Ernie Ball Music Man introduce a new line called the Modern Classic Collection and a brand new guitar model for 2016 – the Cutlass. The Cutlass is a resurrection of a prototype guitar that Leo Fender designed for Music Man in the late 1970’s but never saw the light of day…
The Cutlass features updated vintage spec electronics, a super smooth Music Man Modern tremolo system and lightweight Alder body, 25 1/2-inch scale, 10-inch radius, Schaller M6-IND locking tuners & 22 high-profile medium stainless steel frets. The Cutlass comes loaded with 3 custom Music Man mid-60’s-style staggered-pole single-coil pickups and an active wide spectrum silent circuit keeps the single-coils hum-free. Oversized 4 over 2 headstock with straight string pull provide superior tuning stability and flawless craftsmanship throughout make the Cutlass a perfect culmination of old world aesthetics and styling with modern design and playability.
- Body wood: Alder
- Body finish: High gloss polyester
- Size: 12-7/8″ wide, 1-5/8″ thick, 38-1/8″ long (32.7 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 96.8 cm long)
- Weight: 7 lbs, 7 oz (3.37 kg) – varies slightly
- Pickguard: Parchment (Black or Vintage Turquoise); Mint (Ivory White); Shell (Vintage Sunburst)
- Scale length: 25-1/2″ (64.8 cm)
- Neck radius: 10″ (25.4 cm)
- Headstock size: 6-3/8″ (16.2 cm) long
- Frets: 22 – high profile, medium width, Stainless Steel
- Neck width: 1-5/8″ (41.3 mm) at nut, 2-1/4″ (56.9 mm) at last fret
- Neck wood: select Maple neck
- Fingerboard: select Maple (Black or Ivory White); Rosewood (Vintage Turquoise or Vintage Sunburst)
- Fret Markers: 1/4″ Black or White Face dots
- Neck finish: ultra-light satin polyurethane finish
- Neck colors: natural aged yellow finish
- Tuning machines: Schaller M6-IND locking
- Truss rod: adjustable – no component or string removal
- Neck attachment: 5 bolts – perfect alignment with no shifting; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets
- Pickups: 3 x Music Man® custom wound single coils
- Pickup configuration: SSS
- Special electronics: new wide spectrum Music Man® “Silent Circuit”, which reduces hum and retains true single coil sound
- Electronic shielding: Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined pickguard
- Bridge: Music Man® Modern tremolo with vintage bent steel saddles
- Controls: passive 250kohm volume and tone – .047µF tone capacitor; with transparent buffered output for complete tonal consistency at all volume levels
- Switching: 5-way lever pickup selector
- Colors: Black, Ivory White, Vintage Sunburst, Vintage Turquoise
- Left Handed: no
- Country manufactured: USA
