Linhof Custom western-tooled Tolex hard case w/ electric gold lining (G&G) Swamp ash Reverse bridge pickup and left-handed bridge plate give great low string bite and more harmonics from the unwound strings, same setup Hendrix played with. * Honoring the original design (which seems to have worked OK), we use 3xdual-string brass saddles, for ultimate downforce, sustain and string stability, but COMPENSATED for intonation within one cent or better * Pickups were prototyped with Lindy Fralin’s generous input & brilliant designs;Neck pickup winding is unique to Linhof (Linhof-Fralin P-92) * Control wiring is also unique to Linhof and tone caps are original NOS Gibson .022 ceramics from 1964.  Tuners are the new, improved, hi-ratio Tone-Pro Klusons. * Necks turned on the original 60’s Fender-CBS lathes (from their ’80’s bankruptcy fire sale) * Belly contour and forearm fade to 1957 specs, the year with the most radical contours. * Pyramid heel cutaway for 21st fret accessibility * Nut 1.625″, 9 to 11.5 degree compound radius, tall med. frets * Final shaping and aged thin nitro-cellulose lacquer finish by J.W. Black. * Linhofs are 100% Made On Earth© International shipping will have to be calculated. The shipping cost posted is purely an estimate.