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Signature Guitar Co. The Crusader

Estimated price for orientation: 800 $

Category: Electric Guitar
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Description
Brand: Signature Guitar Co. Body Material: Carved and figured maple top. Neck bolt on.
Model: The CRUSADER String Configuration: 010-046
Right-/ Left-Handed: Right-Handed Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
Body Colour: Black


Flat top. Neck bolt on. Carved and figured maple top. One passive humbucker in bridge position: One Evan's (E-2 Splittable) Signature double humbucker Passive. One vol. control. Push-pull master volume offer coil tapping on the humbucking pickups. Original Licensed Floyd Rose Tremolo system onboard with original tremolo arm. Original Case comes with the guitar. The Signature Guitar CO. was a Canadian Guitar company that made beautifully crafted, high quality electric guitars and basses. They were located in Aurora, Ontario, Canada and existed between 1987 and 1990. "Signature Guitars - Made for Musicians, by Musicians" (6) was the company motto and when an experienced player picked up a Signature and played it the time and care that went in to producing the instrument was evident. One of the companies objectives was to make an all Canadian instrument that had a personal or custom feel, straight off the shelf and Signature went to great lengths to achieve this aim (1). They are a well designed and balanced instrument and a pleasure to play. Perhaps more importantly their sound was very unique: clear, rich and bright yet warm and very distinctive. This was largely due to the carefully selected tone-woods of the body and neck and the custom engineered pickups. Every detail on a Signature Guitar was carefully planned and scrupulously executed. Even the inside of the electronics cavity was beautifully designed! They were called "Signature", as an option, you could order one directly from the company and have your name (or anything else for that matter) embedded in a mother of pearl inlay on the 12th fret. The model name of the Guitar was inlaid in mother of pearl at the 21st fret. Signature Guitars were originally made famous by RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. Alex helped get the company going in the early days and was heavily involved in the design and development of Signature instruments. Alex used Signatures (most significantly the Aurora model) almost exclusively for the albums "Hold your fire" and "Show of hands" (2). Alex later switched to PRS guitars in the early 1990 when the company was no more.