Mojo wiring loom (CTS pots, Switchcraft switch, cloth covered wire, PIO caps) drags every iota of tone from the thing.

And sounds-wise, well it sounds like an excellent Jazzmaster, vibrant, dark and generally evil like an empire. If twangs your thang, Dick Dale would gush, if noise gets added in there, it can make you weep like a chutchy bunnie.

And all-in-all, I have to say I am really rather chuffed. I wasn't trying to replicate Elvis Costello's guitar, but I think I captured the vibe, and more importantly, I wanted that old wood feel about the body, and it certainly gets there on that score.

So there we are, The Floored Genius One, uber cool and not a little funky of the groove. Like blood and chocolate. Nice..

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