Cardinal
Specs

The guitar is completely handmade by Gerhard Schwarz in St. Helena, Bavaria (Germany) using only the finest handselected tonewoods and hardware.
Every Cardinal comes with a Hardshell Case, Tools and a Certificate of Authenticity.



Body
Top: | Vintage Style laminated Eastern Hardmaple |
Back: | Vintage Style laminated Eastern Hardmaple |
Sides: | Vintage Style laminated Eastern Hardmaple |
Sustainblock: | Eastern Maple |
Binding: | 2 mm, 50’s offwhite |
Finish: | Vintage nitrocellulose with aniline dye |
Pickups
Neck position: | Amber or Kloppmann |
Bridge position: | Amber or Kloppmann |
Covers: | Nickel plating |
Headstock
Headstock Color: | Black |
Nut: | Bone, unbleached |
Angle: | 17° |
Tuner
Model: | Gotoh SD90 with vintage keystone buttons |
Gear ratio: | 01:15 |
Finish: | Nickel plating |
Fretboard
Wood: | Madagascar Rosewood (Dalbergia baroni) or Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) |
Radius: | 304.8 mm (12“) |
Binding: | 1.5 mm, 50’s offwhite |
Inlays: | Vintage perloid celluloid dots, MiniBlock or Split Parallelogramm |
Scale: | 628.65 mm (24.75“) |
Nut width / 22nd fret: | 43 mm / 57 mm |
Frets: | 22x Ferdinand Wagner 9662 |

Neck
Wood: | Honduran Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) |
Profile: | Late ’50s “C-Shape“ |
Trussrod: | Dual action trussrod |
Adhesive / neck fit: | Hot hide glue |
Finish: | Vintage nitrocellulose with aniline dye |
Bridge
Type: | KMS “The One” Zamac |
Finish: | Nickel plating |
Tailpiece
Type: | KMS Aluminum stoptail with steel studs and anchors |
Finish: | Nickel plating |
Hardware
Knobs: | Gold Top Hats |
Pickguard: | Vintage style 5-ply black |
Pickup frames: | Black |
Strings: | .010 – .046 |
Electronics
Potentiometers: | CTS TVT 500 kOhm log / CTS push-pull for coil split |
Capacitors: | Matched 22 nF caps |
Toggle switch: | Switchcraft |
Output jack: | Switchcraft |

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